quantity surveyor

(Surveying) a person who estimates the cost of the materials and labour necessary for a construction job

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Translations

stavební dozor

Bausachverständige

anyagmennyiség-becslõ

byggingafulltrúi

misuratore

masseberegner

stavebný dozor

maliyet tahmincisi

施工技术员

quantity surveyor

n → geometra m (che valuta il costo del materiale e della manodopera necessari per una costruzione)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

quantity

(ˈkwontəti) noun

the size, weight, number etc of something, especially a large size etc. What quantity of paper do you need?; I buy these goods in quantity; a small quantity of cement; large quantities of tinned food.

quantity surveyor

a person who is responsible for estimating the quantities of building materials needed for constructing something, and their probable cost.

an unknown quantity

a person or thing whose characteristics, abilities etc cannot be predicted.

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There is the opportunity cost of not using a quantity surveyor. You might not know whether you are overpaying, as you do not have a basis for agreeing on what to pay your contractor because you will not have specified the costs and quantities to go into the construction budget, he advised.

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She spends one day a week at the college and the rest of the time working under a qualified quantity surveyor.

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He joins the company from Rider Levett Bucknall where he was a senior quantity surveyor.

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Senior project manager and quantity surveyor Lee Lloyd has acted as employer's agent, contract administrator and fund surveyor while Alistair Smith is a graduate building surveyor.

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