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when thinking or talking about the quantity surveying profession bella quantities are very often the first thing that comes to mind they've been around since the time that qs's came into existence and while some may say they're tedious or a painful process to produce they can actually be invaluable to a project before we jump in if you're enjoying these videos be sure to subscribe and hit the notification button to get alerts when we upload new content appointing a quantity surveyor to produce a bill of quantities termed boq has the potential to save a great deal of money on the contract price for many reasons including before during and after the construction boqs are used in all types of contracts including nec and jct and are very often produced in ance with the new rules of measurement 2 or nrm2 but what are a biller quantities and how exactly can they help a project a bill of quantities is built from using the tender documentation and drawings this issue to the tender is for them to prepare a price for carrying out works nrm2 and rix both agree there are two main types of biller quantities firm and approximate firm being a boq that's been measured and built precisely from the drawings and spec and approximate being a boq that is subject to remeasure as the information available is not yet complete having a quantity surveyor produced at boq can help at tension stage by allowing all tendering contractors to base their price on an identical list of items that are necessary to complete the works as a quantity surveyor would produce a boq alongside design development you can guarantee that the contractors will be including all the vital elements for your project not giving them an opportunity to omit or miss anything being able to guarantee that the contract has priced the right materials and the correct quantities that are needed if a firm boq has been produced allowing a direct comparison to be made between contractors and their prices this would help flag any items on the bill that seem too cheap or too expensive which could be a tell-tale sign that they have not understood what's being asked of them helping to spot a contractor that may have tried to front load their costs and as certain elements can be compared it will help with negotiation and magnify certain areas where the price could potentially be lowered all in all creating an increased transparency to the tender process a biller quantities could be beneficial during the construction phase for the following reasons variations can be easily identified priced and added to the contractor's price they can eradicate the possibility of a client being exploited by the contractor by charging too much for additional works as the element has already been priced to attribute to them this could be beneficial in the opposite scenario it's possible that during the construction it'll become apparent that a certain element of works may not necessarily be required or the quantity price could be reduced due to better ground conditions than expected for example if this happened and a bill of quantities was in place a simple calculation would be made to reduce the element rate by the quantity that was no longer required therefore resulting in money being saved it could also act as a sound platform from which regular payments are valued and applications assessed and finally having a bill of quantities can help even at post construction and with the final accounting process the biller quantities will be a readily available document for asset management purpose lifecycle estimates and maintenance cost can be accurately measured using the bill of quantities the final payment at final account stage could be evaluated upon the bill of quantities offering a straightforward reliable and fair means of value in the contractor's work matron a commercial hub to your business