RICS competencies sit at the heart of the APC, covering mandatory professional skills, core and optional technical competencies, and three levels of attainment. Here's exactly what quantity surveyors and commercial managers need to know before they submit.
Traditional, design and build, management contracting, construction management, two-stage tendering or a framework - which construction procurement route actually fits your project? This guide compares risk, speed and cost certainty across all six.
Management contracting and construction management both let work start before design is finished, but they allocate risk and contracts in almost opposite ways. Here's how to tell them apart and when to use each.
Retention release causes more disputes than almost any other payment mechanism in construction. Here is exactly when each half falls due, how to apply for it, and what to do when it is overdue.
A practical, step-by-step guide to preparing a construction tender document as an employer or QS - what to include, how to write clear instructions, set a fair timetable and avoid the mistakes that lead to disputes.
Every interim payment on a construction contract starts with a valuation. This guide walks through how a QS measures work on site, values materials, applies retention and agrees a figure with the other side, with a full worked example.
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