Services
Our Services
The practice seeks to offer all quantity surveying and other construction related services within acceptable ethics and standards. Such consulting services are offered on a professional basis with a sound economic and financial management approach to the property and construction industry as outlined. Click on the links below for more detail
• COST ADVICE
Lakhanya Quantity Surveyors’ cc’s involvement starts from the design stage. Our involvement at
this stage seeks to achieve a working relationship with the design team to ensure strict budgetary
and cost control.
• COST PLANNING
– Preparing financial and feasibility studies.
– Preparing cost estimates.
– Preparing and using detailed budgets.
– Cost checking during design development.
– Compiling and applying cost limits.
– Cash flow projections.
– Implementing cost controls and reporting techniques.
– Applying fee scales
• CONTRACT PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION
– Drafting and issuing contractual correspondence.
– Preparing bills of quantities for principal and sub-contractors.
– Preparing bills of quantities for final account purposes.
• TENDERING AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
– Formulating and / or implementing procedures on tendering and contractual arrangements for
principal and sub-contractors.
– Advising on selection of tenderers: evaluation and reporting on tenders.
• CONTRACT SERVICES
– Attending site meetings.
– Survey, assess, measure and record on-site information.
– Advising on risk management cost during the progress of the works.
– Monitoring of proposed construction methods.
– Reporting on on-site requirements.
– Preparing valuations for interim payment certificates.
– Analysing of contract rates relative to cost reporting methods.
– Preparing reconciliation statements.
– Preparing and agreeing final accounts.
• OTHER RELATED SKILLS
– Planning and/or programming contract works.
– Resource determination, scheduling and purchasing.
– Procurement of plant and materials.
– Quality assessments.
– Time management.
– Insurances.
– Technical audits.
– Office administration including fees and budgets.
– Arranging, attending and keeping minutes of meetings.
– Preparing contract documents for signing and safekeeping of same.
– Establishing that all insurances, guarantees, etc have been effected.
– Arranging for the handing over of site.
– Nominating and selecting sub-contractors in terms of the construction agreement.
– Receiving and responding to notices served in terms of construction agreements.
– Issuing instructions, payment certificates, financial statements, certificates of completion
prepared by others and notify the stakeholders about the status of their involvement
– Liaison between client and all relevant stakeholders
– Liasing with consultants as necessary to establish the scope of work embodied in contracts.
– Co-ordinating the construction programmes of various contracts into an overall construction
programme.
– Co-ordinating the execution of the construction processes to ensure adherence to the overall
construction programme.
– Ensure that all necessary inspections are carried out.
– Arranging for and monitoring the rectification of defective work including that which arises
during the contractual defects liability period
With the virtual change of the quantity surveying profession, the team of Lakhanya Quantity Surveyors cc acknowledges the pro-active change required by the profession. Currently, most FM practitioners are drawn from the traditional quantity surveying profession. Having a built environment background and considering it not to be the only pre-requisite, the practice acknowledges the opportunities presented by this trade and its team is currently favourable to take advantage of these opportunities through their post-graduate studies
We Provide the Best Service in Industry
Being a 100% PDI Company, the practice upholds the principles of black empowerment. This is reflected in the company orginizational structure as follows.