u/According-Squash-977

I recently got hired as a Quantity Surveyor for an Ireland-based company under a remote setup. I was hired mainly because of my estimating experience, but I’m still trying to understand the full QS workflow in UK/Ireland practice.

The company is a design firm and currently doesn’t have an existing QS team, so I’m honestly feeling a bit lost. They provided me with plans and BOQ summaries as references, but I’m confused about how the quantities were originally measured because there are no marked-up drawings or detailed quantity breakdowns available.
I just wanted to ask those who have experience working with UK/Ireland-based companies as a QS:

• What is the typical role of a QS in a remote setup for UK/Ireland companies?

• How are BOQs usually prepared? Do you base them on NRM/ARM4/SMM, or does the company normally have its own format?

• Do you usually prepare detailed BOM/material breakdowns, or is the work mostly BOQ-focused?

• How do you normally build up rates for pricing?

• When doing takeoffs, do companies usually provide marked-up plans or quantity backup files, or do you measure everything from scratch?

PS: I came from local estimating work, so international QS practice is still very new to me. I’m only a few days into the job and just trying to understand the workflow properly.

Please be kind. I genuinely want to learn and do well in this role.

Hi, kinsa diri mga Civil Engineers na naa sa cost estimation or quantity surveying role?

Naa ba moy hiring or current opening sa inyong company, especially diri sa Davao City? Napansin nako nga kasagaran job postings kay site engineer ra jud, so nagbakasakali ra ko basin naa moy office-based or estimation roles nga available pero dili widely posted.

If ever, basin pwede ko ma-refer or ma-inform. Daghang salamat kaayo.