Quantity surveying, on your terms

Precision pricing for builders and specialist trades

Measurement, estimating and QS support for smaller contractors — the commercial back-up of a full-time surveyor, without the overhead.

Surveyor reviewing site progress on a tablet, overlooking a construction site
Practising QSLive commercial projects, day to day
Fixed feesAgreed before anything starts
Fast turnaroundBuilt around live tenders
UK wideWorking from drawings, wherever the job is

Commercial Services

Everything a job's commercial side needs

Take on more tenders without carrying a full-time QS. Every document is delivered ready to use, and can carry your own branding for issue to your clients.

Budget & tender estimates

Realistic pricing from early drawings, so you can quote with confidence and know where a job sits before you commit.

Quantity take-offs & material schedules

Accurate measured quantities and schedules, built directly from the drawings and specification you send across.

Valuations & payment applications

Monthly valuations and applications prepared properly, so you're paid promptly and fairly for the work done.

Variations & final accounts

Changes priced and recorded as they happen, so nothing gets missed or under-claimed when the job closes out.

How it works

A straightforward process, start to finish

1

Send over what you've got

Drawings, a spec, or just a rough scope — whatever you have to hand. No job is too small to ask about.

2

Get a fixed-fee quote

You'll know the exact cost before anything starts. No hourly surprises, and no obligation to proceed.

3

Receive priced, usable documents

Delivered in a format you can keep updating as the project moves — ready to issue to your own clients.

Sectors

Work we cover

From single extensions to multi-plot new builds, across residential and commercial work.

House extensions

Loft conversions, rear and side extensions, and internal reconfigurations.

New builds

Single plots through to small developments, priced from concept drawings onward.

Refurbishments & fit-outs

Residential refurbs through to commercial fit-outs and shell-and-core works.

Commercial & general works

Structural alterations, groundworks and general building packages of any size.

Recent work

A look at the jobs behind the numbers

A mix of new build, refurbishment and commercial work from recent instructions.

Take-off and cost planning at a desk, with drawings, a ruler and a laptop
Estimating & take-offs
Steel-framed commercial building under construction
New build & commercial
Interior refurbishment of a period building, exposed brick and beams
Refurbishment

Get in touch

Send over your drawings and scope

Fill in the form and I'll come back with a fixed-fee quote, or get in touch directly.

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