Quantity Surveying Services in Europe and Overseas

Abstract

As long ago as 1979 the RICS published the Principles of Measurement (International) for Works of Construction to provide guidance on the preparation of bills of quantities, with adaptations as necessary, for use overseas where existing rules are inappropriate or where no rules exist. This constituted an important service provided by quantity surveyors who recognised the need to provide a sound basis for the financial control and management of building contracts to keep pace with the substantial expansion of construction throughout the world, much of it in hitherto undeveloped areas.