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The company was founded in 1946 as Turner & Ing, a quantity surveying partnership based in Darlington, United Kingdom. [2] During 1956, the company was rebranded as Turner & Townsend and opened several additional offices across the UK. During 1982, the company opened its first international office in Johannesburg. [2]
A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction industry professional with expert knowledge on construction costs and contracts.Qualified professional quantity surveyors can be known as Chartered Surveyors (Members and Fellows of RICS) in the UK and Certified Quantity Surveyors (a designation of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors) in Australia and other countries.
Likewise, a Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS) member of the CIQS in good standing may be elected as a corporate member (fellow or member) of the NIQS. This eligibility requires completing a one-year professional experience as a quantity surveyor in Nigeria, with verification of the professional activities conducted by an NIQS corporate member.
Site managers' remuneration depends on a number of factors including sector, level of experience and the size of the project. A 2010 salary survey of the construction and built environment industry [citation needed] showed the average annual salary of a site manager in the UK to be £36,981.
Quantity surveying is a profession that deals with the costs and contracts of construction projects. A quantity surveyor is an expert in estimating the costs of materials, labor, and time needed for a project, as well as managing the financial and legal aspects of the project. A quantity surveyor can work for either the client or the contractor ...
A 2010 survey of professionals occupying jobs in the construction industry [8] showed that structural engineers in the UK earn an average wage of £35,009. The salary of structural engineers varies from sector to sector within the construction and built environment industry worldwide, depending on the project.
B eneath a gloomy white sky, more than 100 armed police poured into the slum of Badia East in the teeming megacity of Lagos, Nigeria. As they advanced, they cracked their batons on the unpaved streets and against the ramshackle walls of the shanties. “If you love your life, move out!” the officers shouted.
Chartered Surveyor is the description (protected by law in many countries) of Professional Members and Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in the (British ...