What is Chartered Quantity Surveying?
A Chartered Quantity Surveyor holds professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) — the leading global body for standards in land, property and construction, confirming independently assessed technical competence and ethical conduct.
In the UAE, where cost consultancy is unregulated, Chartered status is the clearest signal a developer has that the person directing their cost strategy is accountable to a professional body — not just to the firm that employs them.
Feasibility · Concept Design · Design Development · Tender · Construction · Handover & Final Account
Ultra-Luxury Villas · Branded Residences · Boutique Apartments · Commercial & Institutional · Infrastructure & Civil · International Developers Entering the UAE
The QS Approach
Cost Planning
Elemental cost plans built to RICS NRM 1, refined at each design stage from feasibility through to tender.
Measurement & BOQ
Full unpriced and priced bills of quantities measured to RICS NRM 2 and POMI — main works, MEP, joinery, fit-out.
Tender Evaluation
Like-for-like commercial comparison of contractor bids against an independently priced BOQ.
Interim Valuations
Monthly site valuations and payment certification that reflect work genuinely completed.
Variations
Every instructed change measured and priced before approval, with full substantiation.
Final Accounts
Post-completion reconciliation to an agreed, defensible final account, per RICS NRM 3.
Delivered to RICS professional standards.
All measurement, cost planning and cost reporting is undertaken in accordance with applicable RICS professional standards — including the RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM 1, NRM 2 and NRM 3) and the Principles of Measurement International (POMI) — and all advice is governed by the RICS Rules of Conduct.
Built on credibility, not just capability.
RICS Chartered Leadership
Directed by an RICS-accredited Chartered Quantity Surveyor, not a junior team behind a brand.
NRM 1–3 & POMI
Measurement and cost planning to the RICS New Rules of Measurement and POMI.
Partner-Level Sign-Off
Every BOQ, valuation and final account reviewed by the partner you engaged.
Market-Tested Pricing
Rates benchmarked against a deep UAE contractor network — not desktop estimates.