The Trials & Tribulations of a Quantity Surveyor

A Living Labs Lecture

Budget control matters in construction, whether your project is a small repair or a new building complex requiring major capital investment.

Quantity Surveyors work with both owners and contractors in planning and managing the contractual and financial side of construction. This role helps support projects from initial planning, through design, tendering, and payment certification.

In this Living Labs lecture, Quantity Surveyor Mark Russell (Senior Partner at LEC Group), will explore how Quantity Surveyors contribute to success of projects. This will draw on Mark’s work on projects at BCIT.

Topics include

• The role of the Quantity Surveyor in construction and other sectors
• Where would a QS be involved in a project?  Budget planning to design, tendering, payment certification review at the construction site, contractor delay claim analysis.
• When would a project need a Quantity Surveyor?
• Career paths for students interested in QS work
• Certification for Quantity Surveyors.

Presenter: Mark Russell, Professional Quantity Surveyor, Senior Partner at LEC Group

LEC Group

LEC Group were formed in Vancouver in 1984 and have advised on over 3,300 projects with a construction value of over $26 billion throughout B.C., across Canada, and the USA.

LEC Group provides cost planning, payment certification, loan monitoring, master planning, functional programming, change order review, life cycle costing, and dispute resolution services.

Mark Russell

Mark is a Professional Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, and the Senior Partner at LEC Group, a Quantity Surveying practice based in Downtown Vancouver.

Mark has extensive experience with both public and private sector projects and has provided cost advice in all stages of design for projects large and small for over 30 years.

Mark’s specific experience at LEC Group focuses on the construction and renovation of post-secondary education facilities, aviation projects, casino resorts, hotel projects, K-12 schools, recreational facilities, and healthcare projects.  He has also been sworn and accepted as an Expert Witness in the BC Supreme Court.