Quantity Surveying Schemes
A snapshot of some of QSetc's recent QS projects, including residential & commercial new builds and redevelopments. Additional developments have been costed and are yet to be submitted for Planning. The services we provide include fully measured Cost Plans and Indicative / Feasibility Cost Estimates. The schemes we support range in development value from £6 million to £122 million.
Development Location: Brentwood, Essex
Development Value:
£9.3 million
The Development:
The development is a 25-unit scheme with a gross internal floor area of 3,260m2 (35,088 sq ft). The scheme provides a mix of new build houses and apartments, along with the refurbishment of the former stable block to provide four maisonettes.
RESIDENTIAL - REDEVELOPMENT/NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Sep 2024
The provision of an Indicative Cost Estimate to ascertain the likely development cost of the scheme. Costs provided within the Estimate are a combination of market testing and benchmark rates received on other similar projects in the Essex area.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: PPD2 Limited
QS: QSetc
Architect: Robert Hutson Architects
Development Location: Bristol
Development Value:
£13 million
The Development:
A state-of-the-art concept development rooted in the city's historic western slopes and prioritising ecological improvements to extend and enhance the Knowle West community. The provision of 50 zero-carbon dwellings, consisting of one and two-bedroom apartments, and two, three and four-bedroom houses with a gross internal floor area of 4,716m2 (50,674 sq ft) including and undercroft car park, and a residential net internal area of 3,197m2 (34,412 sq ft).
RESIDENTIAL - NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Jun 2024
The provision of a Feasibility Estimate based on an award-winning concept design for this modular development.
Costs provided within the Estimate are a combination of market testing and benchmark rates received on other similar projects in the Bristol area.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: Backhouse Housing
QS: QSetc
Architect: GCP Chartered Architects
Development Location: Croydon, London Borough
Development Value:
£55.1 million & £42.7 million
The Development:
Two different schemes as the development of two tower blocks, one scheme providing 199 apartments and the other 130 apartments. Both schemes provide a mix of 'private' and 'affordable' accommodation, a residents lounge and a health centre. The larger scheme also provides a gymnasium. The gross internal floor area of scheme one is 19,187m2 (206,523 sq ft) and the second scheme 15,248m2 (164,128 sq ft), with net internal floor areas of 13,477m2 (145,062 sq ft) and 9.587m2 (103,097 sq ft) respectively.
RESIDENTIAL - NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Jun 2024 & Jul 2023
The provision of an Indicative Cost Estimate for two different proposed schemes detailing an elemental breakdown of the building and typical fit-out costs for each apartment type, which was then developed further based on 'live' market data, and finally the provision of fully measured, detailed cost plans.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: Bellway Homes (Thames Gateway)
QS: QSetc
Architect: RMA Architects
Development Location: West Byfleet, Surrey
Development Value:
£6.7 million
The Development:
The redevelopment and extension to an existing office block to provide 33 apartments, consisting of a mix of one and two-bedrooms with a gross internal floor area of 2,188m2 (23,556 sq ft) and a residential net internal area of 1,860m2 (20,018 sq ft). The works involve extending the existing two storey element to provide a third storey, in addition to the construction of a small three storey extension to the rear of the building on the existing car park.
RESIDENTIAL - REDEVELOPMENT
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Jun 2024
The provision of an Order of Cost Estimate with costs based on the Stage 2 RIBA Design information provided. Costs provided within the Estimate are a combination of market testing and benchmark rates received on other similar projects in the South East.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: PPD3 Limited
QS: QSetc
Architect: RS.2 Architects
Development Location: Devizes, Wiltshire
Development Value:
£24.5 million
The Development:
The construction of 101 residential units comprising 40 houses, 61 apartments, a community hub and a retail unit.
The development has a gross internal floor area of 10,769m2 (115,914 sq ft) and a residential net internal area of 8,698m2 (93,625 sq ft).
RESIDENTIAL - NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Jun 2024
The provision of a plot-by-plot Cost Estimate with costs based on the Stage 2+ RIBA Design information provided. The scheme consists of 25 no. of different house types. The costs provided were based on a full elemental measure of each house type and were priced based on a combination of market testing and benchmark rates received on other similar projects in Wiltshire.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: Backhouse Housing
QS: QSetc
Architect: AHG Architects
Development Location: London Borough of Ealing
Development Value:
£8.3 million
The Development:
The development comprises the partial demolition, alteration, restoration, and conversion of the Grade II listed Twyford Abbey into 30 residential units and residential lounge, kitchen and WC facilities.
The existing building has a gross internal floor area of 3,700m2 (39,827 sq ft).
RESIDENTIAL - REDEVELOPMENT
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Apr 2024
The provision of a fully measured Cost Plan with costs based on the Stage 2+ RIBA Design information provided. The Cost Plan involved several unique elements which were market tested as part of the pricing process. The Cost Plan continued to evolve as the Design progressed.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: PPD3 Limited
QS: QSetc
Architect: Allford Hall
Development Location: Barking, East London
Development Value:
£122 million
The Development:
The development comprises the construction of 440 apartments in five blocks, 42 of which will be shared ownership and 112 'affordable' for rent, with commercial space on the ground floor of one block and a resident's gym. The development has a gross internal floor area of 42,275m2 (455,014 sq ft) including the commercial space and a net internal area of 30,856m2 (332,127 sq ft).
RESIDENTIAL - NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Dec 2023
The provision of an Indicative Cost Estimate with costs based on the Stage 2 RIBA Design information provided. Costs provided within the Estimate are a combination of market testing and benchmark rates received on other similar projects in London.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: Bellway Homes (Thames Gateway)
QS: QSetc
Architect: RMA Architects
Development Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Development Value:
£31 million
The Development:
The construction of two industrial units with a gross internal floor area of 4,544m2. Between the two units is a covered space, open at both ends. One of the buildings is to be used as a manufacturing facility and the other for finishing Kingspan's Klargesters. An alternate scheme is to construct one industrial unit with a gross internal floor area of 4,962m2.
COMMERCIAL - NEW BUILD
QSetc Role
Quantity Surveyor
Project Date
Mar 2023
The provision of a detailed Cost Plan providing a fully measured breakdown of the two main buildings, infill building and a associated external works. The Cost Plan also included some elements of specialist fit-out such as the overhead gantry cranes, which will be built into the fabric of the buildings.
PROJECT TEAM:
Client: Kingspan
QS: QSetc
Architect: Barclay Phillips Architects