quantity surveyor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr Harris said his client had saved £10,000 to repay his victims and was intending to train as a quantity surveyor after losing his job as a City trader due to the case against him.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
His father was an electrical engineer, and his mother a quantity surveyor.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2013
"This is a terrible time for all of us and we are praying for Sian's safe return," the 26-year-old quantity surveyor said.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2011
"Baby's going to be busy," she says, from beneath a hairstyle so elaborate it looks like it required not a stylist, but a team of structural engineers and a quantity surveyor.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
The bills of quantities are prepared by the quantity surveyor, and are generally made to form part of the contract, and so mentioned in "the contract."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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