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quantity surveyor

British  

noun

  1. a person who estimates the cost of the materials and labour necessary for a construction job

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ryan, who was working as a quantity surveyor beforehand, took up a lease in Bolton's Market Place Shopping Centre and regularly filled the place with customers.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2023

As a quantity surveyor and property developer, Butler had no connections with that world, let alone with an actor on the wishlist of most casting directors.

From The Guardian Oct. 29, 2016

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill - Philip Boswell is a quantity surveyor and is married with three children.

From BBC May 8, 2015

"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

Oh, by the way, the quantity surveyor has just sent in the quantities for that schoolroom at Woodford—do you mind running through them and seeing they're right?

From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.

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