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
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
Money was tight and everything had to be done with as little waste as possible, so my dubious skills as a quantity surveyor were in demand.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2014
"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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