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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

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But mum Monika, a quantity surveyor based near Milton Keynes, said she had "no idea how difficult it would be" to find a new place for their son.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

She works alongside quantity surveyor Jack Little, who combined an apprenticeship with a degree at the University of South Wales and now "luckily" works five minutes from his house.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

His father was an electrical engineer, and his mother a quantity surveyor.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013

"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