By Gladys Resto on March 26, 2015. Verified Purchase. I'm glad I bought it........it is very informative and after reading it I'm more confident that I will pass the on-site exam. The author gives a clear concise guide on what to expect on the on-site exam and what an FSD should know.
A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts. Services provided by a quantity surveyor may include:1  Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion.2  Value engineering.ervices provided by a quantity surveyor may include: 1  Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion. 2  Value engineering.
Quantity surveyors (that's the cost-controlling people) are probably not even very well understood by other people in our own profession. I don't know an awful lot about what a quantity surveyor does, but there are a lot of them..