Quantity Surveying Services

Clarity and Confidence at All Phases of Your Construction Project

Our team will help you make clear, value-based decisions. We work to understand your goals, identify potential risks, and journey with you through your specific project with integrity, providing peace of mind. 

Cost Management and Control Services

Cost Management and Cost Planning are core services of LTA. We will support you in every stage throughout the design phase of the project from feasibility to tender.

Master Planning and Program Estimates

We prepare Master Plan and Program Estimates for your project based on preliminary conceptual drawings and facility programs. This includes Project Definition Reports (PDR) for School Districts.

Preliminary Budgeting, Indicative Design Estimating, and Comparative Design Studies

We prepare high-level cost plans and opinions of probable costs from indicative design documentation. This includes comparative design studies and reports at the preliminary design stage for various building and project options. 

Feasibility Studies, Facility Assessments, and Facility Master Planning Reports

From our extensive database of projects, our team can prepare feasibility study estimates, facility assessment estimates, and asset capital plans. This includes helping clients at the early feasibility stage, including advice with design team selection and project procurement approach. 

Detailed Construction Cost Estimates

Our team is highly experienced in preparing detailed class D, C, B, and A cost estimates throughout the design phase of a project in either Elemental or Trade Division format. This includes cost management of a project during the design stage, including procurement advice. 

Schedules of Quantities

We prepare schedules of quantities and bills of quantities for specific building elements. 

Formal Value Analysis, Value Management, and Value Engineering studies

We can assist you with the assessment of building systems and specifications through the design stage of the project, to ensure that value is achieved in both capital cost and construction resources.

Sustainable Building Consulting

Our team provides cost advice during the design stage of a project to ensure the client’s goals and targets for energy efficiency and sustainability are achieved in a cost-effective manner. 

Life Cycle Cost Analysis

We apply life cycle cost analysis and cost in use studies to assist clients in determining the initial capital cost of a building, future maintenance, and operational costs.  

Construction Loan Monitoring and Payment Certification

Project monitoring is one of our core services. We undertake due diligence work for clients who have a vested interest in the project. Careful analysis of each project enables us to identify potential risks and provide advice to help our clients make informed decisions.

Project and Loan Monitoring

We prepare initial reports and Budget Reviews for Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Real Estate Investment Companies, and Private Capital Companies. This normally includes site inspections during the construction phase and the preparation of progress draw reports. We evaluate developer’s and contractor’s claims for accuracy and reasonableness based on the work in place, make recommendations for payment, and ensure the cost to complete remains sufficient.

Contract Administration Services

Our team can evaluate contractual issues, change orders, delay claims, and deficiency reports for consultants, developers, financial institutions, and lawyers during the construction phase of a project.

Risk Analysis

Risk analysis, including risk mitigation, risk avoidance, and risk sharing. We assist clients during the design stage and construction stage of a project to identify potential areas of risk and determine who is best positioned to assume the risk, or how a risk can be shared.

Specialized & Other Services

LTA has a wealth of experience in the construction industry, which can be tailored to suit our clients’ specialized needs.

Expert Witness and Opinion Reports for Litigation, Mediation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.

We provide expert witness reports for both defendants’ and plaintiffs’ legal counsel to assist with settling claims and disputes. We provide evidence for court proceedings, mediations, and arbitrations if a dispute is not settled.  

Insurance Claim Evaluation

Our team can prepare replacement cost estimates for insurance companies in the event of a partial or complete loss of a building structure.

Project Management of design build projects, and public private partnership (P3) projects

We are experienced in alternative project procurement processes, including integrated project delivery (IPD), design build, progressive design build, and public private partnerships (P3) projects. 

Risk Analysis and Risk Management including specific application to project procurement/project delivery models.

We assist in the design stage and construction stage of a project to identify potential areas of risk and determining who is best positioned to assume the risk, or how a risk can be shared. 

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