Source: https://www.quantsurv.com/sectors/building/offices
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Content reviewed: 2026-10-13

# Offices

Quantity surveying and claims support for office construction, extensions and workplace development.

## Commercial challenges and how we approach them

Office construction brings the structure, envelope, core services and occupier requirements together. A project may deliver a shell for later occupation or include the workplace interiors. Landlord provisions, common areas and tenant installations need clear boundaries in each package.

### The boundary between landlord and tenant work

#### The Challenge

Calling a package Cat A or Cat B does not settle who provides every service, finish and connection.

#### Our approach

We compare the landlord specification, tenant brief and trade scopes item by item. The review identifies exclusions, interfaces and credits, giving the parties an agreed boundary against which later changes can be valued.

### Changing occupancy and servicing loads

#### The Challenge

A denser workplace or revised meeting-room layout can change cooling, ventilation, power and controls after the fit-out is priced. Each trade sees its own part of the revision. Without a coordinated valuation, the account can miss related work or charge twice for an interface.

#### Our approach

We trace the change across equipment, distribution, controls and builders' work, reconciling additions with the original allowances and omissions. The client receives one explainable change account.

### Floor-by-floor work in an occupied building

#### The Challenge

Lift bookings, noisy-work periods and tenant access can restrict installation time. Repeated moves between floors or revised decant dates can add logistics and supervision costs without increasing the measured work.

#### Our approach

We record the access and floor-release assumptions behind the price. If the sequence changes, floor-level records show which teams moved, which visits were repeated and what work could continue. That supports a specific assessment of logistics and supervision costs instead of a blanket percentage for disruption. Ordinary site overheads remain distinguishable from the additional attendance claimed.