The firm's QS specialists are an integral part of the design and project management team on projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.

What sets ID&C apart is that its cost managers and quantity surveyors are fully integrated into the engineering environment to provide an effective means of achieving the client's objectives. They contribute to projects with in-depth knowledge of built environment design and the concerns of designers and clients. They share the firm's commitment to sustainable development, project performance and life-cycle analysis.

Design decisions and cost control

The high cost of a construction project is largely determined by the decisions made by the client and their design team. The best results can be achieved when each decision regarding the scope or quality of a project is made with full knowledge of its impact on costs and the value it provides to the client business.

ID&C teams know that effective cost management comes from the perfect integration with the design process. As full members of the project team, they use proven processes and programs designed to provide full access to current budget information and forecasting costs to complete, thus helping to shape the evolving design to suit client needs.