Notes on cost, contracts and construction practice in Ghana.
The QS Blueprint · 03 of 08
The BoQ is the QS’s signature output — and the document that, when prepared badly, causes more professional damage than almost anything else. Measurement standards, the five errors that recur in Ghana’s construction market, and how a well-prepared BoQ protects the project and the QS.
· About 8 minutes
Project watch · Accra
SSNIT’s 81,422 m² convention centre at the Trade Fair site. An elemental cost plan putting it at US$247m base and near US$280m out-turn — and why a blended rate per square metre understates a project like this by a third.
· About 10 minutes
The QS Blueprint · 02 of 08
Acts 663 and 914 decide which method you must use, what you must produce and who must approve it. Where familiarity with the framework ends and professional liability begins — methods and thresholds, the cost estimate as a legal instrument, and the five failures that recur.
· About 9 minutes
The QS Blueprint · 01 of 08
A QS is the financial custodian of a project, not someone who counts things on site. What the role actually covers from feasibility estimate to final account — and why, under Acts 663 and 914, the QS is also a compliance officer.
· About 8 minutes
An eight-part series for practising quantity surveyors and construction professionals in Ghana, covering procurement law, cost management, contract administration and professional practice. New articles are published here as they are written.
