Keep the job moving.
Keep the money visible.
A freelance quantity surveyor keeps the commercial work moving across your live subcontract projects. Straight-talking QS support for UK subbies. We help control applications, extras, notices, contracts and final accounts without the cost of a full-time hire.
1, 4, 8 or 16 hours each month · Monthly or yearly billing · No corporate waffle
Applications are squeezed in after hours, extras stay in emails and bad clauses are noticed only when payment is short.
We give the paperwork an owner and keep the next commercial action clear while the facts are still fresh.
Three commercial tasks kept under control
Get applications in
Check dates, value, evidence and the difference between applied, certified and paid.
Price the extras
Turn instructions, messages, drawings and site records into a live variation position.
Protect the position
Put the important clauses, notices and deadlines into language the whole team can use.
How Can We Help
Retainer plans
Reserved time, a current action list and a clear working rhythm.
Compare all four plansPayment applications
Valuations and evidence checked before the due date gets away.
Application supportVariations & CEs
Instructions, notices, evidence and value kept in one trail.
Variation supportContracts & notices
JCT, NEC and amended terms turned into practical deadlines.
Contract supportFinal accounts
Applied, assessed, agreed and outstanding values reconciled.
Final-account supportEstimating
Every tender is reviewed and quoted around its documents, scope and return date.
See bespoke estimatingStart with the level your workload actually needs.
Bronze and Silver focus on advice and review. Gold adds regular support. Platinum reserves hands-on delivery capacity.
Quick QS check
1 hour every monthOne focused call or record check for a clear next action.
- One-hour monthly allowance
- Advice and review
- Portal and templates
Monthly control
4 hours every monthAdvice, health checks and priorities for a smaller workload.
- Structured monthly review
- Deadline and action check
- Email advice
Regular support
8 hours every monthMore frequent review and focused input across active jobs.
- Fortnightly working review
- Registers checked
- Focused drafting support
Hands-on QS
16 hours every monthReserved delivery capacity for applications, changes and reporting.
- Weekly working rhythm
- Hands-on QS output
- Commercial reporting
Show us the live jobs. We sort the first actions.
No slide deck. We start with the contracts, applications, extras and deadlines causing pressure.
Review
Look at the current workload and pressure points.
Prioritise
Agree what must be sent, priced, evidenced or chased.
Keep moving
Use the monthly allowance against the agreed action list.
Subbie-friendly service. Proper commercial backing.
The Subbie QS is a subcontractor-focused subsidiary service of QS and Estimating Consultants Ltd (opens in a new tab).
You get direct, practical support, backed by QS and estimating experience across contracts, applications, change and project close-out.
About Nigel and the teamStop letting the commercial work wait until tonight.
Connect your freelance quantity surveyor support
First, we review the contracts, current applications, changes and deadlines across the workload. Next, the team agrees the priority actions and completes the work within the monthly capacity. As a result, directors can see what is due, what is at risk and what needs a decision.
The freelance quantity surveyor service works best when it connects to the wider job records. You can compare monthly QS retainers or meet the subcontractor QS team for the next practical step.