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Cost Analysis

At Emjay Consultant we provide an independent, professional property and construction cost advice service to built environment clients through the professional business of quantity surveying

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Code & Ethics

Emjay Consultants functions according to a code of ethics grounded in uncompromising integrity. Both principals and personnel are boundto a code of conduct which includes integrity, loyalty, reliability, truthfulness, commitment and mutual respect.

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Unique Solutions

The Consultants has been awarded many projects within the built environment, ranging from small to large, and covering a wide variety of categories of work. Talani’s client base spans both the public and private sectors, and includes both large corporations and SME enterprises.

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Emjay Consultants

Emjay Consultants Limited is an indigenous Kenyan owned Consulting firm established in 1990, as a partnership, but commenced full operations in 1991.In July, 2007, it was incorporated as a Limited Company.In 1994 the firm was registered with the then Ministry of Public Works and housing and entered in the register of Consultants enabling it to expand its mandate to include offering Consultants services to Government and parastatal Organisations on their Public Building Development.Projects undertaken by the firm are appraised by the principal Quantity Surveyor and project Quantity Surveyors, always ensuring documents quality and efficiency, cost controls and planned contract management for timely delivery of projects.

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Cost Advise

Preliminary cost advice is rendered by the quantity surveyor at the very outset of a scheme, even before the design has been done. He forecasts the probable region of cost of a proposed project or he may assess the type and size of structure that can be erected for any given expenditure. With this information coupled with estimates of maintenance and running costs, the quantity surveyor assists his client in the preparation of the budget for the project.

Cost Planning

Every client wants value for money. Value for money not only in respect of the capital cost, but also in respect of future running and maintenance costs. Cost planning enables the quantity surveyor to ascertain costs before many of the decisions are made relating to the design of a building and to be used objectively during the design process on every aspect of the structure. Cost Planning involves a systematic analysis of the structure which enables the price for each constituent to be valued against its performance requirements and aesthetic considerations.

Tender Documentation

The most usual forms of contract in construction works are based on the use of bills of quantities as contract documents. Bills of quantities are the translation of the designer’s drawings and specifications into words and quantities. They enable each contractor tendering to estimate his price on exactly the same basis as his competitors. Bills are prepared in accordance with methods of measurement in use throughout the building and civil engineering industries in East Africa.

Receiving Tenders

Tenders for constructional work may be obtained either in competition or by negotiation. Choice of the most suitable procedure is one of the most important decisions to be taken at an early stage and one of the matters on which the quantity surveyor’s advice is most valuable. He can advice on the selection of suitable firms to be invited to tender, according to the type and size of a job and the general standard of workmanship and skill that may be required.

Cost Control

Where a full cost plan has been prepared in the design stages the quantity surveyor will use it as a basis for cost control during the construction process. During construction, variations in the work are often necessary; sometimes to take account of the client’s changing needs, sometimes to overcome site conditions which could not be foreseen, such as the presence of underground obstructions.

Final Account

The quantity surveyor’s duties end with the calculations of the final cost. This is achieved by preparing a final account for the work in which the contract sum is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the contract to take account of any variations, of adjustments in the accounts of nominated sub-contractors and suppliers and of any other matter for which the contract allows.