CQSA

The CQSA was founded in 1946 as a forum focused on the interests of the professional surveyor in commercial practice - a trade association for quantity surveyors.

The Association re-organised in 1984, in response to a changed world in which the position of private practitioners had largely switched from professional advisor to business manager in consultancy. The membership adopted a more formal structure with elected officers and committee based leadership and adopted a new constitution which sought to look outward to the industry at large. The Association was on the road to seeking stature and influence in the outside world.

Today the Association is an Associate member of the Construction Industry Council. We were previously full members from 1994 to 2005, when the CQSA made a major contribution to industry debate through the Business College.

The Association has come a long way from its original concept and has now carved a real position of influence for its members within the fabric of the industry. As well as its involvement within the Construction Industry Council, the Association establishes its own working groups to address key industry issues of the day. These have encompassed:

- Industry Performance and Efficiency
- Client Relations and Conditions of Contract
- Project Funding and Structures
- Frameworks, Partnering and Alliancing
- Education and Training
- Industry Liaison