Published 26 Jul 2022
S2. Ep10. Talking with Barry Laycock about all things Quantity Surveying and construction costs into the future
In this podcast episode, we talked with Barry Laycock – Director of Slattery, a national Quantity Surveying firm based in Melbourne.
Barry gives us his expert opinion of the strong fundamental position of the Melbourne Construction & Property Sector and some insight into the pressures currently faced by the industry.
In addition, we discuss the important function Quantity Surveying plays through design and project de-risking, and the differences between the Australian and the UK market in the Quantity Surveying space. We also spoke about the pre-Covid and post-Covid market, ECI contracts, de-risking of projects – the ‘ebb and flow’ of risk and reward between stakeholders, and the labor shortage in the construction industry.
Amongst other things, in this podcast we discussed:
- How the fundamentals of the Melbourne Construction & Property sector, are good
- A career as a Quantity Surveyor and difference in the UK and Australian QS market
- The changes in the Melbourne Skyline over the years
- How Quantity Surveying has developed to provide strategic project support for developers and clients across more than just measure and cost
- The issues affecting cost inflation and some thoughts on when costs will stabilise
If you have an interest in the property and construction industry, keen to understand the price pressures, fundamental position of the market, and the key part of project development Quantity Surveying plays, have a listen.
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