About Us
Tim Watkins MSc 
Avail Quantity Surveying offers a range of construction cost management services.
Headed up by Tim, a highly experienced QS possessing a unique range of skills, experiences, and qualifications that are perfectly suited to helping private clients and small developers deliver high-end construction projects.
Starting in a technical role as Design Coordinator in the mid 2000s, Tim approved technical drawings to ensure compliance with buildability, engineering, Building Regulations, and warranties. This period provided extensive technical knowledge in a multitude of sectors, ranging care-homes, retail developments, schools, flats, and residential estates. The experience focused an attention to detail, a problem solving attitude, and importance of standard forms of contract. Moreover, an ability to manage a hefty workload whilst navigating stakeholders such as engineers, architects, main contractors, and self-builders, was refined.
Later, Tim moved into the commercial side of construction, starting as an Estimator. A transition into Estimating Manager proved hard earned technical skills successfully translated into costs of building. Working with quantity surveyors from developers such as Balfour Beatty, Kier, Speller Metcalfe to Halsall, Morganstone, etc, this period sharpened the importance of programme, contractual clarity, and associated costs.
This was followed by a direct move into Quantity Surveying in the custom build sector, delivering bespoke high-end new builds for private clients. A quick transition into Commercial Manager, and later Commercial Director, underpins a rewarding career, helped by an unusual multi-disciplinary understanding of construction from beginning to end.
If you want to build, tackling head-on the primary risk of costs, whilst having someone on your side to ensure you get the best value in the process, please get in touch.