Terminology - Q

Quality Control

A system of inspection, testing and research employed in the manufacturing industries to maintain a good standard of product. (ACE)

Quantities

General term relating to material or construction quantities as measured for a project. (ACE)

Quantity

Variance deviation between as-designed or as-purchased or as-built quantities and authorised quantity budgets. (ACE)

Quantity Budget

Target quantities for completion. (ACE)

Quantity Control

Systematic restraint on design activity in order to complete within established quantity budgets. (ACE)

Quantity Forecast

Estimate of final quantities. (ACE)

Quantity Roll-Up

The procedure of accumulation of total measured output of each intermediate operation required for end product manufacture. (ACE)

Quantity Surveyor

A person qualified to prepare the bill of quantities and commissioned to supervise, check and certify payment of completed work. (ACE)

Quantity Take-off

Process of measuring material or construction quantities from drawings. (ACE)

Quantity Trend

Perceived sequence of either adverse or favourable quantity variances. (ACE)

Queue

The set whose members are waiting to enter a specific equipment item. (FLUOR)

Quotation

A statement from a supplier to a prospective customer giving a concise description of the goods offered for sale and the price, stating destination and proposed delivery time. (ACE)

Quotation Estimate

See DETAILED ESTIMATE