by Nick Clements | Jul 22, 2025 | Blog
YourQS Founder Nick Clements explores why traditional tenders often fail and how a more collaborative approach leads to better outcomes for clients, designers and builders alike. I Hate Tenders There I’ve said it. But what is more important is why do I have this... 
by Nick Clements | May 1, 2025 | Blog
YourQS Founder Nick Clements is contributing a series of articles on topics related to Estimating for Residential Construction. We start the series with an insight to Cost informing design. You would have heard the sayings, designed to a budget, built to a price, both... 
by Nick Clements | May 1, 2025 | Blog
There has been a lot of talk about the impact of AI on all sectors including construction. Declaration: I’m classing myself as sceptical advocate. It is easy to get on board and imagine all these wonderful “what if AI could….” scenarios, but what I’m really concerned... 
by Nick Clements | May 1, 2025 | Blog
Your QS Founder Nick Clements discusses human error and how better results can be achieved. A few weeks back I was sitting in a pre-operation chair getting ready for cataract surgery when the nurse read my consent form then said, “point to your left eye”. She then... 
by Isaac Sodafizz | Apr 14, 2025 | Blog
The next article from Your QS Australia Founder David Mitchell. In my previous article Estimating vs Cost Certainty in Residential Building, I talked about the notion of cost certainty as opposed to estimating in residential building. Building on this, I would like... 
by Nick Clements | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog
In this post YourQS Founder Nick Clements explores the concept of price. How important is it? What is a fair price? Will high prices come down? It’s all about price! When I was young in my career, I worked in sales then marketing and was fortunate to receive a lot...