Of course the answer to Gus Alexander鈥檚 problem with the lowest price tender (28 October) would be for the client to employ a quantity surveyor at the outset of the project.

Let the guys who are experts on budgeting and dealing with cost overruns take the strain, Gus.

I know it鈥檚 a wacky idea, but you never know, it might just catch on!

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James Curran, Waterloo, London

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