Every construction project is an act of trust — trust in your investment, your team, and your contracts. A registered consultant Quantity Surveyor is the professional who ensures that trust is justified.
Discover WhyA Quantity Surveyor (QS) is a regulated construction professional who manages the financial and contractual dimensions of building and engineering projects. From the earliest feasibility study through to final account settlement, the QS ensures that every ringgit spent delivers measurable value — and that your contractual rights are fully protected.
Under Section 8 of the Quantity Surveyors Act 1967 (Act 487, as amended 2015),
only a registered Quantity Surveyor residing and practising in Malaysia — or a firm holding
a valid BQSM permit — is entitled to prepare and submit feasibility study reports,
preliminary estimates, cost plans, bills of quantities, tender documents, contract documents,
valuations for interim payments, variations and final accounts.
Engaging an unregistered person to perform these services is not only risky — it may contravene the law.
Without rigorous cost planning from inception, budgets rely on assumptions. Variations and unforeseen works escalate unchecked.
Poorly drafted or administered contracts are the largest source of construction disputes. Under CIPAA, payment disputes escalate rapidly to adjudication.
Without independent professional valuation, interim payments may not reflect actual work completed. Final accounts may be inflated. You pay more than you should.
When cost and time are not managed together, delays compound into liquidated damages, EOT disputes, and loss and expense claims.
Government and institutional projects increasingly mandate a registered consultant QS. Non-compliance may disqualify your tender.
Without expert assessment, contractor claims for loss and expense, quantum meruit or prolongation go unchallenged — and often succeed.
Sustainable construction is no longer optional — it is an industry imperative. From GreenRE-rated developments to GBI-certified buildings, developers and building owners increasingly require professional guidance to achieve green certification whilst maintaining cost discipline.
As a QS-led consultancy with a dedicated Green Building & Sustainability Team, Etika Hijau bridges the gap between sustainability ambitions and construction economics. We quantify the true cost of green design options, prepare green-compliant tender documents, and administer contracts that reflect sustainability requirements — ensuring your green investment delivers both environmental performance and financial returns.
Our firm is ISO 14001:2015 certified for Environmental Management, and our own office has operated under a Green Office Policy since establishment in 2011 — we practise what we preach.
Life-cycle cost analysis and cost-benefit assessment of sustainable design alternatives at every stage.
Bills of Quantities and specifications that accurately capture sustainability requirements for competitive tendering.
Managing variations, certifications and compliance where sustainability targets form part of the contractual obligations.
Professional guidance on certification pathways, documentation requirements and credit optimisation strategies.
Identifying where green investments deliver maximum environmental returns without exceeding cost thresholds.
Cost tracking and reporting aligned with ISO 14001 and project-specific environmental performance targets.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is transforming how construction projects are planned, measured and managed. At Etika Hijau, BIM is not an afterthought — it is embedded in our core QS workflow, enabling us to deliver 5D BIM capability that integrates 3D spatial modelling with cost (4D) and time (5D) data.
This means your project benefits from model-based quantity take-off that eliminates manual measurement error, real-time cost tracking linked directly to design changes, and clash detection that identifies costly conflicts before they reach site. The result: fewer variations, faster certifications, and tighter cost control from design to completion.
Our 14-member BIM team — comprising a BIM Manager, 4 BIM Coordinators and 9 BIM Modellers — is a Glodon 5D BIM Project Completion award winner. We operate as a digital and paperless office, backed by dedicated measurement and estimating software that delivers speed, accuracy and auditability.
Automated extraction of quantities from BIM models, eliminating manual measurement error and accelerating tender preparation.
Real-time cost data linked to the 3D model — design changes are instantly reflected in your budget with full audit trail.
Identifying spatial conflicts and buildability issues before construction, preventing costly on-site variations.
Automated, data-driven cost reports with visual dashboards — transparent, auditable and produced in a fraction of the time.
Time-linked modelling that visualises the construction programme, enabling proactive coordination between cost and time.
Multi-disciplinary model coordination with architects, engineers and contractors — ensuring all parties work from a single source of truth.
Construction disputes are not a matter of if — they are a matter of when. Payment disagreements, variation claims, extension of time disputes and final account deadlocks are an everyday reality of the Malaysian construction industry. The Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) has made adjudication the primary fast-track mechanism for resolving payment disputes — and the stakes are high.
At Etika Hijau, dispute resolution is not a separate service bolted on after problems emerge. It is built into our contract administration practice from day one. Our directors are Fellows of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) and registered panellists of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) for adjudication matters. This means we do not merely advise on disputes — we understand them from the adjudicator's perspective.
Whether you are a developer defending against a contractor's claim, or a contractor pursuing legitimate payment, our team provides the forensic cost analysis, contractual rigour and procedural discipline that wins cases.
Preparation of payment claims and responses, evidence compilation and representation strategy for adjudication proceedings under CIPAA 2012.
Forensic analysis of loss and expense claims, prolongation costs, disruption damages and quantum meruit — whether you are pursuing or defending.
Independent expert reports on quantum — prepared to withstand scrutiny in adjudication, arbitration and court proceedings.
Proactive record-keeping, notice regimes and documentation protocols that build a defensible position before disputes crystallise.
Established in 2011 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah — we are a BQSM-registered, QS-led multidisciplinary consultancy with operations across Malaysia and international project experience in Myanmar, Cambodia and Timor-Leste.
From registered Professional QS to Assistant QS — depth and capacity for projects of any scale.
Proven capability on mega-scale developments and infrastructure works.
BQSM, RISM, RICS, AIQS, ACQSM, AIAC, AIADR, GreenRE, GBI — your assurance of quality and ethics.
Glodon 5D BIM award winner. 14-member BIM team with dedicated Manager, Coordinators and Modellers — digital precision from design to final account.
4 GreenRE Accredited Professionals and 2 GBI Facilitators with a dedicated sustainability team — from green cost planning to certification advisory.
FAIADR Fellows and AIAC-registered panellist adjudicators — from preventive contract administration through to CIPAA adjudication and expert witness services.
ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental) — standardised, auditable, and sustainability-aligned processes.
Buildings, sewerage, water supply, factories, airports, seaports, highways, slope protection, jetty works and more.
