
Introducing MAKE QS
MAKE QS is a specialized quantity surveying and construction cost management consulting practice based in Western Canada, active across Canada.
Strengthening How We Deliver Projects
Following the acquisition of RTA, we are pleased to introduce MAKE QS, enhancing our advisory platform with integrated quantity surveying and cost management expertise. This integration strengthens our ability to support increasingly complex projects, enabling more coordinated delivery, greater cost clarity, guiding better-informed decisions across each costing phase of the development lifecycle


Our Expertise
Building on decades of unrivalled expertise through the RTA acquisition, MAKE QS provides highly specialized independent cost management, quantity surveying and development finance project monitoring services across Canada.
Our core services include:
- Quantity Surveying & Cost Management
- Cost Planning & Construction Cost Estimating
- Lenders Construction Loan Project Monitoring
- Payment Certifier
- Independent Certifier
- Technical Advisor
- Change Order Review & Negotiation
- Claims Review & Determination
- Budget Verification & Budget Reviews
- Construction Scheduling & Reviews
- Lifecycle Costing, Operating & Maintenance Costing
- Risk Management & Risk Analysis
- Value Analysis, Value Management & Value Engineering
- Master Planning Project Feasibility Cost Studies
- Expert Witness
Why MAKE QS
As construction costs continue to rise and projects grow in complexity, effective cost management requires a disciplined, lifecycle-based approach. MAKE QS provides independent, verification-led cost advisory across all stages of development, supporting financial clarity, informed decision-making, and a structured approach to cost risk management.
This approach delivers:
Sectors We Support
Our team has extensive local market cost knowledge across every sector built up over decades of advising on many of Canada’s most complex and challenging construction projects with a diverse portfolio of projects ranging up to $2bn in value.
- Healthcare
- Education
- Commercial & Mixed-Use
- Industrial & Logistics
- Civic & Institutional
- Recreation & Community Facilities
- Residential Development

Project Experience
Our team brings extensive local market cost knowledge across every sector, developed over decades of advising on some of Canada’s most complex and challenging construction projects. This experience spans a diverse portfolio of thousands of completed projects, with individual project values of up to $2bn. Explore more projects.