Quantivey partners with owners and businesses to deliver clarity, control, and confidence at every stage of construction — from earliest budgets to final closeout.
What We Do
Quantivey is a construction cost management firm. We give owners and businesses independent control over what their projects cost — through rigorous estimating and budgeting before contracts are signed, disciplined oversight through construction, and specialist advisory where cost meets risk and capital decisions.
Get the budget right before commitments are made, while design decisions can still be changed affordably.
Early-stage estimates built from limited design information — concept sketches, schematic drawings, or a program narrative — to establish a realistic budget before significant design investment. Used by owners to test feasibility and secure funding before committing to full design.
Progressively detailed estimates produced as drawings mature through the DD and CD phases, keeping the project aligned to budget and catching cost drift while it’s still inexpensive to correct.
Systematic review of design, systems, and materials to reduce cost without sacrificing function, quality, or schedule — presenting owners with priced alternatives and trade-offs rather than blunt cuts.
Independent review of drawings and specifications before they go out to bid, identifying gaps, conflicts, and ambiguities that otherwise turn into RFIs, change orders, and inflated bids.
Reconciling estimates across design stages and bidder pricing to explain variances, track cost trends over the life of the project, and give owners a defensible, current budget picture.
Advising on bid packaging, delivery method, and procurement strategy, then analyzing bids on a like-for-like basis so owners can compare contractors fairly and award with confidence.
Protect the budget through construction, and pay only for what’s contracted and delivered.
Independent evaluation of contractor change-order pricing for fairness and contract compliance, with negotiation support that protects owners from inflated or unjustified costs during construction.
Reviewing the schedule of values and monthly pay applications to confirm billed amounts match actual progress — protecting owners from front-loading and overpayment.
Ongoing forecasting of final cost based on committed costs, pending changes, and remaining work — giving owners early warning of overruns while there’s still time to act.
Verification of final costs, reconciliation of allowances and contingencies, and audit of final billings at closeout to confirm the owner paid only for what was contracted and delivered.
Specialist support where cost meets risk and capital decisions.
Identification, quantification, and active management of cost risk across the project lifecycle. We pressure-test the estimate, build and justify appropriate contingency, run quantitative risk analysis on the budget, and track how that contingency draws down as the project progresses — so owners understand not just the number, but the confidence behind it.
Independent cost review for owners, investors, and lenders before they commit to acquiring, funding, or restarting a project. We validate budgets and third-party estimates, assess the realistic cost to complete or remediate, and flag financial exposure — so a capital decision rests on a defensible number rather than the seller’s or contractor’s word.
Sectors We Serve
From hospital expansions to mission-critical data centers, our team brings sector-specific cost intelligence to every engagement.
About the Founder
Quantivey was founded by Robert Magnano to bring rigorous, owner-aligned construction cost management to the projects that need it most. With experience spanning Australia and the United States, Robert has led cost work on hospitals, schools, airports, corporate fitouts, residential towers, and infrastructure projects valued in the billions.
Robert is a Member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MAIQS) and served as Vice President of the American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) from 2024 to 2026. Robert holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Construction Management (Honors) and a Diploma of Building Design & Drafting.
Quantivey is the practice he built to deliver that experience directly — independent by design, partner attention on every engagement, and a clear-eyed focus on what owners actually need to make confident decisions about cost.
Representative Experience
Project experience ranges from healthcare and education to aviation, hospitality, and beyond — the depth and breadth Quantivey is built on.
Common Questions
From where our name comes from, to the history of our profession, to when to bring us into a project — the questions we get most often.
“Quantivey” derives its name from the profession of Quantity Surveying. We took the centuries-old craft of quantity surveying and built a modern construction cost consulting practice around it.
A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction cost specialist who measures, estimates, and manages the financial side of a building project. From earliest concepts through final closeout, a QS prepares cost estimates from design drawings, value-engineers designs to fit budgets, reviews payments and change orders during construction, and audits final costs at completion. The role is fundamentally independent — representing the owner’s financial interests rather than the contractor’s.
The profession traces its roots to 17th-century Britain. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the scale of rebuilding pushed the building trades away from paying craftsmen by the day toward measuring and paying for completed work — a shift widely credited as the birth of the discipline. The first known firm, Henry Cooper & Sons of Reading, was established in 1785, and the term “quantity surveyor” itself entered common use in the mid-1800s.
The profession was institutionally formalized in 1868, when 49 surveyors met at London’s Westminster Palace Hotel to found the Institution of Surveyors — granted a Royal Charter in 1881 and renamed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 1947. Through the British Commonwealth the profession spread to Australia (where the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors was founded in 1971), New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and beyond — where today it’s a regulated profession with chartered designations such as MRICS and FRICS. In the United States the same skill set is practiced under titles like construction estimator, cost consultant, and cost engineer.
Three things. Breadth — a QS works across the full project lifecycle, from earliest budgets through closeout audits, not just one phase. Independence — a QS traditionally represents the owner or developer, advising on cost without conflict of interest with the contractor. Discipline — the practice is rooted in measurement and rigorous documentation, providing transparent cost certainty rather than ballpark numbers.
At or before conceptual design. The biggest savings come from rigorous budgeting and value engineering early — long before contracts are signed. That said, we add value at every stage: we can step in mid-construction to manage change orders and pay applications, or at closeout to audit final costs and resolve disputes.
Healthcare, hospitality, K–12 and higher education, tenant improvements, retail, industrial, data centers, multi-family and residential, and commercial office.
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