Swart & Associates is a quantity surveying practice providing cost management as our core service.

Our reliable and comprehensive cost advice enables our clients to make informed decisions from the initial planning stages through to the completion of a project. Cost management services are divided between Pre-Contract and Post-Contract (Contract Administration) services.

Pre Contract Services include:

Project feasibility studies

• Master plan budgets
• Estimating and cost planning
• Risk identification and management
• Cash flow forecasting
• Procurement strategies and advice
• Tender assessment, negotiation, and recommendation

Post Contract Services include:

• Payment claim assessment and recommendation of progress payments
• Cash flow forecast tracking and updating
• Variation claim assessment and negotiation
• Monthly project cost monitoring and financial cost forecasting
• Final account negotiation and settlement

Additional Services offered include:

• Reinstatement estimates for insurance purposes
• Independent project reviews/audits
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Life Cycle Costing 

Recent Projects

The following is a selection of current/recent projects cost managed by Swart & Associates:

• Airport Terminal - Roma Airport Terminal Upgrade
• Workshops/Offices/Amenities - Ergon Energy Depot Upgrade (Toowoomba)
• Education - DET Existing Goodna State High School Master Planning & Rationalisation 
• Health - Toowoomba Hospital MRI Department Upgrade, CT Scan Upgrade
• Health - Kingaroy Hospital Master Planning & Rationalisation
• Law & Order - Laidley Police Station Upgrade
• Fit-outs - Admiralty Towers 2 Main Lobby Upgrade and Fit-out (Brisbane)
• Fit-outs - 41 George Street, Brisbane - Multi-level  Fit-out Upgrade
• Fit-outs - 33 Charlotte Street, Brisbane - Multi-level Fit-out Upgrade
• Queens Park Toowoomba - Facilities, Playgrounds, and Landscaping Upgrade

FOUNDER - ERIC SWART

Director + Quantity Surveyor

Eric established Swart & Associates in 2013, continuing his career of more than 30 years in the profession (18 years in Brisbane and 20 years internationally in South Africa and Namibia). Eric is an all-around highly skilled certified quantity surveyor with a wealth of project experience which includes new buildings, refurbishments, and fit-outs across various sectors such as commercial, correctional, defense, education, health, heritage, industrial, leisure, residential, sport/recreation, and transport.

Professional affiliations include membership of:

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MAIQS, CQS)

Prior to establishing Swart & Associates, Eric occupied the position of associate with two of the large quantity surveying practices in Brisbane. Eric was involved as a senior quantity surveyor on several large-scale projects across various sectors in Queensland. Examples of these projects are:

• Correctional Services - Brisbane Reception Centre Expansion
• Defense - Enoggera Stage 1A Redevelopment
• Defense - ELF Stage 1: Package A - 3RAR Battalion Lavarack Barracks
• Education - Griffith University Sir Samuel Griffith Building (6 Star Green Star rating)
• Education - Gatton UQ School of Veterinary Science Redevelopment
• Health - Nambour Hospital Redevelopment
• Health - Rural & Regional Hospital Infrastructure Redevelopment
• Health - Wesley Hospital Multi-Level Car Park Extension & Medical Suites
• Heritage - Old Government House Brisbane
• Offices - Moreton Bay Regional Council New Library & Offices at North Lakes
• Sport - Gabba Stadium Stage 6 (Final Stage)
• Transport - Eastern Busway Stations: Master Plan Budgets

Prior to immigrating to Australia at the end of 2004, Eric was the owner and founder of Eric Swart & Partners Quantity Surveyors in Windhoek, Namibia which he established in 1995. This practice successfully delivered full quantity services on a wide range of building projects in Namibia. Noteworthy projects included:

• 73 Bedroom Nest Hotel - Luderitz
• Luderitz Waterfront Development - Luderitz
• Woermann Brock Shopping Centre - Swakopmund
• 800-bed Katutura Hospital (Major staged internal refurbishment) - Windhoek
• Multi-storey Standard Bank Building (Major staged internal refurbishment) - Windhoek CBD  

We place a high value on continued professional development and the following are some of the webinars/conferences we participated in during 2022:

• Holding Redlich Construction Lawyers - The Continuing Relevance of Security of Payment Laws 
• Holding Redlich Construction Lawyers - Integrated Precincts 
• Architecture and Design - The Sustainability Summit 2022  
• Planned Cover - Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Planned Cover - Superintendency and Construction Contracts
• Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors - Early Contractor Engagement Contracting
• Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors - Life Cycle Cost Analysis 
• The Urban Developer - Managing Project Cost Escalation 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)