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The Subcontractor’s Perspective: From Tender to Final Account - What a Main Contractor needs to know (EP 253)
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- Own The Build
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- Feb 9, 2026
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- 3225
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Summary
In this episode, Paul is joined by David Longman, Managing QS at Rendesco, a £15m M&E specialist contractor, for a frank and wide-ranging conversation about quantity surveying from the subcontractor’s perspective — an angle that is often misunderstood higher up the contracting chain. David’s career path is unusual and valuable: starting in main contracting, moving into PQS work, and ultimately landing in subcontracting, where he now leads and has helped grow the business from £4m to £15m ...