Alasdair Cowie BSc (Hons) MRICS
Associate Director

Alasdair is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over twenty years’ experience providing cost management advice across a wide range of projects and programmes in the UK, Hong Kong, Macao and the Middle East. His experience spans residential, hospitality, retail, commercial, high-rise, mixed-use and major leisure developments.

He began his career in Scotland as an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor while studying part-time at Glasgow Caledonian University, graduating with an Honours degree in Quantity Surveying in 2009. He became a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2015.

Over the course of his career, Alasdair has worked with major clients, consultants and design teams across complex, high-value developments. His experience includes cost management from feasibility stage onwards, procurement advice, tendering, post-contract cost control, commercial reporting and claims support. He has also held senior leadership roles, with responsibility for team management, client liaison, resourcing, bidding, business development and project delivery.

Qualifications/Memberships

BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
Construction Skills Certification Scheme
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Experience

Major High-Rise Development, Riyadh
• Client: Foster + Partners
• Role: Associate Director / Cost Management Lead
• Led the Saudi cost management team on a major high-rise project in Riyadh

Mixed-Use Development Programme, Saudi Arabia
• Client: Public Investment Fund / Sovereign Wealth Fund Developers
• Role: Associate Director
• Supported the delivery of complex, high-value development commissions across multiple asset types

Data Centre Roll-Out, Saudi Arabia
• Client: Amazon Web Services
• Role: Associate Director / Cost Management Lead
• Led the Saudi team on the roll-out of multiple data centre projects

Casino and Hotel Development, Macao
• Client: Venetian Resorts Macao
• Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Seconded on site as part of the trade contractor delivery team, leading commercial management and contractual correspondence

Christchurch Reinstatement Programme, New Zealand
• Role: Quantity Surveyor
• Worked as part of a large team delivering reinstatement works following the Christchurch earthquakes
• Prepared estimates, negotiated pricing frameworks and produced commercial reports for senior management and insurers

Expertise:
Cost Management • Cost Planning / Estimating • Procurement Advice • Tendering Strategy • Tender Negotiations • Post Contract Cost Control • Commercial Management • Claims Support • Client Liaison • Team Leadership • Business Development • Resource Management • Residential • Hospitality • High-Rise • Mixed-Use • Retail • Commercial • Heritage Refurbishment • Data Centres
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