My route into construction … Rebecca Freeman, senior quantity surveyor at Dandara

2025-09-08T06:00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

How long have you been working and what is your current job?

I have worked in property and construction for more than 20 years, and for the past five I have been a quantity surveyor at independent housebuilder Dandara, promoted to senior quantity surveyor last year. My job is to manage the commercial side of housing developments – making sure that projects stay on budget, contracts are watertight, and we deliver quality homes on time.

I split my time between the office and on site, which gives me a great balance of technical responsibilities, commercial oversight and working closely with different teams and contractors.

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