Who we are

One discipline. Everything else went.

Quantity Surveying was the role everybody covered and nobody knew. The commercial function is where the money on a project is won and lost, and learning to read it properly takes years that nobody covering five disciplines is ever going to spend.

So we stopped covering it and started living in it.

The whole chain of command. We work all of them.

  1. Assistant Quantity Surveyor Graduate QS
  2. Quantity Surveyor QS
  3. Senior Quantity Surveyor Senior QS
  4. Managing Quantity Surveyor Managing QS · Managing Surveyor
  5. Commercial Manager
  6. Commercial Lead Head of Commercial
  7. Commercial Director

Estimators as well, where they sit inside a commercial team we already know. Nothing else, and we will say so rather than have a go.

Those titles are not comparable between companies, which is most of the reason people move sideways without meaning to.

Davin Dhillon, founder of clearnorth

Davin Dhillon

Founder
Robson Leslie of clearnorth, commercial leaders

Robson Leslie

Commercial leaders
Matt Williams of clearnorth, contract

Matt Williams

Contract
Danielle Pears of clearnorth, search

Danielle Pears

Search

Elaine Milburn

Operations

Nicky Harper

Accounts and HR

Jonathan Kivell

Research
A note

What we still haven't cracked.

The industry isn't making enough QSs. We can move the good ones around, but that doesn't make any more of them. We haven't cracked our part in fixing that, and we know we have one.

Davin Dhillon

Founder
What people have said · Google reviews

Matt helped us place a freelance QS whilst we had an opening for a new full time position.


Andy Pickering · June 2026

Matt sourced the freelance position at the company I wanted to work for, and negotiated terms perfectly.


James Hughes · May 2026

They came highly recommended from a close friend. When I was ready for my next commission, I reached out.


Matthew B · August 2026