On 9 May 2011, Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, received the PMR 2011 Diamond Arrow Award for the most outstanding large Quantity Surveying firm in South Africa. The Award was presented to Hatla Ntene, Director, at a breakfast held in Johannesburg.

Indresen Pillay, Managing Director of Davis Langdon, said: “We are very pleased with the Diamond Arrow Award as it indicates the value that our professional colleagues and clients attach to our business - and inspires us to continue striving towards our vision of being an organisation that is respected and valued for Inspiring Solutions and Enduring Legacies.  We continue to offer services that make a measurable difference to the value, cost and time of our clients’ projects and continuously challenge ourselves while simultaneously building our vision on three strategic pillars of Thought Leadership, Creativity and Excellence without Compromise.”

The respondents rated the Quantity Surveyors across a range of 7 attributes, namely:
● Budget/cost control
● Commitment to the project
● Control of assignment
● Co-operation with client
● Reliable data
● Responsiveness
● Timeous completion.

The interviews were conducted during November/December 2010 and January 2011 with a random, national sample of 143 respondents - comprising 30 architects, 43 construction companies, 50 consulting engineers and 20 property developers.

The interviews were carried out telephonically utilising semi-structured questionnaires – with the ratings being based on the perceptions of the respondents, who also gave verbatim comments on the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the Quantity Surveyor Firms. The firms are categorized according to the number of associates/directors/partners per firm, with those having more than 10 associates/directors/partners being classified as large firms.

 Hatla Ntene, Director, with the PMR Diamond Arrow Award 2011