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QScope is built by a quantity surveyor. When you write about retention at practical completion or valuing a variation under clause 5.6, you are not explaining it to a support script.
QScope Team·4 min read
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Use the contact form, or email help@qscope.co.uk if you prefer.
Monday to Friday. Include the project reference and, if it is about a figure, which certificate number you are looking at. That usually saves a round trip.
Response times
Within one working day on every plan, including the free trial. Whole business plan customers get a named contact and priority in the queue. There is no plan on which you wait longer for an answer about your own money.
Something looks wrong with a figure
Tell us straight away and do not issue the certificate. Send the project reference, the certificate number, the figure you expected and the figure you see. A calculation error in a payment certificate is the most serious kind of bug we can have.
Common questionsAnswers to what gets asked most
How do I get started on my first project?
Pick a live job with a valuation due in the next two weeks. Enter the contract form, contract sum and retention rate, put in the sections you are valuing this period, and produce the certificate. You do not need the full bill or the history of past valuations to start. The full walkthrough is on the how it works page.
Can I import a bill of quantities?
Yes. Enter it directly or bring it in, keeping your sections and subtotals. If you have a bill in an awkward format, email it to us and we will tell you the quickest route rather than leaving you to fight it.
Why is my retention different from what I expected?
Retention is deducted from payments, so QScope counts it against certificates actually issued, not against variations merely approved. If the figure changed at practical completion, that is the rate halving as JCT requires. The breakdown under the figure shows what it is made of.
A client cannot open the link I sent
Check the link has not been revoked in the project team panel, and that you sent the whole address including the code after it. Guest links are per project, so a link to one job will not open another.
How do I add another surveyor?
Account, then the team card. Invite by email and they set their own password on a one-time link. Give each surveyor their own login rather than sharing one: a shared password makes every entry in the audit trail say the same name, which is the same as recording nothing.
Billing, invoices and cancelling
All from your own account, without emailing anyone. Update the card, download invoices and cancel whenever you like. Cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep access to the end of the period you have paid for.
How do I get my data out?
Export at any time, including during the trial and after it ends. After a cancellation your data stays available for export for 60 days. If you need longer, ask before that runs out and we will hold it.
I found a bug, or something is missing
Tell us. QScope is built by one practice and shaped by what surveyors actually run into, so a clear description of what you were doing is worth more than a feature request form. If it is a calculation problem, it goes to the front of the queue.