About Us

Berco Consulting is a service orientated professional Quantity Surveying Company located in Rose Bay founded by Richard Cohen and Ian Berson in 2021. Together with dedicated staff, we offer a combined base of experience of more than 80 years across a wide variety of sectors, specialising in high-end residential homes/apartments, mixed-use developments and commercial projects across Sydney and regional NSW.

With both Richard and Ian having previously been founders of major national Australian QS firms, they have consistently helped some of Australia’s largest and most respected developers, architects and organizations turn their ideas into reality. As such, Berco’s founders have developed themselves into industry leaders amongst the residential sector, with their reputations built on long term relationships, high quality construction cost advice, and consistently delivering reliability throughout the construction process.

Berco’s fast growing team prides itself on a proven track record in providing high quality and precise quantity surveying services with hands-on Director involvement across the project life cycle. Our success is a direct result of exceeding client expectations through tailoring our services to the needs of our clients and projects.


Founding Partners

Richard Cohen

Director

Richard has over 40 years experience working as a Quantity Surveyor. Richard was a co-founder and director of Heymann-Cohen before merging with DCWC as a director for 7 years. Prior to moving to Australia, Richard also spent over 10 years working in a major Quantity Surveying firm in South Africa.

Richard’s experience spans over 5000 completed projects including high end architectural houses, commercial (shopping centres, office blocks and hotels) and industrial developments, medium and high-density residential projects and private hospitals. 

Ian Berson

Director

Ian has over 40 years of Quantity Surveying experience. Ian was previously a co-founder and a Director of MBM, as well as spending more than 15 years in South Africa and Australia working for major Quantity Surveying firms working on a great variety of projects.

Ian’s experience spans numerous projects in almost every type of construction. Working mainly with Developers and Architects, Ian has worked on every type of building as well as the landscaping, roads and pathways at Sydney Olympic Park for the 2000 Olympics