Services

Select from the following for further information about the services we provide:

Offered to ensure that the building design meets the anticipated budget.
Allows for the design to be checked, against budget, before committing to more detailed technical plans, submitting a planning approval or expending further fees and potentially wasting time and money.
Maybe a standalone early stage project costing document or a working document for use throughout the design process.
Can be produced from as little information as a sketch design or outline specification.
Can incorporate supplementary information (such as planning obligations (section 106), infrastructure, land purchase and revenue streams) to produce viability studies for developers of larger projects.
Provides cost certainty and comfort at an early stage of the process.

Offered to ensure the project budget is allocated appropriately, and where necessary, to explore alternative design options to achieve best value.
Using extensive knowledge of resource costs, building methods and product options.
Liaising with Architects and other members of the design team.
Appreciating the current design ethos and managing expectations, to adapt the existing details and bring costs within budget without compromising the fundamental design, or ‘must have’ client features.
Provides options to realise the project potential whilst remaining in budget.

Offered to manage the tender process – issuing tender enquiries to the most suitable Contractors within our extensive approved supplier list.
Creating tender packs which make sure that the contractors tendering know exactly what they should be allowing for, and that there are no gaps in the scope of work expected.
To ensure projects don’t become, at best, difficult, at worst, fail, because of a simple misunderstanding or lack of detail at this critical stage.
Any undefined work is covered by considered Provisional allowances to ensure that tenders submitted are complete and can be compared confidently against budget.
Clarify, analyse and compare returned tenders before producing our recommendations for appointment.
Working directly for our clients or alongside the appointed architect.
Provides Client confidence in the price of their project and avoids disputes and delays during the build allowing both the client and contractor to enter into a build agreement with certainty.

Offered to confirm the expectations of the project and the obligations of each party; defining the work to be undertaken for the agreed sum and over an agreed period.
An appropriate contract is drafted between Client and Contractor.
The project is monitored through regular progress meetings to ensure all contractual obligations are met and appropriate contract documentation is produced.
Formal instructions are issued, valuations certified, variations checked & agreed and the forecast final account is kept up to date.
Provides the client with the confidence that the contract will be administered properly and gives the contractor the confidence that a candid, experienced party will be managing the contractual elements of the build.

Offered as an extension to Contract Administration.
The Construction Project Management service provides engagement more regularly with the Contractor and Client. More ‘hands-on’ to maintain programme, consider options and liaise closely with all parties to achieve best outcome in all aspects of the scheme.
Useful when Clients may wish to be ‘hands-off’ the build process, who have no experience of building projects, who may be remote and unavailable or who simply wish for an experienced organisation to oversee the project for them.
Assists with forward planning the work stages, avoiding misunderstandings, identifying potential issues early-on, concluding and planning undefined work, understanding the consequential effects of changes, identifying and mitigating areas of potential delay.
Provides management of all aspects of the project to reduce stress and provide clarity for the Client.

Offered to minimise the costs of the project and to enhance value for money whilst achieving the required design, standards and quality management.
Can include feasibility studies, bills of quantities and cost control – measuring and valuing contract works and variations, reconciling cost against value, preparing or checking contractor valuations and final accounts and forecasting costs to complete.
Frequently the QS function is provided to Clients either involved in large scale projects, who require a professional to work alongside the appointed Contract Administrator/Architect in valuing work progress and cost change, or by Clients involved in smaller projects that wish for someone to check valuations and variations submitted by Contractors.
In both cases this service is provided automatically if we are acting as Contract Administrator.
We also act as independent advisors for Financial Institutions (often for small developer or self-build schemes), providing funding reports, cost assessments, stage costing and programming reports and validating valuations and drawdown requests.
Provides a robust check on all financial matters for the client.