Successful projects depend on reliable cost data throughout their lifecycle. Our construction cost consultants are well known for the accuracy of their estimates and budgets, based on in-depth local knowledge and expertise with innovative CostX quantification software.
Feasibility Studies
We provide our clients with realistic assessments of the potential for their projects to succeed. Our investigations and recommendations are both financial and technical, balancing the costs, benefits and risks.
Strategic Portfolio Planning
We help our clients to maximise the potential of their real estate portfolios in a sustainable way. Our advice on acquiring new assets, enhancing existing ones, or disposing of others, allows our clients to make informed decisions about their long-term strategic plans.
Cost Management – Pre-contract
Our cost consultants monitor project costs throughout the design stages up to contract award. Our knowledge of current market conditions and comprehensive historic project data allow us to deliver reliable cost plans from early estimates to final detailed design, maintaining control of design costs and changes.
Post-contract cost management
Our cost managers guide the client through the project execution stage, controlling costs and cash flow. They quantify works as they are executed before approving final accounts, and meet regularly with the client to advise on progress against plans and any actions required.
Procurement strategy for contracts
Our procurement experts recommend the strategy that best achieves the project objectives, based on the client’s unique needs. Depending on the project, the options range from traditional contracts (separating design from construction) to contracts with integrated project teams delivering every stage of the project together.
Tendering process
We have long experience in the tendering process, leading to selection of the best contractor for the project. Our consultants take clients through each stage of the process, from developing a clear project brief to selecting contractors on the basis of technical competence together with proposed costs.
Lifecycle costing
In our experience, lifecycle costing achieves the most significant benefits at the earliest stages of a project and should be continued throughout its lifetime. Our lifecycle cost analysts quantify costs and compare them with alternative options at each of the key milestones: design, construction, operational maintenance, and disposal.
Project Cost Benchmarking
Our project cost benchmarking expertise allows clients to assess how their project’s costs compare with similar projects. We use our comprehensive project database to set an appropriate cost range, then monitor the actual costs against suitable project benchmarks.
Budget cost advice
Our cost consultants guide clients through every stage of their projects to set realistic budgets and cost limits for capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX). Our expert knowledge of local supply chains and indicative costs enables us to provide a high level of certainty.
Built asset development management
We are experts in advising developers on delivering built asset projects that will be viable for the long term. Our development management teams coordinate the financial, technical and operational perspectives to devise sustainable solutions in an innovative way that delivers strategic value for the developer.
