Our approach to Quantity Surveying is one which focuses on the business needs of the customer and aims to deliver a cost management service which enables our customers to make informed decisions in relation to their property assets.
Our range of services is enhanced by our sector expertise and appropriate experienced staff that will provide positive advice at the various stages of the project cycle.
Our internal benchmark information enables us to provide a speedy response at early stages of a project to assess if the project requirements can be achieved and to offer alternative solutions if appropriate.
This can be used as a dynamic tool to review alternative design options and explore 'what if' scenarios to identify the most cost effective options within the parameters of the brief.
Our cost plan will be a detailed elemental budget, which will form the key cost management control document and will be prepared in conjunction with the whole project team to ensure ownership of the budget. All future changes will be managed against the signed off cost plan.
We will work with the project team, and where required, facilitate workshops in order to undertake a structured review at key project stages to ascertain that the project is meeting the functional requirements of the brief and is providing whole life value.
We will advise the project team on strategies for identifying and minimising specific risks together with appropriate levels of cost and a methodology for managing risks within the identified levels.
Our specialist surveyors are able to provide cost advice in relation to services installations and where appropriate are able to challenge designs based upon their detail understanding of technical knowledge and design criteria relating to installations.
Based upon the customer's principle objectives in relation to cost certainty, quality of design, workmanship and programme we will undertake a review of these objectives and provide recommendations in relation to the optimum procurement method to best achieve these objectives.
Evaluating the most suitable contractor's/suppliers for a project based upon scope, content, complexity, procurement and the need for specialist knowledge and innovative thinking.
A key element of our role is to manage the costs within the signed off budget through :
Preparation of tender and contract documents which provide details of the project requirements and clearly identify responsibility for risks.