Someone in complete control of your project, at every stage.
We get involved in your design early, take the project to a known budget before the build starts, then run the build.
Pre-planning guidance
Feasibility, the right people around the table, and the route to planning.
Project Readiness Roadmap
Gaps, risks, a build cost range and a draft programme, inside 48 hours.
Preconstruction
Specification, design team and pre-tender information, priced by a chartered QS.
Cost certainty
The budget is known and our fee is locked in before anything is committed on site.
Construction
Every trade tendered at cost, the site run day to day, weekly reports to handover.
How we differ from a typical builder
| A typical builder | Preconstructive |
|---|---|
| Prices drawings someone else designed, and carries a contingency for the gaps. | Works on the design with you, so it is built to your budget. |
| Holds the trade contracts and keeps any saving. | Tenders every trade on your behalf, at cost. Savings stay with you. |
| Earns margin on variations, so earns more when the job costs more. | Fee locked in once a chartered QS has priced the project. |
Our model in detail
One appointment, from the first review of the drawings to handover. Third-party professional fees are paid by you directly.
| Stage | What it covers | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 01Pre-planning guidance | Feasibility, the right people around the table, and the route to planning. | Free |
| 02Project Readiness Roadmap | What is missing, an estimate of the build cost, a draft programme and our fees, inside 48 hours. | Free for the next five, then £400 |
| 03Pre-construction management | Written specification, complete pre-tender information and an accurate QS budget. | Fixed fee |
| ◆Cost certainty: a chartered QS prices the complete design and our 8% is locked in at that figure. | ||
| 04Mobilisation | Scopes of works, tenders and tender reviews on the key packages: a second check against the budget. | Fixed fee |
| Site management | The site run day to day through the build. | Weekly rate |
| Construction management | Every trade managed to specification, budget and programme, at cost, to handover. | 8% of the works |
Our guarantees
Exit
Not happy with preconstruction or the budget it produces? We stop there. Nothing further to pay.
Budget
If the QS price comes in more than 10% over our review estimate, we value engineer it back, free.
Defects
Defective work reported within twelve months is remedied at no management fee.
Questions and answers
Who pays the trades?
You do, directly. We tender each package, review the returns with you, raise the purchase orders on your behalf and check every invoice before it comes to you for payment.
What happens if a trade package comes back above budget?
That risk sits with you, and it is the honest difference between this route and a fixed price. Every package is let as a fixed price before you commit to it, tenders go out early, and they are priced off a finalised specification, so there is very little left for a contractor to find later.
What if a subcontractor becomes insolvent?
Your exposure is small, because you only ever pay for works complete, monthly in arrears, and only one trade at a time.
Who is responsible for defects?
Each trade carries its own work. We hold retention on every package and release it only when the work is right, and we manage the snagging and defects period on your behalf.