Precision in
Measurement.
Accuracy in
Cost Planning.

• Quantity take-offs: Measure work quantities from drawings, specifications, and available models.
• BOQ preparation: Prepare item descriptions, units, and measured quantities for pricing and cost administration.
• Detailed cost estimates: Develop itemised estimates for materials, labour, equipment, subcontract works, and project overheads.
• Unit rate analysis: Build up and review rates using resource requirements, productivity assumptions, and supplier quotations.
• Drawing and scope review: Identify missing information, scope gaps, discrepancies, and potential quantity overlaps.
• Independent estimate checking: Review quantities, calculations, rates, assumptions, and exclusions.
• Revised quantity assessments: Update measurements and estimates as drawings or project requirements change.
• Trade-specific estimating: Prepare estimates for agreed structural, architectural, civil, and building-services work packages.

Typical deliverables
Quantity take-off sheets, BOQs, detailed estimates, rate analyses, and estimate review reports.

• Progress billing preparation: Help contractors prepare payment applications and supporting quantity records.
• Billing evaluation: Assess claimed accomplishments and amounts against verified progress and contract provisions.
• Variation order evaluation: Measure and price additions, omissions, substitutions, and revised work.
• Change tracking: Maintain variation registers showing proposed, submitted, assessed, and approved changes.
• Budget monitoring: Compare original budgets, commitments, actual expenditure, and forecast costs.
• Cost-to-complete forecasting: Estimate remaining expenditure and the anticipated final project cost.
• Contractor commercial reporting: Compare the value of work performed with associated costs to monitor margins.
• Subcontractor account management: Support subcontract payment assessments, variations, and account reconciliation.
• Final account preparation and review: Reconcile contract sums, variations, adjustments, and previous payments.
• Commercial documentation: Maintain cost records and supporting evidence for payment and change discussions.

Typical deliverables
Billing assessments, payment application packages, variation evaluations, monthly cost reports, and final account statements.

Payment evaluation supports the appointed decision-maker. Approval and certification responsibilities are defined by the project contract.

• Preliminary project budgets: Prepare early estimates based on project type, size, location, and available information.
• Construction cost feasibility: Assess whether the proposed scope is achievable within the available construction budget.
• Elemental cost planning: Allocate budgets across major building elements and work packages.
• Design-stage budget reviews: Update cost plans as designs develop and identify departures from the budget.
• Option comparisons: Compare the cost implications of alternative layouts, materials, systems, and construction methods.
• Value engineering support: Assess potential savings with the design team while considering required performance and quality.
• Cash-flow forecasting: Forecast expenditure or payment requirements against the anticipated programme.
• Risk and contingency planning: Identify cost uncertainties and establish reasoned allowances.
• Escalation assessments: Consider how procurement timing and changing prices may affect the budget.
• Life-cycle cost comparisons: Compare initial, operating, maintenance, and replacement costs where suitable information is available.
• Cost benchmarking: Compare proposals against relevant project data, adjusted for differences in scope, location, and timing.

Typical deliverables
Preliminary budgets, cost feasibility reports, elemental cost plans, option appraisals, and cash-flow forecasts.

• Procurement planning: Advise on work-package arrangements, tender approaches, and commercial considerations.
• Tender pricing documents: Assemble BOQs, pricing schedules, scope descriptions, and commercial return requirements.
• Contractor bid preparation: Support quantity checks, pricing, quotation collection, and compilation of tender submissions.
• Supplier and subcontractor enquiries: Prepare enquiry packages and obtain quotations for defined scopes.
• Quotation comparisons: Compare prices, inclusions, exclusions, delivery requirements, and payment terms.
• Tender clarifications: Record and coordinate responses to pricing and scope queries with the relevant project team.
• Tender evaluation: Check arithmetic, qualifications, omissions, provisional allowances, and unusually high or low rates.
• Commercial negotiations: Support discussions on prices, scope alignment, allowances, and payment arrangements.
• Award recommendations: Prepare cost comparisons and commercial recommendations for the client’s decision.
• Contract documentation support: Compile agreed pricing, scope clarifications, and commercial schedules for inclusion in the contract.
• Procurement tracking: Monitor quotation status, package budgets, and planned award dates.

Typical deliverables
Tender packages, priced bids, quotation comparison sheets, tender evaluation reports, and award recommendations.

• Residential space planning and layout development: Support development of room arrangements, circulation, and functional requirements with the responsible design professional.
• Floor plans, elevations, and sections: Prepare residential drawings based on the agreed brief and professional design direction.
• CAD drafting and drawing revisions: Produce and update drawing sets with controlled revisions and consistent presentation.
• As-built drawing preparation: Document existing or completed conditions based on verified site measurements and available records; identify inaccessible or unverified elements.
• Drawing and cost coordination: Align drawing revisions with quantity take-offs, BOQs, and estimates when included in the appointment.

Typical deliverables
Residential layout drawings, coordinated floor plans, elevations and sections, CAD/PDF drawing sets, revision registers, and as-built drawings.

Residential planning and drafting are coordinated with the appointed licensed architects and engineers. Design responsibility, professional review, signing and sealing, and permit-related services are defined in the agreed scope.