Cost Management from Feasibility to Final Account

Our Quantity Surveying team play a crucial role in the procurement and contract advice process for construction projects. We provide expert advisory services that include collaborating with project teams to develop a procurement plan that aligns with project aims and maximises value while minimising risks.

These services are essential for ensuring successful project outcomes and protecting the interests of the client. We can provide a full range of services from early budget estimates and cost plans to tender documents, contracts, and final account negotiations.

Our Quantity Surveying team play a crucial role in the Value Engineering process by optimising your project value through cost reduction without sacrificing quality. Our responsibilities include:

By leveraging their expertise, our QS team can contribute significantly to making VE a practical and impactful strategy in your construction projects.

Benchmark costing is a critical process used by our project team to estimate, control, and manage costs associated with construction projects. It involves breaking down the elements of a project and evaluating their respective costs to ensure budget compliance and financial efficiency.

The process includes cost analysis, which is the detailed examination and comparison of cost data for construction works to determine the most economical approach. This is typically used in various stages of the project lifecycle, including feasibility assessments, design development, tendering, and post-completion final accounts. Effective cost management is structured around the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 stages, ensuring that the project remains within budget and that risks are identified and managed.

In today's fast-paced construction environment, employing Eklipse Construction Group to conduct monthly valuations and agree Contractors interim payment applications and then prepare and issue cost reports to the Client team is indispensable.

Our team will meticulously assess project progress and financial performance, ensuring that stakeholders have a clear understanding of costs at every stage. By providing detailed insights into costs, potential programme overruns, and budget forecasts, we will help to streamline decision-making processes and maintain financial control. Our expertise not only enhances transparency but also fosters collaboration among project teams, ultimately driving projects toward successful completion within budget. Investing in the services of Eklipse Construction Group ensures that your project stays on track, maximising value and minimising risk.

Risk management is a core responsibility of our team at Eklipse Construction Consultants, enabling us to identify, assess, and mitigate potential project risks to ensure budget, programme, and quality objectives are met. Our responsibilities include:

We will endeavour to act as peacemaker between respective parties and seek to come to an agreeable commercial settlement outcome for all parties concerned. This will involve considering the merits of the grievances and seeking to reach agreement without the need to proceed further.

We will offer practical and cost effective advice to our Clients to ensure grievances are resolved as quickly as possible but comprehensively dealt with. We are also able to offer advice on the recovery of Retention monies that are being held without any justified explanation.