Post-Contract Cost Advisory, keep the budget you quoteed
Post-contract cost expert is the work that protects the price you signed. Costed runs monthly interim valuations, assesses every variation against the contract, maintains the cost report, tracks contingency erosion and forecasts the outturn, so the closing out the build closes near the contract sum, not a long way past it.
- Monthly interim valuations and cost reports.
- Independent assessment of every variation.
- Contingency drawdown tracked and justified line by line.
- Compatible with your build contract, NEC3/4 and bespoke amended forms.
Where post-contract budgets actually fail
Most overruns are not caused by one big event. They are caused by twenty small variations none of which were individually challenged, plus a handful of provisional sums that quietly grew, plus a programme that slipped by enough to drag preliminaries with it. Disciplined post-contract reporting catches all three, every month.
Our reporting cadence
We issue a monthly cost report containing the certified valuation, the variation register with verdicts, the contingency tracker, the cost-to-complete forecast and a one-page executive summary. Clients use it as the single source of cost truth across the project team and the lender.
Frequently asked
Do you administer your build contract and your build contract contracts?
Yes. We work to your build contract (Standard Building Contract, Intermediate, Design & Build, Minor Works) and NEC3/4 (Option A, B and C are most common in our portfolio). We're equally comfortable on amended forms, though we will always flag amendments that materially shift risk.
Can you take over a project mid-contract?
Yes, and we do this often, typically when the original cost manager has lost the client's confidence. The first month is spent reconstructing a clean cost baseline; from there we run the standard cadence.
Know what your project should cost. Before you build it.
One UK working day response. Fixed-fee proposal, VAT inclusive. No retainer. No obligation.