For Main Contractors

Our Services

We offer the following services to Main Contractors at Pre and Post Contract stage across the construction industry.

Previous projects include

Building
Residential : New build houses and bungalows, extensions, loft conversions, basement conversions
Commercial : Extension and Conversions, New build – Offices, Retail units, Hotels

Civils

Tunnel construction

Drainage schemes

Power stations

Estimating & SubContractor Procurement

Estimating

We use powerful estimating software which can produce accurate measures as well as a variety of reports for our customers.

Our estimating services for various projects can be conducted using the following methods whichever is the most appropriate :
1st principles – estimating from rates ( historical ) or built up rates
SubContract rates and pricing – estimating from SubContractor enquiries ; we can also manage the subcontractor enquiry process

We provide a full suite of reports , which provide full breakdowns of labour, plant and materials which can be used for planning of projects and material buying. We can also tailor these reports to suit the Client’s needs

SubContractor Procurement

We can provide the necessary assistance in the SubContractor enquiry management process.

We can issue enquiries to SubContractors, monitor their progress, manage their returns and produce concise reports and analysis using our enquiry management system.

Bills of Quantities & Remeasurement

Bills of Quantities and Builders Qnts

We can take away the burden and pressure of producing a Bill of Quantities, to allow you and your team to get on with the estimating and the Sub Contractor enquiries.

BQ’s can be produced under the following rules of measurement : SMM7, NRM2 and CESMM
We will produce a BQ as directed by you i.e. we can measure in sections, trades , phases etc.

We will return the BQ’s on time and include the following as standard

The BQ, produced in the following formats Pdf, Excel, CITIE, and specific software files : Vector and Cubit
Marked up drawings : annotated and coloured
Notes and qualifications : any assumptions made etc

We are able to carry out on screen measurement from PDFs, AutoCad files or BIM models. All BQ’s are issued as a pack which include dimension reports and marked up drawings.

Remeasurement

For projects that are on site we offer a remeasurement service for Clients to assist in the commercial management of the project.

We can remeasure quantities against tender status contract documentation to cover design changes, variations and the like

BIM Services

4D BIM

The 4d BIM services we can provide includes project scheduling , construction simulation and sequencing. This type of service is especially useful for Contractors at tender stage whether for a presentation / visualisation at submission of bids, or for construction site planning, delivery scheduling etc.

5D BIM

The 5D BIM services we can offer move the process and level of intelligence forward, to include fully costed information such as cost plans or full Bills of Quantities, which in turn will include labour and plant resources together with the material and waste for the project.