Preconstruction & Delivery Strategy
Contractor cost and programme challenge. Is the scheme ready to start?
Before a contract is signed, the contractor’s price, programme and assumptions are tested. Prelims, sequencing, exclusions and the critical path are checked against the constraints on site, and the time-cost relationship is made explicit.
Review a proposed price, sequence and programme against scope and assumptions.
Who it is for
Developers and owners who have received a contractor's price or programme and want it tested against the scope, the method and the assumptions in the appraisal.
Questions we answer
- Is the contractor’s price consistent with the design and the programme?
- Which assumptions, exclusions and provisional sums carry risk?
- Are prelims and duration realistic for the site?
- What is on the critical path, and what sits outside the contractor’s control?
What you receive
- Cost plan and programme challenge
- Critical path and interface review
- Time-cost relationship made explicit
- Actions to protect start and first occupation
Cost planning & commercial testing
We prepare or review construction cost plans and test how design, specification, methodology and programme affect the budget. The work can support acquisition appraisal, option testing or preconstruction decisions, with the basis, exclusions and specialist inputs made clear.
Example
Development & acquisition advisory
Site sourcing, project appraisals, technical and commercial due diligence, and cost planning for an SME residential developer. Elizabeth Homes is a development business founded by Philip Baily.