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Construction Advisory

Protect the value of every capital project you commit to

Capital projects carry an organisation's largest financial exposure. As an independent commercial advisor, we help owners control cost, strengthen procurement and manage risk — so value is protected from business case to handover.

Our loyalty is to the owner's interest alone. We hold no stake in the contract, the contractor or the outcome of procurement — only in the soundness of the decisions made.

Where value is won and lost

Most cost overruns are decided before a site is broken

By the time problems appear on site, the decisions that caused them — uncertain budgets, unbalanced contracts, weak procurement — were taken long before.

The greatest opportunity to protect value lies at the front of a project: in how the budget is set, how risk is allocated and how the contract is awarded. Get these right and the project has a sound commercial foundation; get them wrong and no amount of site management recovers it.

We bring independent commercial judgement to exactly these points — and remain alongside owners through delivery to hold the line.

Independent

We act for the owner only — no ties to contractors, suppliers or the procurement outcome.

Cost certainty

Budgets grounded in realistic estimates and tested against the market before commitments are made.

Defensible

Procurement and award decisions documented to a standard that withstands audit and challenge.

How we help

Commercial assurance across the project lifecycle

01

Cost & commercial management

Independent cost estimates, budgets and bills of quantities that establish what a project should cost — and a baseline to manage it against.

02

Procurement & tender evaluation

Procurement strategy and structured, impartial evaluation that select the right contractor on transparent, defensible grounds.

03

Contract & risk management

Contract structures that allocate risk fairly, and administration that keeps obligations, variations and claims under control.

04

Independent assurance & review

Cost and commercial assurance at key stages — an objective check that gives boards and funders confidence in the numbers.

Our approach

Commercial control, stage by stage

01

Establish the budget

We set a realistic, market-tested cost baseline and define the commercial parameters before commitments are made.

02

Structure procurement

We design the procurement route and contract strategy that allocate risk appropriately and protect the owner's position.

03

Evaluate & award

We run a structured, impartial evaluation and document the basis of award to a standard that withstands scrutiny.

04

Control delivery

We administer the contract through delivery — managing cost, variations and claims so the budget holds.

05

Close out & assure

We settle the final account fairly and provide the assurance that the project delivered the value it committed to.

The value we protect

What independent advice changes

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Cost held to budget

Fewer surprises and overruns, because the budget was sound and managed against from the start.

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Risk allocated fairly

Contracts that place risk with the party best able to manage it, reducing disputes and claims.

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Procurement that withstands challenge

Award decisions documented and defensible — important where public funds and audit are involved.

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Confidence for boards and funders

Independent assurance that the numbers are right and the project is under commercial control.

Common questions

What owners ask before committing

For anything specific to your project, a short conversation is the most useful place to start.

We act solely for the project owner. We do not contract works, supply materials or earn anything from the contractors who bid — so our cost advice and evaluations carry no conflict of interest. Our recommendation is always the one that best protects your value.

The earlier the better. Most value is protected at the budgeting and procurement stages, before contracts are signed. That said, we are also engaged mid-project to recover commercial control, evaluate tenders or provide independent assurance when confidence in the numbers is needed.

No. We sit on the owner's side of the table, complementing the contractor and designers rather than replacing them. Our role is to protect the owner's commercial interest and provide the independent judgement that those delivering the works cannot.

Yes. Publicly funded and donor-financed projects demand transparent procurement and a defensible audit trail. We document cost decisions and evaluations to that standard, giving funders and oversight bodies confidence that value was protected and rules were followed.

By grounding the budget in realistic, market-tested estimates, allocating risk clearly in the contract, and managing cost actively through delivery. Certainty comes not from a single number but from sound commercial discipline applied consistently from start to finish.

Planning a capital project?

Bring independent commercial judgement to the decisions that determine its value. We will help you set the budget, structure procurement and protect your position through to completion.

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