Cost consultancy · Newport
The figures should be as careful as the building.
Estimating, bills of quantities, procurement, tendering, quantity surveying and project management. An independent practice led by Jamie Martin, for clients and contractors across South Wales and the Bristol region.
What the practice does
All six, in full- 01EstimatingOrder-of-cost and pretender estimates with the assumptions written down.
- 02Bills of quantitiesPricing documents a contractor can price, and a later variation can hang on.
- 03ProcurementA route that matches the risk, the programme and who should hold the design.
- 04TenderingDocuments issued cleanly, queries logged, returns compared like for like.
- 05Quantity surveyingValuations, change and a final account that still resembles the contract.
- 06Project managementOne person holding the programme, the decisions and the commercial thread.
Selected experience
Three projects. The commercial problem is different on each.
A bill is a description of the work, not a wish for what it might cost.
01
Read the drawing
The budget is a sentence. The drawing is the work. The estimate starts from what is actually shown, and from what is not.
02
Write the assumptions
Every figure leaves the office with a list of inclusions, exclusions and the risks still sitting with someone.
03
Tender what can be priced
Documents a contractor can measure against, and a comparison that does not pretend unlike returns are the same.
04
Hold it through the job
Valuations, change and a final account that a person who was not in the room can still follow.
If the drawing is far enough along to argue about, it is far enough to measure.
Send a sketch, a drawing issue, or a tender you are not sure about. The scope note on this site will turn that into a plain description of the appointment before anyone talks about a fee.