Know what it will cost before someone else tells you.

The check you run while you can still change the drawings.

Cost plans at concept, developed design and pre-tender, then a tender review when the numbers come in. A number beside every stage, with the allowances named.

Straight answers before you sign anything.

What your project will cost, whether the quote in your hand is fair, and what the contract really commits you to. In plain English, from people who price this every week.

A cost band from concept sketches, with the three or four drivers that move it. For the first budget conversation with a client.

• A cost range, not a single number, with the drivers named
• Trade-level allowances and what sits outside them
• The questions to resolve before the next stage

A trade-by-trade cost plan on developed design, with allowances named and a certainty profile. The check you run while you can still change the drawings.

• Trade-level cost plan with named allowances
• Elemental view for QS-literate readers
• Decision register and exclusions schedule
• Reconciles to the concept range if we did one

Before you go too far. Send what you have, answer twenty questions, and get a straight cost range from a builder who prices these every week.

• A cost range for your project with the drivers explained
• What is and is not in the number
• What to sort out before you talk to builders

Upload the quote and the drawings. We price the job ourselves and put the two side by side: what is missing, what is loaded, what could blow out.

• Your quote against an independent cost plan, line by line where the quote allows
• Provisional sums and prime cost items explained in dollars
• Scope gaps and exclusions you may not have noticed
• The questions to ask your builder before you sign