For Property Developers
Estimating & QS Support For Property Developers
Development decisions are only as good as the construction cost behind them.
Before a site is bought, a scheme is funded or a design is fixed, someone has to say what the build will cost. Getting that number wrong early is difficult and expensive to recover from later.
Avason provides construction cost estimating and quantity surveying support to developers who want a properly measured view of build cost rather than a rate per square metre and a hope.
Where cost advice pays for itself
- Testing build cost before committing to a site
- Cost planning as the design develops
- Checking a contractor’s tender against an independent estimate
- Understanding cash flow and funding requirement across the programme
- Keeping variations controlled once construction starts
Cost planning as the design develops
Early-stage costs move as decisions are made. Revisiting the estimate at key design stages keeps the appraisal honest and flags where specification is drifting away from the budget before it is built.
Funding and cash flow
A period-by-period forecast of expenditure and income shows the real funding requirement, including front-loaded costs and retention. That is usually more useful to a lender than a single total.
Controlling change on site
Once work starts, cost control is mostly change control. Variations priced as they arise, against a clear original scope, keep the final account close to the number the appraisal was built on.
FAQ
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Send the scheme information and we’ll advise on the build cost before you commit.