The Practice carries out all aspects of Quantity Surveying, Project Management and Cost Consultation and is now embracing quality control/assurance to increase efficiency and to provide the high level of professionalism required of consultants. Added value services include assistance with Dilapidations, Fire Reinstatement Valuations for Insurance, Capital Allowance Calculations, Life Cycle Costing, Whole Life Costing and assistance to Liquidators and Sequastrators with running or concluding of businesses which are directly related to the construction industry. Specialist services include Expert Witness and Dispute Resolution, including Arbitration.

The Practice is heavily involved in computerisation, covering all aspects of the Quantity Surveying discipline as well as administration. The Practice uses the Snape Vector for Windows, Version 2, Billing System, along with various word processing packages and Excel, PowerPoint Presentation Package and also has e-mail and internet facilities. A number of specialist libraries have been developed in-house in order to cope with different client requirements.

The main tasks required to achieve this are:

1. Cost Advice - Pre and Post Contract.
2. Cost Control - Pre and Post Contract.
3. Cost Monitoring - Pre and Post Contract.
4. Procurement Advice.
5. Tender Documnet Preparation.
6. Closely working with other Consultant and Sub-Consultants.

The following control procedures in terms of cost and change control shoul dbe adopted for each project:

1. Early preparation of elemental Cost Plan.
2. Indicative Costings.
3. Bechmarking.
4. Early Warnings.
5. Periodic Cost Monitoring and Reporting.

Our Management Policy is to provide a client specific service expected from a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.

We have, through the course of our experience, recognised for both partnering and traditional procurements, a need for integrating Value Management and Risk Management. Value Management should be established for each project to ensure a structured approach to planning and managing a project from inception to completion. RIsk Management, we believe, is becoming increasingly important. The concept of risk management is the process of identifying early possible risks involved in the construction process from inception to handover. We believe that any analysis should also extend to business risks that the client may have. These risks may include the identification of a late change by an incoming user, anticipated downturn in rental incomes or the like. It is our belief the the greatest opportunity to achieve value for money occurs at inception where careful thought to the clients requirements through the brief is paramount.

There is no right way or wrong way to ensure value for money as each client body and project has its own needs. We do believe tha the principles are the same and with careful thought and consideration, savings in time and money can be achieved.