Cash flow is the key to business survival It’s a well-known fact that cashflow issues are overwhelmingly the biggest cause of business failures, even without the additional pressures the Covid-19 pandemic has heaped on the economy. Yet, as sites have re-opened…
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Negotiating your way through the tendering process
Negotiating the tendering process While there are many types of tendering process, the principles remain the same. It’s about being accountable and auditable and getting the price right. Completing a tender document can be a major undertaking and, while it’s vital…
Don't procure in the dark
Are you spending too much on your supply chain? If so, it’s likely that you don’t have a procurement strategy in place. It’s all too easy to order supplies or services without proper contracts. Many smaller businesses ring up the suppliers…
As coronavirus forces site shutdowns – is your battle plan in order?
The postponement of significant numbers of construction and engineering projects due to the coronavirus regulations makes this a worrying time for contractors. But it also offers an opportunity – the chance to get your house in order. With site operations suspended…
Why cost planning is so important - a ProQS insight
There are so many unknowns and potential changes during a construction project, especially now, in 2020, that cost planning can be a nightmare. But it’s vital to get this right before embarking on the contract. Effective cost planning will help to:…
Failing to control these issues wipe out subcontractor’s profit!
ProQS have produced a checklist of common issues which, if left unresolved will swallow up all the profits a subcontractor might have expected to achieve on a project. read more
CCS Scaffolding Ltd
CCS Scaffolding had a number of different contracts amounting to several hundred thousand pounds providing scaffold solutions for different aspects of a major project in London. read more
John O’Connell Ltd
In 2019 we began a strategic partnership with John O’Connell Ltd, an independent design and build company delivering residential and commercial construction projects in Essex and Suffolk. read more
Govericks Limited
ProQS had to act as contractual dispute specialists to provide an independent judgement around an incumbent disputed contractual claim. The independent judgement was to inform the legal teams’ adjudication strategy. We were commissioned to carry out this project via a recommendation…
Penmark – London Bridge Station Redevelopment
This part of the London Bridge Station project featured ProQS working with Penmark Limited/Costain on the £110m development of the platform and canopy works, where ProQS provided commercial management services to develop and manage a team of five surveyors. read more
Advice on: How to achieve prompt agreement with respect to a Variation or Compensation Event quotation
The notices forewarning of such matters, and documentation seeking compensation will be in place, and yet cashflow imbalances and differences in payment valuations exist. The project team quickly point out the employer is valuing the compensation events unfairly. Their quotations are…
Negotiating contracts for a positive outcome
As Quantity Surveyors, we find ourselves embedded into a negotiation process all too often. It could be working with a client to get the best return on their construction investment, or indeed the more difficult negotiation process of settling a dispute…