Traceable. Auditable.
Defensible Under Scrutiny.
Every figure we produce must be capable of being defended – in a negotiation, a funding review or a final account dispute. Consequently, our standards are not aspirational. They are the minimum requirement for cost data to be useful.
What are your needs?
Numbers You Can Stand Behind
You need cost data that holds when the contractor challenges a quantity. Furthermore, you need a position that does not collapse the moment someone asks where the figure came from.
A Record That Survives Scrutiny
You need a cost plan that another senior quantity surveyor can pick up and follow. Additionally, one where every assumption is documented and every change is recorded as it occurs.
Commercial Control Throughout
You need construction cost control that is continuous, not episodic. Moreover, you need someone who maintains the cost picture in real time - not reconstructs it from memory at final account.
Evidence Built for Final Account
You need the quantity records and cost history to support a rigorous final account settlement. Therefore, you need a firm that has been building that evidence from the very first cost plan onwards.
What These Standards
Mean in Practice
Traceable means every quantity can be traced back to a model element, a drawing reference or a measurement record. If a figure is challenged, we show where it came from. Furthermore, if it was an assumption, the basis is documented and the risk is flagged – not buried in a footnote.
Auditable means the cost plan, the quantity schedule and the change register are structured so that another independent quantity surveyor can follow the logic. Consequently, we do not build cost plans that only we can read. On every project, from digital cost planning through to final accounts and disputes, the records are clear.
Defensible means the position holds when it is tested. Not because we argue it well – but because it is correct and we can demonstrate that it is correct. Additionally, this applies whether the challenge comes from a contractor, a funder or a legal team in a formal dispute process.
Our Standard
Traceable, auditable and defensible cost data from the first cost plan to the final account. Applied consistently on every project, at every stage.
Our Commitment
We do not adjust numbers to meet expectations or round figures to make a budget look comfortable. We report what the evidence shows.
The Standard We Apply to Every Project We Take On across the UK.
Traceable, auditable, defensible
We never adjust numbers to suit
Client-side only
Feasibility to final account
When quantities are established independently, traced to the model and documented from the start, the final account is not a negotiation. It is a reconciliation.
That is the difference between a cost plan that holds and one that does not.
The Party with Better
Records Wins.
When a final account is disputed, the outcome is rarely determined by who argues most persuasively. It is, however, determined by who has the better evidence. Consequently, the commercial standard we apply from the first cost plan is not about process – it is about being in the strongest possible position when the numbers are tested.
Furthermore, that standard applies equally to a procurement strategy review, a contractor valuation or a change and variations assessment. In every case, the question is the same – can this position be defended? Our answer is always the same – yes, and here is the evidence.
Every Number Traceable.
Every Position Defensible.
› Cost plans structured for independent audit at any stage
› Change register maintained in real time throughout delivery
› Final account supported by evidence from day one
Commercial Standards That Hold. From First Cost Plan to Final Account.
If your project is at a stage where the numbers need to be right – and capable of being defended – that is precisely what we do. Moreover, as an independent construction cost consultant working exclusively on the client side, we have no interest in adjusting those numbers for anyone.
Contact With Us!
Office 676,60 Tottenham Court Road,Fitzrovia,LondonW1T 2EW
Call us: 020 3576 2851
Email: office@reltic.co.uk
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