Cost management and quantity surveying

Christopher Smith Associates pride themselves on the ability to offer clients a whole cost management service from the initial inception of a scheme through to completion and handover. Our service provision has the robust, traditional elements of cost control at its core allowing all clients the confidence that the financial viability of their project is fully catered for.

We have developed this service over the years ensuring that we can offer significant benefits to our clients by using the most experienced staff in the industry backed by the most leading edge technology and efficient best practice techniques.

Employer’s agent and contract administrator

The role of Employer’s Agent can include many responsibilities from the issue of the instructions to the liaison and performance of the design team. Christopher Smith Associates have provided these skills to our clients.

We are able to tailor our role to the needs of each client individually and adapt to provide a well managed service for all manner of projects.

Services include:

• Adjudication
• Bills of quantities
• Budget estimates
• Contract advice
• Contract procurement
• Cost administration
• Control cost planning
• Feasibility studies
• Final accounts
• Insolvency advice
• Insurance valuations
• M&E quantity surveying
• Negotiation with contractors
• Valuations of work in progress
• Contract administration
• Development consultancy
• Due diligence project control and coordination
• Risk management and mitigation
• Third party liaison
• Tenant / purchaser management