SPECIALIZATIONS

Remarkable level of creativity and logical capacity possessed by our staff gained through high quality education and training enables us to assist our clients with a range of specialized services on the property industry.

• Feasibility studies
• Investment appraisals
• Procurement services
• Project management
• Facilities management
• Programme management
• Value engineering
• Value management
• Risk management
• Contractual claims
• Dispute resolution
• Property valuations

TENDERING

We have given particular focus in serving tendering contractors by helping them to ensure contractual and commercial correctness of their tenders. In doing so we undertake verification of the bills of quantities and subsequent pricing of tender, assisting for dealing with sub contractors/suppliers and their contracts and assisting on reviewing the tender/contract documents, identification of probable risks and suggesting risk responses.

• Checking documents
• Identify risks and advise
• Checking quantities
• Assist pricing
• Assist subcontracting
• Conduct special studies
• Dealing with suppliers

MONITORING SERVICES FOR BANKS

With this service, we provide specialist advice and support for banks on their capacity as lenders on the planned development that they finance, to be certain that their monies are safeguarded. We have competent staff with the right personality traits, good construction knowledge, experience and professional qualifications allowing us to assist the bank from inception of the project until completion. Our services are designed to be very methodical and analytical process and activities are outlined as follows:

Before Lending:

• Initial appraisal involving with reviewing the borrower’s cost plan/estimate
• Prepare new cost estimates as required
• Comment on potential risk to the bank/lender
• Assist bank to scrutinize the chosen contractors
• Advise and prepare contractual documents

After Lending:

• Periodical site inspections
• Attend progress and valuation meetings
• Providing monthly progress reports
• Assist payment administration through verification
• Auditing of the work progress and valuation of the work done
• Auditing of the work progress and valuation of the work done

CONSTRUCTION COST AUDITING SERVICES

Construction cost auditing is a service we offer to our clients with the aim of providing high quality construction cost control and assurance of compliance with the contract.

• Detect overcharges invoiced by the contractors
• Prevent swindles of the contractors
• Setup an appropriate contracting strategy
• Decrease chances of fraud
• Avoid conflict of inters
• Ascertain a vigorous payment administration system
• Establish robust system of cost control

PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

Our utmost intention is to plan a project with a contemporary mindset, crisp viewpoints and a problem-solving approach. We always expect openings for shortening or moderating the time for the completion of projects.       

We are associated with planners who possess exemplary knowledge and experience in the field of project planning and scheduling and undertake the preparation of programmes for all phases of a project from conception through to completion. Our experts are proficient in forensic auditing of programmes to support dispute cases. The programmes that we prepare are acquiescent to the terms of the contract and are accommodating progress reporting. Our planners manage the critical path and float activities and maintain records to assist if any claim arises.

• Programmes for submitting tenders and contract and/or baseline programme once awarded.
• Loading project resource and cost to the programmes appropriately.
• Co-ordination of project interfaces.
• Take initiatives to reduce time for completion.
• Identification of project risks and introduce mitigation measures.
• Prepare as-built programmes and subsequently monitor the progress.
• Analysis of time impacts resulting from contract variations.
• Preparation of recovery and accelerated programmes.
• Application of project benchmarking measures including earned value.
• Auditing and peer review of programmes prepared by others.