Quantity Surveying Services for Main Contractors
Commercial Support That Helps Protect Your Margin
Managing a construction project successfully means managing more than the programme and the build.
You need accurate cost information, effective subcontract procurement, robust valuations, well-managed variations and a clear understanding of your commercial position throughout the project.
BMAC Services provides practical quantity surveying and commercial management support to main contractors across the UK and Ireland.
Whether you need additional commercial resource on a live project or ongoing support from tender through to final account, we work alongside your team to help control costs, manage risk and maximise project profitability.
Commercial Support Throughout Your Project
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A profitable project starts with a well-prepared tender.
We can support your estimating and tendering process by helping you understand the scope, quantify the works and develop accurate, commercially realistic pricing.
Our support can include:
Reviewing tender documentation
Measurement and take-offs Bills of quantities
Preparation and review of estimates
Subcontractor tendering
Analysis of subcontract quotations
Tender comparisons
Identification of exclusions and qualifications
Value engineering
Tender risk identification
Start your project with a clear understanding of the commercial opportunity and risk.
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Subcontract procurement can have a major impact on project profitability.
We help main contractors manage the procurement process, from identifying suitable subcontractors through to analysing quotations and agreeing commercially sound packages.
We can assist with:
Subcontractor tender enquiries
Scope preparation
Tender analysis
Comparison of quotations
Commercial negotiations
Procurement schedules
Package cost reporting
Subcontract order preparation
Identification of procurement risks
Secure competitive packages while maintaining control of scope and cost.
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Once a project is underway, maintaining control of costs is critical.
BMAC can provide ongoing commercial management support to help you understand actual costs, forecast the final position and identify potential issues before they affect your margin.
Our services can include:
Cost/value reconciliations
Project cost reporting
Forecast final accounts
Budget monitoring
Cash-flow forecasting
Subcontract cost management
Procurement tracking
Accruals
Commercial risk management
Management reporting
Know your numbers. Understand your exposure. Protect your profit.
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Maintaining healthy cash flow is essential to any construction business.
We can prepare and manage valuations and payment applications, ensuring completed works and agreed changes are accurately measured, valued and supported.
Our support can include:
Monthly valuations
Payment applications
Measurement of completed works
Valuation of variations
Supporting documentation
Assessment of subcontractor applications
Payment notices
Payment reconciliation
Accurate and timely valuations help keep cash moving through your projects.
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Changes are inevitable on construction projects.
If variations aren't identified, recorded, valued and agreed properly, they can quickly erode your margin.
BMAC provides practical commercial support throughout the change process.
We can assist with:
Identifying variations
Measuring changes
Pricing variations
Maintaining variation registers
Reviewing instructions
Assessing entitlement
Preparing supporting documentation
Negotiating variation values
Monitoring outstanding variations
Make sure additional work results in additional value — not additional cost to you.
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When delays, disruption or changes affect a project, the commercial consequences need to be properly understood and documented.
We can assist with the commercial preparation and substantiation of claims, helping you establish the financial impact of events affecting your project.
This may include:
Loss and expense assessments
Additional cost assessments
Extension of time cost support
Disruption assessments
Claim preparation
Supporting records
Cost substantiation
Commercial correspondence
Negotiation support
Protect your entitlement with accurate records and a clear commercial position.
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Effective management of subcontractor accounts is essential to protecting your project margin.
We can assist with the commercial administration and management of subcontract packages throughout the project.
This can include:
Subcontract valuations
Payment assessments
Variation assessment
Subcontractor cost reporting
Forecast final accounts
Commercial correspondence
Account reconciliation
Final account negotiations
Maintain control of subcontract costs from order through to final account.
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A project isn't commercially complete until the final account is agreed.
We help main contractors bring projects to a proper commercial close, ensuring variations, payments, claims and outstanding matters are identified and addressed.
Our final account support can include:
Final measurement
Variation reconciliation
Subcontract final accounts
Main contract final accounts
Assessment of outstanding claims
Commercial negotiations
Account reconciliation
Final account close-out
Maximise your recovery and close your projects properly.
Why Main Contractors Choose BMAC Services?
Experienced Commercial Support
With more than 10 years' experience in quantity surveying and commercial management, BMAC understands the pressures faced by main contractors on live construction projects.
Flexible Resource
Whether you need additional support for a single project or ongoing commercial assistance, our services can be tailored to your requirements.
Practical Approach
We focus on the commercial issues that matter — cost, cash flow, risk, entitlement and profitability.
Support When You Need It
Your commercial team may already be busy. BMAC can provide additional capacity where and when it's required.
Protecting Project Profitability
From the initial tender through to final account, our objective is to help you understand your commercial position and protect your margin.
When You Might Need BMAC
You don't necessarily need to outsource your entire commercial function.
We can provide additional support when:
Your commercial team is overloaded
Extra resource can help manage workloads during busy periods or across multiple projects.
You've secured a new project
Get commercial systems and controls established from the beginning.
You're entering a difficult commercial period
Additional support can help bring greater visibility to costs, variations and project exposure.
You have a large final account approaching
Make sure outstanding variations, claims and commercial matters are properly identified and pursued.
You need specialist commercial support
Bring in experienced support for a specific issue without committing to a permanent resource.
Your Commercial Position Matters
A construction project can generate significant turnover while still producing disappointing returns.
The difference is often in the detail:
Was the tender priced correctly?
Were risks identified?
Were subcontract packages procured effectively?
Were variations captured?
Were valuations submitted on time?
Were claims properly substantiated?
Were costs accurately forecast?
Was the final account aggressively but fairly pursued?
BMAC Services helps main contractors answer those questions with confidence.
Lets Talk About Your Next Project
Whether you need additional commercial resource, support with a live project or help closing out a difficult final account, BMAC Services can help.
Tell us what you're working on and we'll discuss your requirements.