Quantity Surveying Services for Subcontractors
Protect Your Margin! Improve Your Cash Flow! Get Paid What You’re Due!
As a subcontractor, delivering quality work is only part of running a successful business.
You also need to make sure your work is properly measured, your valuations are submitted accurately, variations are captured and your commercial position is protected throughout the project.
BMAC Services provides practical quantity surveying and commercial management support to subcontractors across the UK and Ireland.
From tendering for new work through to final account, we help you manage the commercial side of your projects so you can focus on delivering the work.
Subcontractors can often find themselves carrying significant commercial risk.
You may have completed additional work without receiving an agreed variation. Your payment application may not fully reflect the work completed. A final account may remain unresolved long after the project has finished.
These issues can have a direct impact on your cash flow and profitability. BMAC provides the commercial expertise to help you identify what you're entitled to, present it properly and pursue it professionally.
Commercial Support Designed Around Subcontractors
Our Subcontract Services
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Winning work at the right price is fundamental to protecting your margin.
We can help you assess tender opportunities, understand the scope and develop commercially sound prices.
Our support can include:
Reviewing tender documentation
Measurement and quantity take-offs
Preparing estimates
Pricing schedules and bills of quantities
Reviewing specifications and drawings
Identifying exclusions and qualifications
Tender comparisons
Reviewing subcontract conditions
Identifying commercial risks
Tender submission support
Price your work with greater confidence and a clearer understanding of your commercial exposure.
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Before starting work, it's important to understand exactly what you've agreed to.
We can review subcontract orders and contract documentation to help identify commercial obligations, risks and requirements that could affect your position during the project.
This can include reviewing:
Scope of works
Payment provisions
Valuation procedures
Retention
Contra charges
Variation procedures
Notice requirements
Programme obligations
Liquidated damages
Final account provisions
Understand your commercial obligations before they become problems.
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Getting your applications right is essential to maintaining cash flow.
We can prepare and manage valuations based on the work you've completed, ensuring your application is properly measured, clearly presented and supported by the relevant information.
Our support can include:
Monthly valuations
Payment applications
Measurement of completed works
Valuation of variations
Supporting documentation
Assessment of payment responses
Payment reconciliation
Retention monitoring
Make sure your applications accurately reflect the value of work you've completed.
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Additional work can quickly become a commercial problem if it isn't properly recorded and valued.
If you've been instructed to carry out work outside your original scope, we can help you establish and document the commercial impact.
We can assist with:
Identifying variations
Measuring additional works
Pricing variations
Reviewing instructions
Maintaining variation registers
Assessing entitlement
Preparing variation submissions
Supporting records
Negotiating variation values
Don't allow additional work to become unrecovered cost.
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Construction projects don't always go according to plan.
Delays, disruption, changes and unforeseen events can create additional costs for subcontractors.
BMAC can help you understand and substantiate your commercial position, providing support with:
Additional cost assessments
Loss and expense
Disruption
Delay-related costs
Extension of time cost support
Claim preparation
Supporting records
Cost substantiation
Commercial correspondence
Negotiation support
If an event has increased your costs, make sure the commercial impact is properly understood and supported.
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For subcontractors with multiple projects or a busy commercial workload, ongoing support can provide greater control and visibility.
We can help manage:
Project cost reporting
Applications and payments
Variations
Commercial correspondence
Forecast final accounts
Cash-flow forecasting
Retention
Contra charges
Commercial risk
Outstanding accounts
Stay on top of your projects instead of trying to manage the paperwork after the event.
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The end of the project shouldn't mean the end of your commercial recovery.
A final account should capture the full value of the work you've completed, including agreed changes and outstanding commercial matters.
We can assist with:
Final measurement
Final account preparation
Variation reconciliation
Outstanding valuations
Claims Retention
Contra charges
Account reconciliation
Negotiation
Final account agreement
Make sure the final account reflects the work you've actually delivered.
Protecting Your Commercial Position
There are four areas where subcontractors can often lose money:
1. Unpriced Work
Additional work is carried out but the commercial implications aren't properly recorded.
2. Missed Variations
Changes happen on site but aren't identified, notified or valued.
3. Incomplete Applications
The value of completed work isn't fully captured in payment applications.
4. Unresolved Final Accounts
A project finishes but money remains outstanding or commercial matters are left unresolved. BMAC helps you address these issues throughout the project rather than waiting until the end.
Why Subcontractors Choose BMAC Services?
Protect Your Cash Flow
Accurate and timely valuations help ensure the value of completed work is properly presented and recovered.
Protect Your Margin
Identify variations, additional costs and commercial risks before they eat into your profitability.
Reduce Commercial Risk
Understand your contract and commercial obligations before problems arise.
Improve Your Commercial Position
Present valuations, variations and claims professionally and with appropriate supporting information.
Focus On Your Business
Let BMAC handle the commercial detail while you concentrate on managing your workforce and delivering the project.
Already Working on a Project?
You don't need to wait until a project starts to involve BMAC.
We can help if you're currently dealing with:
A difficult payment application
We can review the work completed and help ensure the valuation properly reflects your entitlement.
Unagreed variations
We can help identify, measure, price and document additional works.
A difficult main contractor
We can provide additional commercial support and help you present your position professionally.
A project that's losing money
We can review the commercial position and help identify where costs and entitlement need attention.
An outstanding final account
We can help bring the account together and pursue outstanding commercial matters.
Don’t Leave Money on the Table
You've already invested the labour, materials, plant and management time into delivering the project.
The commercial side deserves the same level of attention.
BMAC Services helps subcontractors understand their commercial position, protect their margin and pursue the money they're entitled to.
Let's Talk About Your Project
Whether you're pricing a new opportunity, managing a live project or trying to close an outstanding final account, we're here to help.
Tell us about your project and we'll discuss how BMAC can support you.