Quantity Surveyor Services

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Maximising value on construction projects

• Commercial Management Software Ltd

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• Any main contractor or sub-contractor will agree
  that the construction industry is an extremely
  competitive industry, and profit margins need to
  remain extremely sharp if a company is to stay
  competitive, an in business.

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• A loyal client base will only go so far, as
  clients continue to demand ever increasing value
  for money on their projects, contractors need to
  evolve and find effective ways to reduce cost, or
  to increase value on their projects.

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• Change management has always been an area where
  many companies fall down on, whereby verbal site
  based instructions and the operational teams
  lack of knowledge regarding the contract often
  results in additional work going un-paid, and
  missed within monthly valuations / applications
  for payment.

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• The site manager always has good intentions at
  the beginning of the project, whereby his site
  instruction book is with him wherever he goes,
  ever conscious to the possibility of earning
  extra money for his company whilst at the same
  time weighing this up against not wanting to
  upset his client..

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• Problems occur a few weeks in, the SI book has by
  this point been lost and much of the paperwork
  which has been filled in, has ended up on the
  floor in the van due to site pressures of getting
  the job done, taking propriety over commercial.
  This potential extra value, (unless the contract
  is re-measurable or cost plus for example), is as
  good as lost.

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• Commercial management software companies operate
  cloud based solutions to overcome this problem,
  whereby site managers can log into their projects
  from an iPhone or tablet device from site,
  eliminating the need for paperwork and all
  problems associated with hard copy systems.

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• All change logged from site ultimately feeds
  into the monthly valuation, so when the
  application for payment goes in no stone is left
  unturned as all potential additional value has
  already been logged. The commercial team may then
  make the decision on whether the change
  represents additional cost or time to the
  project, and action accordingly with their
  client.

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19 carlisle Close Newcastle Upon Tyne NE27
0UT United Kingdom Telephone- 0333
2070733 Email- info_at_cm-s.co.uk Web-
www.commercial-management-software.com