Originally a traditional Quantity Surveying Practice Townsend and Renaudon has maintained a healthy level of traditional Quantity Surveying Work at the core of our business. The service offered on schemes generally includes the following:
- Cost Planning;
- Estimating;
- Contracts negotiation;
- Procurement advice;
- Preparing tender documents. (Bills of Quantities);
- Monitoring Budgets;
- Preparation of Payment Invoice and Certification;
- Assessment of variations;
- Settlement of Final Accounts.
We can also demonstrate expertise in the following less traditional areas of Quantity Surveying work:
- Cost planning and commercial management during the entire life cycle of the project from inception to completion. Including producing whole life costs for individual buildings;
- Dispute resolution;
- Costing feasibility studies;
- Value engineering;
- Risk management and calculation;
- Procurement advice and assistance during the tendering procedures, including submitting schemes through the OJEU tendering process;
- Commercial Management and Contract Administration;
- Asset capitalisation;
- Interim payment assessment;
- Cost Management process;
- Assessment of claims for extensions of time, loss and expense or design variation;
- Investment appraisal;
- Insolvency services;
- Technical auditing;
- Valuation for insurance purposes;
- Advice on contractual disputes;
- Project management.
Details of case studies and references can be provided upon request.
