Quantity surveying · Project management
The Glass House
Queens Gardens, Hull · 94 apartments · For Iguana Developments
94 luxury apartments and penthouses in the centre of Hull, where we acted as quantity surveyor and project manager.
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Quantity surveying · Project management · Estimating · Contracts and claims
From first budget to final account.
Projex looks after the commercial side of construction. We work out what a project should cost, buy it at the right price, put the right contract in place, manage the money and the programme while it's built, and settle the account at the end. If something goes wrong along the way, we deal with that too.
For homeowners, self builders, developers, architects, employers, main contractors and specialist subcontractors. Based in York and working across the UK.
Prefer to talk? Call us on 07368 454817
Measure
42.0 m²of façade measured between grids D and F, levels 2 to 3
Our services across a project
Mapped to the stages of the RIBA Plan of Work 2020
- For clients and design teams
- For contractors and subcontractors
- For both
Service
0Strategic Definition
1Preparation and Briefing
2Concept Design
3Spatial Coordination
4Technical Design
5Manufacturing and Construction
6Handover
7Use
Project managementBrief · Programme · Risk · Reporting
Feasibility and appraisalBudget estimate · Land value · Cash flow
Cost planningOrder of cost estimate · NRM1 cost plans
Procurement and tenderingTender documents · Analysis · Report
Contract set-upContract choice · Letters of intent
Contract administrationValuations · Cost reports · Final account
Estimating and tender pricingTake-off · Build-ups · Clarifications
Contract review and negotiationRisk schedule · Negotiation letter
Commercial managementApplications · Variations · Final account
Claims and disputesNotices · Claims · Adjudication support
Contracts
- JCT 2016 and 2024
- NEC
- Bespoke and amended forms
- Long form and short form
- Domestic sub-contracts
- Professional appointments
- Collateral warranties
- Homeowner contracts
Standards
- NRM1, NRM2 and SMM7
- RIBA Plan of Work
- The Construction Act payment rules
Projects
From York Minster to new homes in Hull.
Residential schemes, conversions and conservation work, with the cost, contract and project management behind them.
Client's QS · Contract administrator
York Minster
York · Projects across the Minster estate
Procurement, contracts, contract administration, cost reporting and final accounts, including the refurbishment of St William's College, the Church House conversion and work at Deangate.
Recent outcome: a final account settled within the approved budget, with the unused contingency released.
Quantity surveying · Project management
Church House
Ogleforth, York · 10 apartments
Conversion of the former Chapter of York offices in the Minster precinct into 10 luxury apartments.
Quantity surveying
HU1, Essex House
Manor Street, Hull · 45 apartments · For Iguana Developments
Conversion of a ten-storey office block into 45 apartments with a gym, cinema and concierge.
Quantity surveying
Liberty House
Hull · 25 apartments · For Iguana Developments
25 city-centre apartments with a residents' cinema and gym.
Contract and commercial work
For contractors and subcontractors we usually work in the background, so these examples are anonymous.
Contract negotiation · Specialist roofing
A design appointment with a national contractor
Seven rounds of negotiation, Rev A to Rev G, on the appointment for a specialist roofing contractor's design work.
Outcome: fitness for purpose and the indemnity brought back to reasonable skill and care, an aggregate liability cap agreed, and payment moved from one sum on completion to monthly applications.
Consultant appointment · Liability · Payment terms
Payment dispute · Metal roofing
An unpaid invoice, a larger roof and a counterclaim
The roof as built measured about 35 m² more than the tendered area, the final invoice went unpaid and a water damage counterclaim followed. We reviewed the drawings, statements and correspondence and served a formal letter with a suspension notice under section 112 of the Construction Act.
Outcome: a clear position on all three heads of claim, and advice on the settlement offer that followed.
HGCRA s.112 · Remeasurement · Counterclaim
Estimating · Rainscreen cladding
An SFS and rainscreen tender, priced from the drawings
Measured from seven issues of drawings, reconciled line by line to the main contractor's scope of works and checked against the programme.
Outcome: a priced scope with 50 clarifications and qualifications, and the programme risks flagged before the tender went in.
Measured take-off · Rate build-ups · Clarifications schedule
Who we work for
Whichever side of the contract you're on.
We act for clients and for the contractors who build for them, so we know where the money, the risk and the arguments usually sit. That makes our advice practical and our negotiating credible.
Homeowners and self builders
Know what your extension or new home should cost before you commit, and pay a fair price for what gets built.
- Budget estimates from your drawings
- Comparing builders' quotes like for like
- The right contract for your build
- Checking valuations and the final bill
Developers
Feasibility and appraisals you can rely on, then cost and project management from land purchase to completion.
- Feasibility and residual land value
- Cost plans and cash flow forecasts
- Project management through to handover
- Monthly cost reporting
Architects and designers
A cost consultant on your team who prices the design as it develops, stage by stage.
- Cost plans at each RIBA stage
- Value engineering options
- Tender documents and analysis
- Contract administration support
Employers, estates and charities
Independent cost and contract control, with reports your board can follow and every figure traced to its source.
- Procurement and tender reports
- Contract administration
- Payment assessments
- Board cost and risk reports
Main contractors
A retained QS and commercial adviser, or extra capacity when you need it, from tender to final account.
- Tendering and estimating
- Sub-contract procurement and orders
- Commercial management and reporting
- Claims and final accounts
Specialist subcontractors
Retained commercial advice or help on a single job, so you sign better terms and get paid in full for the work you've done.
- Pre-contract review and negotiation
- Tendering and estimating
- Applications, variations and final accounts
- Claims, adjudication support and debt recovery
Contracts
Get the contract right and most arguments never start.
We read every clause, schedule and appendix against your commercial position on payment, liability, design, programme, insurance and retention, then negotiate the changes that matter in terms the other side can accept.
We work across JCT, NEC and bespoke forms, long and short, from main contracts and domestic sub-contracts to professional appointments and collateral warranties.
For employers we choose the right form and set it up properly. For contractors and subcontractors we review what you've been sent before you sign it.
- 1
Send us the pack
The contract or sub-contract, any schedule of amendments, your quotation and the programme.
- 2
We review every clause
Each issue is logged and rated Critical, High, Medium or Low, with the clause, the risk and the change we'd ask for.
- 3
You get two documents
A risk schedule for you, and a negotiation letter ready to send under your own name.
- 4
We see it through
We deal with each round of responses until the terms are agreed, then check the signing copy matches what was agreed.
Schedule of amendments
Rev B · Our amendments, shown as tracked changes
Cl. 2.12Indemnity
CriticalThe Sub-Contractor shall indemnify the Contractor against any and all losses howsoever arising losses caused by its breach or negligence, subject to an aggregate cap equal to the Sub-Contract Sum.
Amendment proposed
Cl. 3.4Design
CriticalThe Sub-Contractor's design shall be fit for its intended purpose prepared with the reasonable skill and care of a competent designer.
Amendment proposed
Cl. 4.9Final date for payment
HighThe final date for payment shall be 56 23 days after the due date.
Amendment proposed
What we do
Every commercial service a project needs.
Take one service or hand us the whole job. We size what we do to the project, from a single extension to a 94-apartment scheme.
Feasibility and cost planning
Budget estimates, development appraisals and NRM1 cost plans that develop with the design, with value engineering when the numbers don't work.
Order of cost estimate · Cost plans · Development appraisal · Cash flow
Project management
Running the project for the client from brief to handover, appointing the team, setting and managing the programme, managing risk and keeping design, cost and quality on track.
Project brief · Programme · Risk register · Progress reports
Procurement and tendering
Procurement strategy, tender documents and pricing schedules, tender analysis and a clear recommendation you can act on.
Bills of quantities · Schedules of works · Tender report · Post-tender clarifications
Contracts
Choosing the right form (JCT, NEC or bespoke) and setting it up properly, with letters of intent where needed. Reviewing and negotiating main contracts, domestic sub-contracts, professional appointments and warranties, long form or short form.
Contract documents · Letters of intent · Schedule of amendments · Negotiation letter
Contract administration and cost control
Acting as contract administrator or client's QS: valuations, instructions, change control, provisional sums, monthly cost reports and the final account.
Interim valuations · Payment certificates · Cost and risk reports · Final account
Commercial management for contractors
Retained or project by project: applications for payment, variations, sub-contract orders, cost value reconciliations and final accounts, done properly and on time.
Payment applications · Variation account · CVR · Final account
Tendering and estimating
Measured take-offs and priced build-ups from drawings and specifications, with clarifications and qualifications that protect your price.
Measured take-off · Priced bill or schedule · Clarifications and qualifications
Claims, disputes and recovery
Payment and pay less notices, suspension, variation and loss and expense claims, final account disputes, adjudication support and recovery of unpaid sums.
Notices · Letters of claim · Claim submissions · Adjudication support
Tools, software and templates
We build the tools we use. Soon you can use them too.
We built our own contract review software and estimating tools for our own projects. We're now getting them ready for wider release, along with free guides, templates and calculators.
Contract review software
Reads a full contract pack and produces a priority-rated risk schedule, a negotiation letter and tracked changes to the contract.
For contractors, subcontractors, consultants and construction lawyers
Estimating and cost planning platform
Measure and price any project in NRM1, NRM2, SMM7 or your own format, with item calculators and priced bills and quotations.
For estimators, QSs, contractors and developers
Excel estimating workbooks
Quick and Pro editions for builders and QSs, with a rate library, item build-ups, bills of quantities and client quotations.
For builders, estimators and QSs
Calculators
Construction Act payment dates, late payment interest and a quick build cost check for home projects.
For contractors, consultants, homeowners and self builders
Free guides and templates
See everything we're working onAbout Projex · The directors
Experience from both sides of the table.
Projex is run by its directors, Mike and Jo Bradshaw. We've worked for clients as their QS, project manager and contract administrator, and for the contractors who build for them as estimators and commercial advisers. That's why our cost advice is buildable and our contract advice is commercial rather than theoretical.
Mike Bradshaw
Director
Quantity surveyor and construction contracts specialist. Mike leads our cost, contract and claims work, and has acted on both sides: as client's QS and contract administrator for York Minster, and as commercial adviser to main contractors and specialist subcontractors.
Jo Bradshaw
Director
Jo runs the business side of Projex: new enquiries, appointments and fee proposals, accounts and client care. She makes sure every instruction is set up properly from the first call, and that clients always know who to speak to.
Every figure traced
Every number we report shows where it came from: a drawing, a quotation, an instruction or our own measured estimate.
Commercial, not legalistic
We focus on cash flow, programme and liability, the points that actually cost you money.
Plain English
Short, clear documents you can explain to a board, a lender or a site team.
Your name on the letter
When we act for contractors we usually work in the background, so the relationship with the other side stays yours.
Do you take on small projects?
Yes. We work on everything from a single extension to schemes of nearly a hundred apartments, and we size the service to the job.
Where do you work?
We're based in York and work across the UK. Most cost, contract and dispute work can be done remotely, and we come to site when the job needs it.
Can you act as our QS on a retained basis?
Yes. We act as retained QS and commercial adviser to a number of main contractors and subcontractors, covering tenders, contracts, applications, variations and final accounts.
Which contracts do you work with?
JCT and NEC main contracts and sub-contracts in long and short form, domestic sub-contracts, bespoke and amended forms, professional appointments, collateral warranties and homeowner contracts.
We've already signed. Can you still help?
Yes. We can manage applications, notices, variations and the final account under the contract you have, and tell you where you stand if a dispute is building.
How do you charge?
Most of our work is on a fixed fee for each stage or each review, agreed up front. For ongoing commercial support we can agree a monthly retainer, and for disputes or open-ended advice we work at a day rate. We always confirm the fee in writing before we start.
Tell us about your project.
Send us drawings, a quote, a contract or a problem. We'll tell you what it means and what we'd do next.