What We Do
Five productised services. Bespoke fixed fees. No day rates. No timesheets.
Every engagement is scoped to a defined deliverable and priced to the value at stake. We do not quote hours and we do not invoice them.
If a service does not fit your situation, we will tell you in the first conversation.
1. Contract X-Ray
For: Contractors with a contract on the desk, not yet signed.
Deliverable: A written risk register, the clauses that need negotiating out or amending, and a negotiation brief for the conversation you are about to have with the other side.
Turnaround: 48 hours for the Essential X-Ray. Up to two weeks for full negotiation support.
When to use it: Before signature. Once it is signed, the leverage is gone.
2. Commercial Health Check
For: Managing Directors and Commercial Directors who suspect the commercial function is leaking margin.
Deliverable: A diagnostic with quantified findings, a written commercial risk register and a prioritised commercial improvement plan.
Turnaround: Three working days on site, written report inside one month.
When to use it: When the numbers look fine but something feels wrong. Or before you scale, when you want to know what you are scaling on top of.
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3. Project Commercial Management
For: Live projects where variations, claims, payment applications or the final account need senior judgment alongside your existing team.
Deliverable: Active commercial management across variations, claims, payment applications and final account settlement. Essential, Standard and Premium tiers.
Turnaround: Engagement starts the day terms are agreed.
When to use it: When a project's commercial position needs senior attention but a permanent hire is not the answer.
4. Commercial Director On Demand Retainer
For: Main Contractors and Subcontractors who need ongoing access to Commercial Director judgment without a salaried hire.
Deliverable: Monthly access. Strategic input on contracts before they are signed, claims while they are live, final accounts as they close.
Turnaround: 48-hour response when required.
When to use it: When the same set of commercial questions keep coming up and there is no one in the building paid to answer them at the right level .
5. Problem-Specific Engagements
For: Specific live commercial situations that need senior attention now.
Adjudication Support · Claims Preparation · Final Account Rescue · Cash Flow Intervention · Contract Negotiation.
Deliverable: Bespoke to the situation. Defined scope, fixed fee, fixed outcome.
Turnaround: 48-hour scope. Immediate start once terms are agreed.
When to use it: When there is a specific commercial fire that needs experienced hands now.