What We Do
Five productised services.
Bespoke fixed fees. No day rates. No timesheets.
An alternative to employing a full-time, freelance or interim Commercial Director.
Fixed fee, scoped to a defined deliverable, priced to the value at stake.
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.
Highest
Leverage
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: Working with your teams, processes and data culminating in a written report and improvement plan 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.
Hands On
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 .
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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.
Urgent
Without Exception
The Terms:
Every engagement starts with an agreed, clearly defined deliverable, in writing.
Every fee is fixed and agreed upfront. No nasty surpises.
Every conversation is with me, not a junior.
Every brief is delivered under RICS regulation.
Every fit decision is made in the first five minutes.
The Outcomes:
Every engagement protects or recovers your revenue.
Every output defends your margin.
Every recommendation improves your cash position.
Every decision removes commercial risk before it becomes loss.
Every brief surfaces an opportunity in your business worth taking.
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