Construction cost clarity.
Risk understood.
Greater commercial control.
From establishing whether a scheme is viable to agreeing the final account, Shard Stone gives you a clear cost position to decide from at every stage.
Construction cost expertise, while there’s still time to act.
Cost & Budget
Cost planning & feasibility
Cost modelling, estimating & forecast costing
Budget management
Cashflow forecasting
The outcome: a clear cost position for confident decision making.
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We establish and test project costs from the earliest stages, using evidence, benchmarking and experience to give you a commercial position you can plan, justify and make decisions against.
As the project develops, we keep that position current - helping you understand what’s changed, the impact, what it means for the budget and what the project is forecast to cost.
Procurement & Contracts
Cost scheduling
Procurement & tender management
Tender & commercial review
Contract & NEC advice
Contract administration
Change control management
The outcome: clarity about the price, the commitment and the commercial exposure.
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We bring cost and commercial scrutiny to procurement, tendering and contract management so you understand the financial implications of what you’re agreeing to.
Delivery & Control
Project cost control & financial reporting
Value engineering & value management
Commercial risk management
Measurement & verification
Valuations
Benchmarking & cost intelligence
The outcome: control of today’s costs and visibility of where they’re heading.
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We track expenditure, valuations, changes, forecasts and commercial risk throughout delivery, giving you a current view of where the project stands and what it’s likely to cost at completion.
Capability & Resource
Secondments
Quantity Surveying
Commercial Management Support
Project-based resource
Commercial leadership
Contractor commercial support
Specialist expertise
The outcome: the expertise you need, when you need it.
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We bring experienced resources into organisations when workload, growth or complexity demands more than the existing team can provide.
Closure & Resolution
Final accounts
Dispute avoidance
Commercial assurance & portfolio review
The outcome: a clear financial position and a project properly closed.
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We help clients reach a clear, evidenced final commercial position - closing accounts, resolving commercial issues and reviewing performance so the financial outcome is properly understood.
Whatever the commercial question, start with clarity.
Our job is to make sure you have the cost and commercial information you need to answer it. And when your team needs more commercial capability, we bring experienced people in.