Key Services

We have a knowledge base covering over thirty years’ experience in our key business sectors providing the following services:

·       Estimating

The Production of several estimates and cost models for varying scenarios utilising labour norms compiled by the Company and utilising existing norms from the likes of Page & Nations. We have also used estimating software such as Benchmark.

·       Quantity Surveying

We have managed and worked on the measurement and compilation of bills of quantities for many clients.  We are most conversant with structural steel, piping and HVAC measurement, with a particular preference to offshore work, although one of the largest projects we have ever worked on was the onshore Tengizchevroil (TCO) Tengiz Second Generation and Sour Gas Injection Projects in Kazakhstan.  We have also worked with the measurement and quantifying of fabric maintenance projects and civils work, working as a Quantity Surveyors on both pre- and post-contract works and on a number of occasions compiled the bills of quantities pre contract, managed them through tender and ultimately re-measured and agreed them on site as well as agreeing the final account. 

·       Contract Administration and Management

Provision of support to existing contract management teams, especially with major operators Conoco Phillips and AGIP Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Co. (AGIP KCO) and being utilised as a contract manager with others Rig Design Services (RDS), Rider Hunt International and TCO.  Duties invariably comprised chairing contract management meetings, contract letter writing, dispute resolution, claims defence, undertaking contractor audits, control and development of service requisitions for contractors and variation control of services requisitions following changes in the scope of work.  Control of requisitioning process through to Purchase Order development and invoicing via SAP and more recently Microsoft D365. 

·       Cost Engineering

Development and compilation of project cost reports, production of Value of Work Done (VOWD) and forecasts.  Production of trend analysis and commercial variation control.  The review and monitoring of contractor cost reports monthly.  Inclusion of agreed contractor cost reports into various bespoke reporting systems and within SAP.  Extensive use of the various cost management software packages such as Ares Prism and PIMS.

·       Planning

Provision of support to various planning departments, developing the project work breakdown structure and coordinating the development of a resource-based plan.  We have compiled weighted progress milestones on many construction projects, and we are conversant with both Primavera from version 3 to 6 and Microsoft Project., we do build the project plans within these software packages.  We do review and critically assess them.

·       Document Control

We have implemented our own document controls processes for several of the companies.  We have also worked with Clients document control procedures and used varying electronic document controls systems such as the “Virtual Project Room (VPR)” for British Petroleum (BP) and I-site for Conoco Phillips.

·       Data Management

We have always had an interest in Information Technology and have worked with numerous software packages.  Initially, companies used MS-DOS to manage project data using batch files.  Although we now have progressed to other methods of data management as mentioned above using VPR’s and I-site.

We have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Access and use all these packages throughout our work. We work with and use SAP and have done so since the early 1990s and have exported many SAP implementation.