Contractors buy delivery in pieces. The pieces don't answer for the result.
Short of a QS, a planner and a design manager, a contractor hires three agency people. Each bills a day rate, none owns the outcome, and the contractor still carries the risk of making them work together.
| Agency contractors | Client-side consultancy | Graham PDG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Individuals, hired one at a time | Advice and reports | One team on a single scope |
| Paid for | Days worked | Hours and fees | A fee, plus a share of the result |
| Works for | You, one seat at a time | The employer | You, the contractor |
| Modular depth | Varies by person | Strategy level | Vesting, design freeze, interfaces, factory QA |
| Who joins it up | You do | You do | We do |
Every discipline a project needs, from one team.
Take one service or the whole team. Each is led by a senior person who does the work.
Planning & programming
- Tender and contract programmes
- Short-term and look-ahead programmes
- Progress monitoring and reporting
- Delay analysis and extension of time submissions
- Recovery and acceleration planning
- Factory and site sequence integration
Commercial & quantity surveying
- Cost planning and estimating
- Preliminaries and tender pricing
- Subcontract procurement and orders
- Valuations and payment notices
- Variations and change control
- Cost-value reporting and cashflow
- Final accounts
Claims & dispute resolution
- Extension of time claims
- Loss and expense claims
- Acceleration and disruption claims
- Claims preparation, defence and negotiated settlement
- Pay less notices and payment disputes
- Adjudication support
- Contract reviews and risk advice
Project management
- Contractor-side delivery leadership
- Interface and logistics management
- Risk registers and monthly reporting
- Client and consultant liaison
- Handover and close-out
Design & technical management
- Design programme and information release
- Design freeze and change control
- Technical submittals and approvals
- Compliance tracking through design and build
- Handover and O&M documentation
Offsite, modular & quality
- Factory supervision
- Quality inspection and reporting
- Vesting certificates and offsite goods
- Delivery and installation sequencing
- Snagging and defects management
Need something that isn't listed? Ask us. If it sits between the contract and the programme, we probably do it.
We test it, report it and put it right.
Compliance testing tells you where a building stands. Our minor works team fixes what it finds, with the same cost control we bring to a large scheme.
Compliance testing
Building compliance testing and inspection, with a clear report of what passes, what doesn't and what it will cost to fix.
Minor works contracting
Remedial, refurbishment and minor works, priced openly and delivered by us.
Three ways in. The same senior people behind each.
Every core member of a Delivery Team shares in the profit when the project lands. Nobody is paid to make the job last longer.
A complete team that takes on the outcome
- Commercial lead, planner, design manager, factory and site QA
- Scope, team and targets agreed at the start
- The person who sells the work does the work
A fixed monthly fee, plus a gainshare against the margin or programme targets you set.
One senior person where the gap is
- Interim commercial manager on a live scheme
- Claims, extension of time and final account work
- Subcontract procurement and commercial review
Day rate, or a fixed fee per commission.
Permanent hires from the same network
- Surveyors, commercial managers, planners, design and site managers
- Make permanent the team you already trust
Placement fee on first-year salary.
Coming soon- A 30-minute callTell us where the job is. No charge.
- A short reviewWe read the contract, the programme and the last valuation, and tell you where the exposure is.
- A statement of workTeam, scope, monthly fee and the targets the gainshare is measured against.
- Monthly reportingCost, programme and risk on one page, every month.
What our people are running now.
Commercial and offsite control, contractor-side
- Live cost-value report with best, most likely and worst-case forecasts, tied to a quantified risk register
- Cash in and cash out forecast aligned to programme and procurement
- Extension of time, acceleration and change account
- Subcontract payment and pay less notices across the supply chain
- Factory supervision, quality reporting and vesting of offsite goods
Client and project names are withheld. This work is carried out by members of our core team in their current roles.
A senior team that comes in as one.
An established group, each with their own discipline, each with a share in the result.
Robert Graham
Founder and commercial lead. Cost control, subcontract administration, change, claims and final account.
Kelvin Graham
Overall direction of our projects, from offsite manufacture and quality through to handover.
Adam James
Day-to-day management of design, procurement and site delivery.
Niall McCamphill
Programme development, progress tracking, delay analysis and recovery planning.
Brian Hudson
Senior member of the core delivery team.
A wider bench behind the core team
A network of professional advisers for the specialist disciplines each project needs, brought in as the work calls for them.
- Professional indemnity insured
- VAT registered. A trading name of Mercado-Graham Ltd, company no. 17267718
Tell us where the job is now. We'll tell you what it needs.
A 30-minute call, no charge. Bring the programme, the contract and the last valuation.
Based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Working across London and the South East.