Rider Levett Bucknall provide cost and management consultancy to the Infrastructure Industry reinforced with sound engineering and estimating experience in the following services:
Accurate estimates in the early stages of engineering form the basis of cost plans and enable our clients to evaluate whether a project is viable and to compare two or more engineering solutions. Construction cost estimating assists in managing designs to meet budgets and also aids in reviewing tenders received. Estimates can be based on progressively refined 'for construction' documentation.
Cost planning establishes target costs by breaking project costs into discrete elements. It provides visible costs to enhance cost control and drive engineering solutions.
Cost and budget control maintains a visible cost and budget status through the procurement and construction stages. Continual monitoring enables the contingency fund to be actively managed and cost trends to be identified.
Used as part of the procurement process, schedules of quantities enable accurate and comparable tender prices to be obtained. They form the basis of earned value calculations, which are particularly valuable on cost reimbursable contracts.
Project control services are a combination of cost, time and reporting functions. They incorporate tools to provide reliable project data and implement informed decision making.
This function ensures contracts are correctly managed and duties are properly discharged. It covers all contractual obligations, including progress payments and evaluation of variations.
Independent verification and audit services can be provided either throughout a project or with specific tasks in mind. These roles ensure value for money and probity.
Risk management identifies, manages and mitigates risk through sophisticated modelling tools. It enables informed decisions to be made on adequate funding provision. Value management creates the structured environment to identify the engineering solutions that represent the best value for money.
Procurement strategy advice enables the right decisions to be made, particularly in light of competing project objectives. These include price certainty and timely completion in a resource challenged environment
Cash flow forecasting provides information to meet funding and accounting requirements. It gives valuable data regarding the health of a project. Completed forecasts give calculated outturn costs. These costs are monitored for adverse trends so that corrective measures can be instigated if necessary.
Asset requirements are considered during the acquisition, operation, maintenance, refurbishment and disposal phases thus covering all stages of the lifecycle.
Assets need to be managed in a transparent manner to achieve quality outcomes. Our asset management services provide infrastructure asset information. This information determines long-term planning, short-term maintenance and funding requirements.