Management mandate: an investment, not an expense

What you pay for: time and expertise

Our fees correspond to the time you would otherwise have to devote to your project yourself, together with the expertise of the profession and the tools that go with it. We receive no commission from contractors: only fees are invoiced, which makes our advice independent.

Where the value is recovered

• In comparing tenders: tenders brought onto the same basis, with differences explained, before signing.
• In variation orders: no change approved without a known price and timescale, so no surprises at the end of the project.
• In subsidies: a schedule that complies with the rules (application before works) so as not to lose a grant.
• In timescales: a managed site means less time during which capital is tied up without producing a return.
• In upstream decisions: an option discarded on the model costs far less than an option corrected on site.

An investment that pays for itself within the operation

The right calculation does not set fees against zero: it compares them with what a poorly compared tender, an uncontrolled variation order, a lost subsidy or a month’s delay would cost. Fees are part of managing the operation and pay for themselves within it.

The exact ratio depends on each project. That is why each assignment has a scope, deliverables and fees defined by quotation, and never made conditional on a construction management mandate.