Cost Management

Cost Planning and Benchmarking

Cost planning and cost control are key to the success of any built project: early cost management in construction adds significant value. Robust cost control throughout the entire project lifecycle ensures expenditure and cash flow forecasts match funds available. We provide cost planning and benchmarking against industry standards.

Cost Engineering

In a landscape of rapid technology development, increasing legislation and a drive for sustainability, we help clients make informed decisions. Our extensive cost engineering experience helps establish accurate construction budgets, identify best value options, and implement measures that mitigate the cost of change.
Our approach delivers effective sustainability outcomes and meets legislative requirements, while keeping whole-of-life cost front and centre.

Bills of Quantities

Our extensive bills of quantity (BoQ) experience helps our clients accurately assess and control costs, and undertake real-time cost monitoring of their projects. Clients use our BoQs to collaborate with stakeholders such as architects, to identify cost saving measures early, and to help them get their projects delivered on-time and on-budget. During tender phase we work with contractors to give them BoQs to the level of detail they require to provide quotes.

Tendering and Procurement

Our Cost Management team offers specialist expertise to help clients procure contractors for their projects, including bulk purchasing. We use deep sector and regional market knowledge to advise clients on the contracting and incentive methods that will achieve the best value for money. We then draft tender documents and contracts, and manage the procurement process, including assessment and award.

Contract Administration

Our expert Contract Administration team helps clients control time, cost and quality on their projects. Our services include management and enforcement of contractual agreements throughout the project lifecycle, including monitoring compliance, resolving disputes, facilitating communication between parties, and ensuring that all contractual obligations are met. This helps achieve project success while minimising risks and conflicts.
We work with both project owners and sponsors, and contractors.

Commercial Management and Valuation

Our team provides strategic oversight of financial elements of clients’ construction projects. This includes cost estimation, budgeting, procurement, and assessing the value of assets. Our work helps ensure optimal financial performance and viability throughout the project lifecycle.
We work with both project owners and sponsors, and contractors.

Value Management

We apply value engineering techniques to help clients optimise project costs while maintaining the desired quality. We do this by using our sector specific experience to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend alternative solutions, identify and prioritise project objectives, and optimising resources.

Project Monitoring

We have an extensive track record liaising with financial institutions and third-party advisors to carry out independent project reviews and careful project monitoring to ensure investments are viable and effectively managed.
Our extensive experience ensures timely, responsive and effective project monitoring. Clients’ money is not overspent due to poor management or project controls, and their interests are protected.

Life Cycle Costing

Our life cycle costing team uses a comprehensive financial analysis method that considers all costs associated with a project or asset over its entire lifespan, from acquisition to disposal. This helps our clients make informed decisions that consider long-term financial implications and optimise cost-efficiency throughout an asset's life cycle.

Commercial Secondment

TSA Riley's secondment team offers the full range of commercial management services throughout the life cycle of a construction project. Our people are experienced in controlling project costs, realising the correct financial entitlement under the contract, and working with both standard and amended / bespoke forms of contract.

Our people integrate themselves seamlessly into our clients' teams to help them realise the full impact and value of their projects.