Our approach gives clients clearer pricing, stronger tender control and better protection against hidden gaps and costly surprises.
We replace vague pricing, hidden gaps and builder-led risk with measurable detail, independent oversight and financial accountability.
| The “Typical Way” | The Impact on Your Project | The Caledonian Solution |
|---|---|---|
| No Pre-Tender Budget Insight | No visibility on project costs until final design is paid for and builder quotes are returned – if the project is overbudget at this stage the client may have to have pay for expensive redesign work or sacrifice key features that early cost planning may have saved. | Early Feasibility & Cost Planning ensures the design stays within your financial parameters from day one. |
| No Pre-Tender Cost Estimates | No certainty on project cost until after committing to full design fees and quotes are returned. | Phased cost estimates and value engineering through the design process allows clients manage their budget and design at the earliest stages with zero risk. |
| No Independent BoQ / Price Transparency | Vague quotes or BoQ’s from each builder that are impossible to compare. Clients cannot understand who is providing the best value or who has allowed for what within their price whilst being exposed to massive variation costs for items missing from the original quote. Clients may accept an ‘attractive’ price that is likely to increase once works commence on site. | Independent BoQ ensures every component of work is measured, specified and priced before a contract is signed. Transparent, fairly priced and comparable quotations are returned. Variation cost and budget risk are massively reduced through thorough BoQ production and ensuring every item required has been allowed for. |
| Front-Loading Risk | Builders overvalue early works to extract profit quickly. This disincentives them to complete projects and can remove client leverage should a dispute arise. | Progress Valuations ensure the builder is only paid for work actually completed on-site. We protect your leverage. |
| No Basis for Valuing Change | Without a detailed reference, clients overpay massively on variations because there is no agreed schedule of rates. | Contractual Rate Locking means any changes are priced at the original, fair market rate agreed upon at the start. |
| Pricing in Unknowns | Builders may inflate their prices to cover risks and specification gaps, or leave them out entirely to provide an attractive ‘lean’ price, knowing they will claim a costly variation when on site. | Defining the scope and a thorough, impartial BoQ removes the builders risk or potential to underprice scope ambiguities, resulting in accurate and fair quotations being submitted by bidding contractors.pre |
| Attractive Price vs. Accurate Price | Builders submit low-ball quotes to win the job, intending to recover profit through aggressive variations once on site. | Transparent Tendering requires builders to price every component individually. You get an accurate price, not an appealing and volatile one. |
The example below shows how a project with a lower initial quote can become more expensive once variations, missing scope and over-payment risk are added. A QS-managed approach may appear higher at tender stage, but can create stronger cost certainty and better control.
| Project Metric | Traditional Builder-Led | The Caledonian Managed Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Contract / Quotation Stage | ||
| Pre-Tender Value Engineering | 0 THB | (1,400,000 THB) Saving |
| Initial Quote / Contract Sum | 32,000,000 THB | 35,000,000 THB BoQ Backed |
| Construction Stage | ||
| Pre-Construction Contract Sum | 32,000,000 THB | 33,600,000 THB |
| Variations | 7,040,000 THB 25% Average | 1,750,000 THB 5% |
| Final Account Value | 42,540,000 THB | 34,950,000 THB |
| Cost Difference between approaches | 7,190,000 THB Advantage (Difference between builder led and Caledonian contract sum) |
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This example is illustrative only. Our approach limits over-payment risk and actual savings, costs and risks vary depending on project size, design complexity, contractor pricing, site conditions and the level of documentation available.
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