Cost Management
Cost Advice That Develops With the Design.
ATR prepares feasibility, concept, elemental and detailed cost plans that reflect the level of design information available and the decisions the project team needs to make.
Service Overview
Cost Planning & Estimates
A cost plan should do more than state a total. It should show where the budget sits, how the cost is distributed, what assumptions have been made and where design decisions are changing the commercial position.
Where Cost Planning Adds Value
- A development budget needs to be established before design progresses.
- The design has changed and the budget needs to be retested.
- Different design, specification or procurement options need to be compared.
- A client or project team needs an updated forecast before a key approval or tender milestone.
Information We Work From
- Architectural, structural and services drawings
- Specifications, schedules and design briefs
- Areas, quantities and elemental scope
- Site constraints, programme and procurement assumptions
- Current rates, project benchmarks and market evidence
- Allowances, exclusions, contingencies and escalation assumptions
What the Cost Plan Clarifies
- A clear cost summary and elemental breakdown
- Visible assumptions, exclusions and allowances
- Comparison against the agreed budget or previous cost plan
- Commentary on material cost movements and design changes
- Recommendations on items requiring clarification or further cost testing
Discuss This Service
Request a Cost Planning Proposal
Send ATR the project stage and information currently available. We can confirm the scope and information needed for a useful first discussion.