Cost Management and Quantity Surveying
Tetra Tech delivers expert cost management and quantity surveying services that help clients achieve commercial certainty, optimise budgets, manage risk, and create long-term value.
Our experts provide comprehensive cost management services that guide clients from initial business case development through project completion and post-occupancy evaluation. We offer reliable, data-driven advice to help clients predict, plan, and control project budgets across diverse and complex sectors, including energy and utilities, defence, residential, government, education, healthcare, science and technology, nuclear, and transport.
Our team has a deep understanding of the marketplace, supply chain, and commercial and economic environment, allowing for an informed and pragmatic approach to cost management. Drawing on extensive experience and intelligent data, we enhance predictability and support informed decision-making throughout the cost management process.
Our services are tailored to the needs of each client to ensure projects are delivered on programme, on budget, and with maximum value to the investment while maintaining overall viability.
Feasibility and Business Case Support
Our experts provide cost input to support early decision-making and secure investment approval.
- Feasibility
- Economic appraisals and optioneering
- High-level budget estimates and sensitivity testing
- Integration with business case and funding models
- Decarbonisation and sustainability
Cost Planning and Benchmarking
We help clients set robust budgets from the outset using evidence-based cost planning, benchmarking, and market testing.
- Cost modelling and cost planning aligned to RIBA Plan of Work and the Government of Ireland’s Capital Works Management Framework
- Benchmarking and auditing
- Analysis of construction market trends
- Whole-life and life-cycle costing
- Risk management
- Quantification services
- Design audit
Procurement and Contract Administration
We support clients in selecting procurement routes and contract management to align with their objectives and manage commercial risk.
- Procurement services and advice
- Tender contract documentation
- Supply chain and construction management
- Employer’s agent
- Cost control, forecasting, variation, and change management
- Contract selection, strategy, and administration
- Value management and engineering
Project Completion and Post-Occupancy Evaluation
We ensure effective cost management throughout the completion and post-occupancy phase of a project.
- Valuation of works, final account preparation, and payment certification
- Tax depreciation schedules
- Dispute management
- Expert witness services
- Insurance replacement valuation
- Managing tenants’ requirements
Project Due Diligence
We ensure accurate project validation and commercial assurance throughout the investment lifecycle.
- Fund monitoring
- Independent certifier
- Purchaser’s agent
