Replacement roof windows with associated roof, soffit, fascia, bargeboard, gutter and internal repairs, delivered inside a six-week summer holiday window with no scope to overrun. Full six-phase pricing across every trade. Five subcontract quotes obtained and locked before submission covering asbestos removal, roofing, rooflights, scaffolding and blinds. Daywork rates established for specialist roofer, carpenter and labourer to cover variations. Mid-process a structural investigation flagged gutter deflection on the rear building; I priced it as a documented provisional item rather than absorbing it into the main cost, so the position stayed transparent. Contract awarded and works completed within the holiday period.

Accurate cost estimation and pricing schedule production for a regional infrastructure project.

Replacement of 13 four-hour fire shutters in a live records repository within a heritage building. Dust control was critical throughout because the building holds archived records. A single weekend power shutdown was available for electrical disconnection and reconnection. A maximum of three shutters could be worked on simultaneously, forcing a phased sequence across five weeks, with fire lining removal and reinstatement to each opening. On a job like this the shutters are the easy part. The price lives in the sequencing, the dust protection and the single shutdown window, and those are exactly the things that get missed.

Somerset - 78,104 pounds excluding VAT - contract awarded.

Devon - 234,074 pounds excluding VAT - full gap analysis.

Devon - approximately 80,000 pounds excluding VAT - phased delivery.