Tailored, flexible services to meet the individual needs of our Clients.
Consultancy
Project management
Expertise
Estimation
With construction costs being so varied checking a project is affordable, allocating a budget or even arranging finance for the project is advised before engaging a builder or contractor. Our estimates can also serve as a benchmark to compare with quotes or tender returns. Our simple 3-level estimation approach lets you choose what level of services you require given the stage your project is at.
What is construction estimation?
Estimates for construction are calculations for predicting the cost of a construction project, considering materials, plant equipment and labour skills against activities. With construction costs being so varied checking a project is affordable, allocating a budget or even arranging finance for the project is advised before engaging a builder or contractor. Our estimates can also serve as a benchmark to compare with quotes or tender returns.
How can a construction estimate be used?
Should you be embarking on an extension, loft, barn or garage conversion, or perhaps a self-build project, you may be working with your local builder or architect, then you’ll want to know what the estimated construction cost of your project might be for the following reasons.
- For budgeting purposes.
- To compare quotes, you’ve received from builders/contractors.
Managing your own project for tender or for presentation to a bank, lender or investor.
What’s included?
Our simple 3-level estimation approach lets you choose what level of detail is required given the stage your project is at.
Budgetary estimate
This is recommended at the design stage and covers
- Summary cost breakdown (element/activity), and
- List of assumptions, notes, considerations
Detailed estimate
This is recommended after design and qualifying quotes from builders and contractors and covers
- Summary cost breakdown (material and labour)
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Estimated sub-contractor costs
- List of assumptions, notes, considerations
Tender estimate
This is recommended if you are taking your project out for a competitive tender and covers
- Summary cost breakdown (material and labour)
- Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
- Product specification
- List of assumptions, notes, considerations
Consultancy
We pride ourselves working in integrated teams with our Clients to suit their individual needs and delivery. Meridian aims to draw on industry experience to understand the technical, commercial, environmental, social and regulatory challenges each of our Client’s encounter. Whichever Consultancy service you need, Meridian aims to be flexible and tailor our services to meet your requirements.
Advisory services
Meridian Civil Engineering Ltd delivers advisory services to help our clients overcome obstacles, manage risks, set objectives and achieve goals. Our aim is to advise our clients to realise the best strategy, value from existing assets and methods of procurement. Meridian aims to draw on industry experience to understand the technical, commercial, environmental, social and regulatory challenges each of our Client’s encounter.
Project management
Project management skills are critical for engineering managers to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Engineering projects can be complex and require effective planning, budgeting, communication, leadership, quality management, and risk management.
We provide engineering project management services to our clients with the aim of being primary contact point leading multi-disciplinary teams.
We provide industry experience delivering nationally significant projects with focus on
- Great communication at every level of project delivery
- Leading multi-disciplinary teams in design, construction and engineering studies.
Budget and cost control
- Change management
- Contract administration, reporting and resourcing;
Managing the production of the required deliverables
- Programming
- Compliance to regulations
- Health and safety and quality management
Commercial management
Engineering companies are increasingly looking for persons to have strong commercial skills to provide the successful management of the project’s finances, procurement and the processes that can impact upon a project’s profits, timescales and quality. Commercial management is the process that deals with contractual and financial aspects of civil engineering projects. Meridian offers experience in NEC 4 contract services to assist you and your business in tendering, project management support , contracts, programming and quality management to enable to best outcomes for your projects.
Case studies
From project management to advisory services to estimations. We can help.
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We provide engineering project management services to our clients with the aim of being primary contact point leading multi-disciplinary teams and industry experience. Our services help our clients overcome obstacles, manage risks, set objectives and achieve goals.
