Cost Consultancy
Your strategic cost consultants for maximising project value
At Baily Garner, our team of cost consultants takes a comprehensive approach to construction project management. We analyse not only initial costs but also procurement strategies, long-term lifecycle implications, and critical risk mitigation. With deep insight into market trends and economic factors, our experts ensure your project delivers optimal value from concept to completion.
Our in-house cost database, analysing over £1bn in construction works, empowers us to deliver precise cost modelling, financial appraisals, automated quantities, and agile cost planning. We develop bespoke risk management strategies that reflect your project’s unique constraints, ensuring cost control, project success, and peace of mind.
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What we do
Our team of cost consultants provide expert guidance on procurement strategies, helping you acquire goods, services, and works efficiently. We optimise value and minimise risk, ensuring your project remains financially sound.
We identify opportunities to enhance project value and optimise costs without compromising quality or design intent. Our cost consultants deliver smarter, more efficient solutions that support your project goals.
We provide detailed cost and programme analysis for MMC, helping you understand the financial and logistical benefits of innovative building approaches.
From early concepts to detailed designs, our cost consultant companies develop accurate cost plans, estimates, and models. Using our extensive in-house data, we provide benchmarking and financial control that clients trust.
Beyond immediate expenses, we assess the environmental impact and lifecycle costs of your project, including carbon output, providing a comprehensive understanding of long-term financial and sustainable value.
We meticulously prepare contract documentation, ensuring clarity and transparency, and provide regular, clear financial progress reports to keep your project on budget and on track.
We conduct thorough project financial audits and provide expert support in contract disputes, offering unbiased analysis and strategic advice to protect your interests.
Our team develops bespoke risk management strategies, assessing market dynamics and economic landscapes, and conducts viability cost assessments to ensure your project’s financial health and resilience.
FAQs
From how we navigate contract insolvency to establishing risk appetite, we’ve answered some of the most common questions around cost consultancy.
Contact usOur industry expertise, particularly in navigating complex issues like insolvency, stands out. Our team of cost consultants leverage an in-house cost database with a wealth of information, and our multidisciplinary approach allows us to draw upon the expertise of other Baily Garner specialists, offering a truly holistic view.
We actively solve pain points related to costs and viability by understanding market dynamics and potential economic impacts, including inflation. Crucially, our experience with contractor insolvencies means we know how to respond effectively and protect our clients’ financial interests when challenges arise.
From initial meetings, we prioritise understanding your specific needs and risk tolerance. This allows us to tailor our service precisely, proactively monitoring costs through dashboards and regularly reviewing progress in design meetings, ensuring we protect your budget.
While our expertise serves anyone needing robust cost management, we particularly attract Local Authorities, Housing Associations, and educational institutions, including Higher Education Head of Estates, who seek detailed financial insight and strategic value.
Our pricing is bespoke, reflecting the nature and complexity of each project. This can range from framework-based percentage fees to hourly rates based on the resources required, ensuring a competitive and tailored solution for your project.
Managing construction costs is complex. A construction cost consultant helps identify potential financial risks early, optimise value, and provide accurate, data-driven forecasts. This protects your budget, improves decision-making, and ensures your project delivers maximum value.
Our head office is based in London, serving as the central hub for our cost consultancy services. Our cost consultants in London manage strategic planning, financial oversight, and project coordination for clients across the UK.
Insights
Our insight highlights
Explore the latest thinking from across our teams, tackling the key issues facing the built environment today. These insights reflect the depth of our expertise and the challenges our clients care most about.
How to Cope With Contractor Insolvency
This article advises surveyors on looking for indicators of insolvency and outlining recommended actions, so that they can be better prepared.
Stay Alert To Signs To Prevent Contractor Insolvency
Baily Garner highlights why construction firms are disproportionately going bust – and how better procurement and risk management can help.
How the BSA is Reshaping Procurement
The Building Safety Act is quietly transforming procurement across the construction sector. Here’s why single-stage D&B is falling out of favour — and what’s replacing it.
People Or Technology? A Roundup of Viewpoints On Solving The Skills Gap
At UK Construction Week, Baily Garner’s Bradley Webster led a panel exploring how the industry can tackle its skills shortage—through smarter recruitment, better tech, or both.
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Recent projects
Discover how we ensure financial success for our clients. From intricate cost modelling to strategic procurement, our portfolio speaks for itself.
Explore projects
Metropolitan Police Office Refurbishment
London
We led the refurbishment of a key MPS building while maintaining full operational use. The modernised layout, enhanced welfare areas and bespoke security upgrades were delivered on time and under budget.
Padnall Lake
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
We supported Be First to deliver a major regeneration scheme at Padnall Lake, providing project management, cost consultancy and employer’s agent services.
Spon End Estate
Coventry
Baily Garner is providing RIBA Stage 0-7 design services as part of a multidisciplinary appointment to redevelop an existing estate and deliver 750 high-quality, mixed-tenure homes.
Beths Grammar School
Bexley
Baily Garner helped Beths Grammar School secure £3m in funding to build a modern teaching block, easing overcrowding and transforming the Sixth Form learning experience.
Union Yard
Rushmoor, Hampshire
Delivering mixed-use regeneration in Aldershot through quality control, compliance, and collaborative leadership — all on time for the 2024 university term.
Our values
We bring our values into all that we do
Our values are integral to the way we interact with one another, the work we deliver, and the decisions we make to drive business growth. Keeping us focused and united in our purpose, they ensure we deliver more than just projects — we create a positive impact on people’s lives.
In order to build a better built environment, we believe that we need to build a better business from the inside out, and our values empower us to do that.
Collaborative
Our belief is that true progress happens when people come together. We deliver on this commitment to collaboration by building strong, trusting relationships through open dialogue, shared purpose, and a mutual respect for our colleagues.
Supportive
Creating a supportive work culture and environment is of utmost importance to us. Whether it’s our teams, our clients or our communities, we lead with empathy, offer help where it’s needed, and create space for everyone to thrive.
Innovative
Innovation is a part of the Baily Garner DNA; we’re always learning, always evolving. By questioning convention and embracing new thinking, we find ways to work better — not just for today, but for the future.
Ethical
We act with integrity in every aspect of our business. That means making responsible, transparent decisions we can stand by for our clients, our colleagues, and the communities we serve.
Our clients and partners
Our sectors
We serve a variety of sectors, delivering tailored cost consultancy solutions that meet the unique financial demands and challenges of each industry.
Residential
From large-scale regeneration to intricate retrofit programmes, Baily Garner is trusted by clients across the UK to deliver residential environments that are sustainable, high quality, and community-led.Find out more
Education
Our team has supported over 19 Multi-Academy Trusts and delivered hundreds of schemes, creating safe, inspiring spaces where students and educators can thrive.Find out more
Care
From residential homes to specialist support facilities, we’ve spent decades delivering safe, supportive spaces designed around the needs of residents, families and staff.Find out more
Commercial
From flexible workspaces to future-facing retail, our commercial projects are built for performance. We deliver creative, functional, and sustainable environments that help businesses thrive and evolve.Find out more
Conservation & Heritage
Preserving the past takes more than technical skill — it takes respect, care, and a deep understanding of context. We work with sensitivity and precision to enhance the UK’s most valued heritage and conservation sites.Find out more
Regeneration & Mixed Use
We deliver regeneration and mixed-use projects that transform communities. Blending innovative design with sustainable solutions, our multidisciplinary expertise ensures developments meet today’s needs, as well as tomorrow’s.Find out more
Emergency Services
From police stations and fire stations to ambulance hubs and first responder facilities, we create resilient, secure, and efficient environments that support those who keep our communities safe.Find out more
Health
From hospitals and specialised care units to clinics and NHS facilities, our expert construction consultancy is tailored to the complex and evolving needs of the health sector.Find out more
Local & Central Government
We have over 40 years of experience delivering tailored construction consultancy services to local authorities, central government bodies, and public sector clients.Find out more
Leisure & Sport
We deliver exceptional leisure and sports facilities that inspire communities and promote well-being. Our multidisciplinary expertise ensures every project balances innovative design, operational efficiency, and sustainability.Find out more
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the journey
Progress happens when people come together. At Baily Garner, we design for a better tomorrow through sustainable thinking and collaborative expertise. Let’s build something meaningful and shape the future, together.
Bring your next project to life
Our multidisciplinary teams work side by side with you to bring ideas to life. Through innovation, precision, and a shared purpose, we deliver projects that stand the test of time.
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From first steps to new challenges, we’re here to help you thrive. At Baily Garner, you’ll find real opportunity, purposeful work, and the support to take your career further.
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