how we work
Four Levels. Clear Outcomes
No open-ended consultancy. Each service is scoped, priced, and bounded.
01
Diagnose
the exposure
A focused review of one project to find where margin risk actually sits.
02
Stabilise
the project
A bounded intervention to stop further commercial damage on a drifting job.
03
Intervene
before quoting
Challenge scope and pricing before assumptions become contractual obligations.
04
Oversee
ongoing delivery
Independent governance to stop drift recurring across your project portfolio.
start here — it costs nothing
Free Commercial Health Check
£0
15 minutes. One live job. A straight answer.
We ask six structured questions about a project you’re currently running or about to quote. At the end, we tell you whether your commercial position is sound — and if it isn’t, where the exposure sits. No obligation. No follow-on commitment unless you see the value.
We designed this call specifically because most businesses don’t know they have a commercial control problem until it shows up in the final account. This gives you the answer while there’s still time to act.
service 01 ———
Project Delivery Review
£1,500 + VAT
Fixed scope · Fixed output
A commercial x-ray of one live project.
A structured commercial and delivery review of one live or recently completed fixed-price project. Not a high-level audit. A thorough examination of where scope, change, and cost control have held — and where they haven’t.
Most retained clients start here. One project. One conversation. No follow-on commitment.
this is not
A consultancy pitch
A process overhaul
A judgement on your team
what’s included
what we examine
- Scope definition and boundaries
- Assumptions — written and implied
- Variation exposure
- Decision ownership
- Programme realism
- Cost-to complete risk
His advice has materially strengthened how we structure and present our quotations. He helped us correctly allocate commercial clauses to protect margin, manage scope creep and deal properly with change requests — without damaging client relationships.
Grant Bond — Managing Director
Gabitie Group
service 02 ———
Commercial Control Review
£6,500 + VAT
the problem it solves
You’re running multiple live projects. Some are performing. Others aren’t. You’re not always sure which is which, and you don’t have a clear picture of what the business is actually making across its live portfolio.
what it is
A 30-day engagement across your live project portfolio. We find out what your projects are actually making versus what you think they’re making — and why the difference exists.
what’s included
The outcome isn’t a report you read once. It’s a commercial picture you can act on — and a foundation to build proper control from.
service 03 ———
Retained Delivery Oversight
£2,500 — £3,500
monthly — 3 month minimum contract
who it’s for
Businesses that don’t want to fix the same problem on every job. Businesses that want commercial control built into how they deliver — permanently.
what it is
Ongoing commercial delivery oversight across your live project portfolio. Monthly engagement covering scope discipline, variation control, delivery review, and commercial reporting. Built around how your business actually works — not a system imposed from outside.
what’s included
This is where the long-term value sits. Not fixing one job — building a business that protects margin as standard.
service 04 ———
Project Rescue
£3,500 — £12,000
2–4 weeks · One live project · Tiered by exposure
When a project is drifting, but not yet dead.
A short, bounded intervention to stop further commercial damage. Not project management. Not firefighting. This is about making hidden risk visible, resetting what’s in scope, and forcing commercial decisions back to the right level — before delay makes it worse.
Pricing Tiers
Light
£3,500-£4,500
Projects under ~£250k
standard
£5,500-£7,500
£250k-£750k projects
High-Risk
£9,000-£12,000
£250k-£750k projects
Pricing based on margin at risk, not time spent.
this is not
Project management
Day-to-day delivery support
Extra admin
A consultancy programme
You leave with
what we examine
- Contracted scope & assumptions
- Key decisions already made
- Variations — explicit & silent
- Decision ownership and timing
- Variation control language
service 05 ———
Pre-Quote Pressure Test
£1,750 — £6,500
Tiered by opportunity size and complexity
Stop selling risk before it becomes a project.
An independent commercial challenge of a project scope before a quote or contract is issued. Designed to prevent assumptions, ambiguity, and optimism being sold as certainty. The goal isn’t to slow sales — it’s to sell work that can be delivered profitably.
Pricing Tiers
Standard
£1,750-£2,500
£100k-£300k opportunities
Complex
£3,000-£4,500
Bespoke / multi-interface
Strategic
£5,000-£6,500
£500k+ / high-stakes bids
this is not
Bid writing
Estimating
Sales coaching
A technical design review
You leave with
what we examine
- Draft scope of works or proposal
- Assumptions — written or implied
- Programme outline and interfaces
- Acceptance criteria (or lack of them)
- where commercial risk is underpriced or misallocated
clarity
Is This for You?
This Is For
This Is Not For
Matt’s strong commercially and operationally — he keeps projects moving, handles stakeholders well, and doesn’t let things drift. When problems arise, he stays level-headed, gets to the root cause, and drives a solution. I’d recommend him without hesitation.
Joseph Lane —Project Manager
Tracoinsa Systems UK (former direct report)
Not ready for a call yet?
Start with the free Margin Drift Early Warning Checklist
A free one-page diagnostic for engineering and fabrication directors. In under five minutes, it tells you whether your live projects have the commercial control in place to protect the margin you quoted.
If you tick two or more boxes in any section, your job is already drifting.
Download Free
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Built from delivery control on £100k–£15m live industrial programmes. Use it now on any live job.
Or if you already know there’s a problem — book the free call instead.
the next step
One conversation.
No obligation.
A straight answer.
If you’re running fixed-price bespoke engineering projects and margin is tighter than it should be — book the free 15-minute Commercial Health Check. We’ll look at one live job and tell you exactly where you stand.
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