Contemporary architectural residence (representative photography)
Client-side quantity surveying & cost management

Cost certainty.
From feasibility to final account.

Independent quantity surveying, cost management and project leadership for developers, private clients and construction businesses across London and the South of England.

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BPH's practical difference

Advice grounded in how buildings actually get built, priced and settled.

BPH is a director-led consultancy, with senior involvement maintained throughout every appointment. Clients receive direct senior oversight, with trusted specialist support brought in where the scope requires it.

The practical difference

  • Cost plans grounded in buildability, not rates alone
  • Tenders interrogated against programme and procurement
  • Contract administration that holds the timetable
  • Entitlement understood from both sides of the table
  • Delivery-side expertise, applied client-side
Client-side appointments

Four ways to appoint us.

Cost plans, feasibility, development appraisal, valuations, change control and final accounts.

JCT administration, certification, instructions, extensions of time and close-out.

Programme, procurement strategy, consultant coordination and reporting to the client.

Measurement, take-offs, tender documentation, adjudication and cashflow planning.

Cost management & PQSEmployer's Agent & contract administrationProject managementFeasibility, cost planning & pre-contract advice
Full client services ↗
Selected project experience

Confidentiality preserved. Substance evident.

Descriptions and value bands shown where the appointment is confidential. Photography is representative and provisional pending licensed project imagery.

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Process

From feasibility to final account.

01
Feasibility
Establish what the site or scheme can carry commercially before design fixes the budget.
02
Cost planning
Budgets built from measurement and trade build-ups, tested against programme and procurement.
03
Procurement & tender
Documentation, adjudication and contractor selection matched to the right route.
04
Delivery & control
Valuations, change control and certification through the build.
05
Final account
Agreed and closed: the figure the client can rely on.
Architects & interior designers

A cost consultant who protects the design, not just the budget.

Cost plans are built from measurement and trade build-ups, so specification decisions can be tested honestly against budget, rather than value-engineered on assumption once the design is set.

For architects & designers ↗
Materiality and detailing (representative photography)
Commercial delivery (representative photography)
A separate, substantial practice area

Contractor commercial support.

A six-level service ladder for main contractors and specialist subcontractors, from a senior second opinion to a fully outsourced commercial department.

Commercial HotlineCommercial AuditCommercial AdministrationRetained Project QSCommercial DepartmentSenior & Overflow Resource
20m+
Variations secured, last three years
19%
Average margin, last five years
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Director-led, from site to spreadsheet

Ben Hoskins MSc, BSc (Hons), MCIOB

Director, BPH Surveyors Limited. 16+ years spanning carpentry, site management, estimating, quantity surveying and commercial leadership, with senior involvement maintained throughout every appointment.

More about BPH ↗
Evidence, not adjectives
£130m+
Projects delivered under the director's leadership, across in-house and independent roles
£70m+
Projects tendered
£35m+
Largest single project
16+
Years in construction

Figures reflect the director's career experience, including work delivered prior to and independently of BPH Surveyors Limited. Not all projects were commissioned directly to BPH.

You do not need to arrive with a perfect brief.

Start with the project and the pressure. We will define the right appointment and the most sensible first step.

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01372 502 236projects@bphsurveyors.co.uk