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Independent advice. Clear accountability.

BPH acts for developers, private clients, investors, estates, family offices, architects and interior designers. BPH is a director-led consultancy, with senior involvement maintained throughout every appointment.

Four appointment types

Fixed-fee, percentage or time-based, depending on the responsibility.

Independent cost advice from inception through to the agreed final account.

  • Feasibility & development appraisal
  • Cost plans & budget setting
  • Measurement & take-offs
  • Valuations & payment recommendations
  • Change control & cost reporting
  • Final accounts

Administering the building contract on the client's behalf, to the timetable the contract sets.

  • JCT & NEC administration
  • Certification & payment notices
  • Instructions & variations
  • Extensions of time
  • Practical completion & defects
  • Close-out & retention release

Holding the programme, the procurement route and the consultant team together.

  • Procurement strategy
  • Construction programming
  • Consultant & contractor coordination
  • Risk & change management
  • Client reporting
  • Handover & occupation

Getting the price, the scope and the programme right before anyone is on site.

  • Tender documentation
  • Measurement & trade build-ups
  • Tender adjudication
  • Scope gaps & design risk
  • Tender qualifications
  • Cashflow planning
How an appointment runs

From the first estimate to the final account.

Support can begin with a single cost plan and grow into procurement, contract administration and wider commercial responsibility.

01
Appraise

Feasibility, budget and development appraisal

02
Plan

Cost plan, programme and procurement route

03
Tender

Documentation, pricing and adjudication

04
Administer

Certification, instructions and change control

05
Report

Cost, risk and decisions for the client

06
Settle

Final account, retention and close-out

Who we act for

Proportionate to the project, not to the practice.

Projects have run from £50k to £35m+. Larger schemes establish depth; smaller ones demand proportion, speed and close attention to every pound. The disciplines do not change with the value.

Clients

  • Private clients
  • Developers
  • Architects
  • Interior designers
  • Estates & family offices

Sectors

  • Super-prime residential
  • Heritage & listed
  • Country estates
  • Commercial & fit-out
  • Education & public sector
Also available

Contractor commercial support

A separate, substantial practice area for main contractors and specialist subcontractors, with its own six-level service ladder.

Contractor support
Commercial HotlineCommercial AuditCommercial AdministrationRetained Project QSCommercial DepartmentSenior & Overflow Resource

Start with a single cost plan, or the whole appointment.

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