Services

Rainey & Best offer professional construction consultancy services across the fields of Project Management, Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management.

We have particular skill and expertise in the delivery of complex high end commercial and residential projects.

Quantity Surveying

We offer a Quantity Surveying service which is pro-active in safeguarding and maximising the value attained from our Clients investment in a project. We provide impartial and honest advice in order to inform our Clients on the financial aspect of their project. Rainey & Best always take a prominent role in any project and work with the design team to ensure that the information provided is clear and accurate in order to ensure best value is achieved. We look after our Clients money as if it were our own and always with the objective of maximising value through detail. The services we offer within Quantity Surveying are as follows:

  • Feasibility Studies & Appraisals
  • Insurance Valuations
  • Cost Advice, Cost Estimates & Cost Planning
  • Value Engineering
  • Whole Life Costing
  • Risk Management
  • BIM
  • Procurement & Contract Advice
  • Tender Documentation & Bills of Quantities
  • Tendering
  • Cost and Change Management During Construction
  • Measured Terms & Maintenance Contracts Management
  • Insolvency Support
  • Capital Allowances

Project Management

We provide an extremely hands on meticulous Project Management service that provides our Clients with an experienced team who can deliver any project no matter the scale, scope or complexity. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail in the management of a project and believe that this approach maximises project quality whilst minimising the cost and programme. Our Project Management service is founded on our ethos of maximising value and as such our Project Management team deliver projects in a value driven manner. Rainey & Best provide a reassuring service to our Clients whereby we take the lead on a project and manage it from inception right through to in-use. The services we offer within Project Management are as follows:

  • Procuring and setting up design team
  • Compiling project brief
  • Producing project execution plan
  • Design process and team management
  • Electronic document management
  • Project master planning / programming
  • BIM management
  • Risk management
  • Value engineering
  • Procurement
  • Contract administration
  • On site construction management
  • Quality control and snagging
  • Handover

Contractor Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management

Rainey & Best provide a range of Quantity Surveying services to Contractors across the UK and Ireland. Our aim when working with Contractors is to maximise their profitability whilst minimising their risk. One of our core services that we provide to Contractors is the production of Bills of Quantities and pricing documents. The accurate measurement and description of construction works is a skill that Rainey & Best prides itself on and as a result we believe we are able to offer our Clients an extremely high level of service in this area. We have extensive experience in the production of Bills of Quantities and measured pricing documents and as such are able to provide an efficient service that can meet the most challenging of delivery programmes. As part of our Bill production service we always list and include pricing points for any items which are lacking information or have been missed by the designers. This helps to reduce tender risk and ensure that tender submissions are comprehensive and robust. Our The services we offer within Contractor Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management are as follows:

  • Production of Bills of Quantities and Measured Pricing Documents
  • Cost planning and estimating
  • Managing procurement of sub-contractors and materials
  • Commercial management of live construction projects
  • Dispute resolution and claims
  • Construction programming
  • Attendance at and participation in Design Workshops and Meetings
  • Assistance with value engineering and value management of projects

FF&E Project Management

We have extensive experience in the Project Management of FF&E on a wide range of projects. We have a hugely successful track record in ensuring FF&E is designed, manufactured, procured and installed on programme, to the highest quality and within budget. Our value driven approach combined with our depth of knowledge of the FF&E market place ensure that we are always able to deliver the best cost outcome for each item.

  • Management of the whole FF&E process
  • Collaborative working with Interior Designers
  • Bespoke vs Proprietary Reviews
  • Managing Sample / Prototype development
  • Sourcing component parts
  • Value based FF&E procurement
  • Management of delivery and installation

Construction Contract Consultancy

Rainey & Best have many years’ experience in providing services relating to construction contracts and dispute resolution. Our Construction Contract Consultancy services are based on appraising the facts of a case in detail and then providing honest and balanced feedback to our Clients. We believe that this approach is the best way of settling disputes fairly whilst always protecting the interests of our clients. The services we offer within Construction Contract Consultancy are as follows:

  • Expert Witness
  • Mediation / Conciliation
  • Construction claims review

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