Every building should work hard throughout its life for the money invested in it. Value management and cost optimisation recognise this, working together to drive core business objectives by focusing on value in the context of performance and cost over the long term, helping you to get the best from every pound spent.
Collaborating with the project team, we keep sight of how the building needs to function, the experience it should deliver, and the returns you need over the long term. In parallel, by focusing on buildability and efficient design metrics, from specification to procurement, and benchmarking prices, our experienced team addresses the cost base and identifies Value Management opportunities at every step.
Our optimisation capability means being close to the brief and design detail, plus making pro-active decisions. Significant value can be secured as this avoids the need for late decisions made to cut costs, which can potentially compromise the brief and damage long-term project performance.
Early value management workshops are one way to ensure key agree priorities are agreed, such as rent levels, yield, ESG targets and user experience, before committing to a design. We then carry out option and design reviews, comparing layouts, structures, façades, building systems and specification levels against cost, performance and lifecycle impact.
Looking beyond completion, to whole‑life cost, improves the analysis of maintenance, energy use and replacement cycles. This enables you to achieve the performance you need on an ongoing basis, not just the lowest day‑one price.
The resulting reduced lifecycle costs and improved risk management means stronger business cases and more attractive, resilient assets. Our service supports you to deliver on your brief while maximising the value of your budget for the long term.
