eklipse construction consultants

At Eklipse Construction Consultants  we are able to provide advice in the management of Construction Contracts and offer a range of services to help each Clients requirements to how Construction Contracts are set up and managed to avoid claims.

• Procurement Route & Contract Advice
• Review of Tender Documents
• Preparation of Contract Documents
• Preparation of Contractual Letters
• Valuation of work completed or to be completed for Contract Determination, Insolvency or Receivership purposes 
• Preparation of Disruption Claims
• Preparation of Extension of Time Claims
• Valuation of instructions, certificates and variations
• Defence of Claims
• Claim Strategies & Negotiations
• Retention Recovery 
• Project Delivery and Management
• Construction Management and Principal Contractor
• Employers Agent
• Development Management
• Principal Designer and CHSE Services

Our team is made up of skilled and experienced professionals who are dedicated to providing the best possible service to our clients. We believe in continuous learning and development, which is why we invest in training programs and workshops to keep our team up-to-date with the latest industry standards and best practices.

Is your project viable? Find out and set a realistic budget. We will provide every level of estimate from a simple feasibility study to a detailed elemental cost plan. Simply send us your designs and sketches and we will estimate the cost of your project  

Have a design but require this incorporating into a package ready for tendering? Send us your information and we will produce a set of tender documents including Preliminaries, Schedule of Works, Form of Tender and Tender Invitation Letter but this can be adapted to suit individual Client requirements 

 From offering advice on the type of Contract or route of Procurement and preparing contract documents for execution we will manage the administration of the Contract through the Construction phase including managing change control procedures seeking instructions from the client in relation to the contract and issuing instructions such as variations and practical completion.  Disputes can offer occur in Construction Contracts mainly due to ambiguity in the Contract or misunderstanding or an unclear definition of risk. At Eklipse we will prepare the submission or manage the review and defence of Contractual Claims, Extension of Time or Recovery of Loss and Expense Claims.  We will also on our Clients behalf negotiate and settle claims and offer impartial advice, preferably in the early stages of the dispute in order to reduce costly expense and facilitate an amicable settlement.   

  We are experienced in the use of JCT, NEC and bespoke Forms of Construction Contracts. Once on site we can remeasure trade packages, quantify materials and check measures in a professional format  We can oversee and manage the Commercial day to day delivery of the development including processing payment applications and producing regular Financial progress reports. 

 A Clients need for early cost certainty against their need to keep opportunities for changes in the project design open or the need to demonstrate competition versus a preference for partnering. These are decisions a Client will need to make when deciding which procurement route to take. We are able to provide knowledgeable and pro active advice in order to assist our clients throughout this process in making informed decisions. 

We are able to provide advice in the management of Construction Contracts and offer a range of services to help each Clients requirements to how Construction Contracts are set up and managed to avoid claims. 

We will prepare detailed Contract Documents fully compliant to your project with completed JCT contracts ready for signature by both parties

Disputes can offer occur in Construction Contracts mainly due to ambiguity in the Contract or misunderstanding or an unclear definition of risk. At Eklipse Construction Consultants   our services include the submission or review & defence of Contractual Claims, Extension of Time or Recovery of Loss and Expense Claims.  We will aim to negotiate and settle claims at an early stage of the dispute in order to reduce costly expense and facilitate an amicable settlement.

Value engineering is a process to arrive at maximising the performance and minimising the cost of each particular design option. We understand the importance of this procedure and we incorporate this into our cost planning process to establish cost saving alternatives while maintaining equivalent high-quality results for our Clients.

BIM has revolutionised how construction projects are planned, executed, and managed. Our QS team at Eklipse Construction Consultants can extract precise cost estimates from 3D models, reducing manual take-offs and errors. The adoption of 5D BIM allows our team to integrate real-time cost and time data into project models, improving cost forecasting.

 Once on site it is inevitable that changes will happen to the design and we are experienced in effectively managing change so as not to impact on the overall project budget and programme as much as possible.

 All construction projects carry an element of risk. We are able to identify and monitor any potential problems and work to eliminate these or make realistic financial provision where they remain.

 With the UK government pushing for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 sustainability has become a top priority in construction  Life Cycle Costing considers all relevant costs and revenues associated with the acquisition and ownership of an building. Whole Life Costs analysis yields the most cost effective balance of capital and revenue costs over the life of a building.

We have the Experience to manage and deliver your Project from initial Client Vision to Handover offering solutions for Clients on projects ranging from minor works to new build developments.  Our service focuses on offering a professional service exploring each Clients individual requirements and defining their project needs and working with the Project Team to manage the delivery of these needs within their project.   We offer a complete service from project feasibility and design conception, through planning and building regulations approval through construction and an individual after care service.  Across all of our Projects we aim to deliver projects on time, on budget and to Client and end-user expectations.  

Our service will adapt to changing circumstances and keep a project on track identifying, quantifying and managing risk at all stages of the project and attempt to avoid wherever possible. We will continuously benchmark Clients Project requirements throughout the course of the project and we apply life cycle costing and management techniques to ensure the right decisions are made from the outset. 

 Construction Management  offers an alternative to the most commonly used methods of delivering construction projects and its main advantage is it allows complex and demanding projects to start far quicker than traditionally tendered projects.   Using Construction Management you will benefit from our expertise gained from both contracting and consulting to integrate with your professional team and take the lead in procuring and managing trade contractors. By creating a non-adversarial environment Construction Management brings greater levels of efficiency and quality for your project.   

  Our principal contractor service helps Clients manage and build construction projects with more than one contractor. We  will manage the construction of a building project by appointing on the Clients behalf and managing a number of specialist trade contractors to deliver different elements of the project.   

 We will search out and secure prospective development sites,  prepare feasibility studies including comparing funding options both in private & public sector work, work with Clients to negotiate Development Agreements  in partnership with land owners and deliver consented land parcels to residential and commercial developers. We will manage the planning process to achieve permissions to unlock development potential of each site we are instructed on.