More Work. Less Risks.
No Upfront Costs.
ASK VC Partnership provides a comprehensive range of specialist Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management and Business Support services to subcontractors, labour-only contractors, specialist trades and construction businesses throughout the UK.
Our services include:
• Professional tender preparation and quotation submissions to main contractors and end clients.
• Full estimating services for labour-only, supply-and-fix and subcontract packages.
• Schedule of Rates (SOR) preparation and pricing.
• Gang rates, block rates and productivity-based pricing models.
• Materials schedules, plant schedules and labour schedules.
• Procurement schedules and buying support.
• Construction programmes and work sequencing advice.
• Contract reviews and commercial risk assessments.
• Review of main contractor terms and conditions.
• Preparation of subcontract agreements and terms and conditions.
• Cost plans, budgets and cashflow forecasting.
• Monthly applications for payment.
• Interim valuations and final account preparation.
• Payment notices and pay less notice reviews.
• Variations, compensation events and additional works claims.
• Delay, disruption, extension of time and loss and expense claims.
• Measurement, remeasurement and account reconciliation.
• Debt recovery and unpaid invoice support.
• Recovery of retention monies.
• Creditor protection and cashflow defence strategies.
• Negotiations with suppliers, merchants and creditors.
• Receivership, insolvency and restructuring support.
• Personal guarantee reviews and director risk assessments.
• Commercial dispute resolution with main contractors.
• Client dispute resolution and settlement negotiations.
• Defending contra charges, back charges and set-offs.
• Expert commercial opinions and contractual reviews.
• Adjudication support and claim preparation.
• Project rescue and troubled project intervention.
• Business turnaround and profit improvement strategies.
• Recruitment of commercial staff and estimators.
• Ongoing outsourced Quantity Surveying and Commercial Manager services.
• AI, software and management system implementation.
• Director guidance, mentoring and strategic business advice.
• Assistance with framework opportunities and preferred supplier applications.
• Preparation of company procedures, commercial documents and management systems.
• Expert witness support and commercial report preparation.
We work with every type of specialist contractor and consultancy, including:
Whether you are trying to win more work, improve margins, recover money, defend a claim, manage cashflow or protect your business from commercial threats, ASK VC provides practical advice based upon decades of real-world construction and subcontracting experience.
Many subcontractors cannot justify employing a full-time Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager. ASK VC provides access to senior commercial expertise precisely when it is needed, at a fraction of the cost of employing a permanent member of staff.
Our objective is simple: to help subcontractors win more work, make more profit, get paid faster and avoid costly disputes.
