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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:
Groundworks & Civil
Groundworkers / Excavation
Piling contractors
Drainage & sewerage
Concrete & foundations
Road & pavement contractors
Landscaping & hard landscaping
Structure
Structural steelwork erectors
Reinforced concrete (RC) frame contractors
Bricklayers / Blocklayers
Stonemasons
Scaffolders
Demolition contractors
Roofing
Flat roofers (felt, GRP, EPDM)
Pitched roofers (tiles, slates)
Lead workers
Green roof specialists
Roof tilers & slaters
Cladding & rainscreen contractors
Carpentry & Joinery
First fix carpenters (structural timber, studwork, floor joists)
Second fix carpenters (doors, skirtings, architraves)
Shopfitters & bespoke joiners
Staircase installers
Kitchen fitters
Mechanical & Electrical (M&E)
Electricians (first & second fix)
Plumbers & heating engineers
Gas engineers
Ventilation & HVAC contractors
Air conditioning installers
Underfloor heating contractors
Sprinkler & fire suppression installers
Solar & renewable energy installers
BMS (Building Management Systems) contractors
Data & IT cabling contractors
Security & CCTV installers
Fire alarm installers
Plastering & Drylining
Plasterers (wet trade)
Drylining & partitioning contractors
Screeding contractors
Render contractors (external)
SFS (Steel Framing System) contractors
Windows, Doors & Glazing
Window & door installers (uPVC, aluminium, timber)
Curtain walling contractors
Structural glazing
Rooflights & skylights
Shopfront installers
Insulation
Cavity wall insulation
Rigid insulation installers
Spray foam insulation
External wall insulation (EWI) systems
Finishes
Painters & decorators
Floor layers (carpet, LVT, hardwood, resin)
Ceramic & porcelain tilers
Stone flooring & marble installers
Suspended ceiling contractors
Wallpaper & specialist wall finish contractors
Epoxy & resin flooring
Specialist Fit-Out
Bathroom fitters
Sanitaryware installers
Ironmongery & hardware specialists
Signage contractors
Acoustic specialists
Joinery & furniture installers
Lifts & Specialist Mechanical
Lift & elevator contractors
Escalator contractors
Disabled access platform installers
External Works
Fencing & gates contractors
Tarmac & surfacing contractors
Block paving & kerbing
External lighting
Soft landscaping & planting
Irrigation systems
Health, Safety & Temporary Works
Hoarding & site fencing contractors
Temporary power & lighting
Site welfare unit suppliers
Asbestos removal contractors
Hoardings & signage
Specialist & Niche
Waterproofing & tanking contractors
Structural repair & underpinning
Heritage & conservation specialists
Caulking & sealant contractors
Mastic & silicone applicators
Lightning protection contractors
Pool & spa contractors
Sauna & steam room installers
Gym fit-out specialists
Shopfitters & retail fit-out
