Varsity Consulting Ltd

Varsity Consulting Ltd is a Chartered Quantity Surveyors practice based in Cambridge.

Our focus is on successfully delivering QS services in a friendly, pro-active manner. We aim to approach your project in a friendly, fair, and commercially astute manner; focusing on the detail without losing sight of the end goal. We keep our overheads low in order to offer a professional quality service for a competitive fee, and we aim to save our clients the cost equivalent of our fee several times over.

Varsity Consulting Ltd is a Chartered Quantity Surveyors Cambridge based firm, offering construction cost management services across a number of sectors including Commercial, Residential, Education and Leisure. We typically serve Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and London; but can and will work further afield. Varsity currently has projects ranging from £100k to £5m build cost on its books but can deliver projects up to £50m.

We can manage the cost of your construction project from inception to completion; getting the budget right at the start, keeping the budget and design aligned, tendering the works, drawing up contracts, managing the costs of the works on site, and agreeing the final bill with the contractor. Through this process, we aim to save our clients the cost equivalent of our fee several times over.

Varsity Consulting is a Chartered Firm, regulated by RICS.

Services
Quantity Surveying is more than just measurement. Varsity can assist you in many different ways from inception of your project to completion.

Feasibility/Inception
At inception stage, Varsity will undertake feasibility costing; not just for the build, but also helping you put together a budget for your whole project. We can also put you in touch with suitable Architects and other design consultants.

Design Stage
As the project progresses we work closely with the design team, aiming to keep the design, aspirations, and budget aligned. We remain in close contact with you, keeping you updated on costs. Our knowledge, costing skills and attention to detail at this stage in particular can save significant amounts of money on the final build.

Procurement and Tendering
Once the design is suitably progressed, we will advise on the best way to procure your project; whether negotiated or tendered, traditional or design and build. In doing this, we will consider your timescales, budget, and approach to risk. We will also help you shortlist potential Contractors and will produce tender documents and manage the tender process.

When tenders are returned, we will review and report on these; making a recommendation of who to appoint to undertake the build. Following this we will draw up Contracts.

Construction and Final Account
Once the project is on site, monthly valuations are undertaken to protect your money; paying only for completed works. We will also assist with costing any changes and agreeing these with the Contractor, ultimately leading to agreement of a final account.