Protecting our clients in uncertain economic times

Political and economic challenges are causing real margin pressure in construction. Firms of all shapes and sizes need to take steps to give themselves an advantage and space to breathe.

We’re aware of this and take steps to protect our clients financially in uncertain times.

Only drawing down necessary funds to keep money in your business

It’s standard practice in the sector to draw down a huge percentage of the contract value at an early stage, up to 50% in many cases. This money often doesn’t correspond to the work being done at the time and isn’t strictly necessary. Requesting a lump sum without good reason is a big ask of clients when cash flows are under unusually high pressure.

Our operations are designed to protect your cash flow. We only request funds when we need them and provide complete transparency about what they are for. We never ask for sums without reason, and we don’t operate on the assumption that clients will cash flow other jobs on our behalf.

It’s all designed to help you keep more money in your business at critical points in the programme.

Pre-ordering critical equipment to reduce delays

Equally important are the steps we take to cut your construction programme. A key way we do this is by pre-ordering critical equipment to eliminate delays. This is important during normal times, but when global supply chains are under pressure it becomes even more impactful.

There’s no way to avoid all delays, all the time – but we work to minimise them through our approach to pre-ordering. In uncertain times, that can help protect your project and construction programme.

Pre-ordering can also offer our clients some protection from rising prices. If we order ahead of time, we end up missing some price rises and keeping overheads lower than we would if ordering was only done on time.

Automated operations which compress construction programmes

That’s not the only way we compress your construction programme to save you money and time. We use a bespoke, automated, digital operating system which eliminates unnecessary administration and delays.

We’ve worked hard to build this system and it delivers real cost and time savings to clients on every job. We work faster, smarter and more efficiently than the rest of the sector. Time is money, and we give you more of that back than anyone else.

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