Goodlight Cost Consultants
For main contractors

Contractor cost management

Help for main contractors to keep their projects profitable, from the estimate through to the final account.

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Refurbished ground floor room in a Grade II listed townhouse, with a stone and slate floor and a marble fire surround

Where Joseph can help

At any stage of a project, or all the way through it.

  1. Stage 1

    Estimating

    Getting the estimate right before the price goes in, so the margin is there from the start.

  2. Stage 2

    Tender submissions

    A clear, complete submission that shows the client how the price was built up.

  3. Stage 3

    Subcontractor procurement

    Packages, enquiries and comparing returns, so each package is let at the right price.

  4. Stage 4

    Valuations and payment notices

    Applications and notices issued correctly and on time, so cash keeps coming in.

  5. Stage 5

    Variations

    Changes recorded and priced as they happen, so they are paid for.

Why contractors work with Joseph

Most of his career on the contractor side

Joseph knows how contractors price, buy and get paid, because that is where most of his experience is.

He knows how the other side reads your figures

He has also worked for developers and funders, so he can see a tender or a valuation the way the client’s team will.

One person, start to finish

The person who prices your job is the person you speak to. Nothing is passed to a junior.

Over £100m
of combined works
Since 2016
practising
9 years
on the contractor side

Ways to work together

Per tender

Help with a single tender, from the estimate to the submission. Useful when the estimating team is stretched or the job is larger than usual.

Ongoing support

Regular support on a live project, covering valuations, payment notices, variations and subcontractor packages for as long as the job needs it.

Contractor projects

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Happy to talk through a tender or a live project.

Answer a few quick questions and Joseph will phone you back.

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Office to residential conversion, 88 flats, Essex

Value band £5m to £10m | Contractor’s and project quantity surveyor

Conversion of an office building into 88 flats over five levels, from basement to third floor, for a contractor-developer. The scheme provides 65 one-bedroom and 23 two-bedroom flats, with a reception, cycle store, residents’ storage and underground parking.

Grade II listed Georgian townhouse, central London

c. £2m | Contractor’s quantity surveyor

Refurbishment and extension of a six-storey Georgian terrace house, built in the mid to late 18th century. The works included a replacement lower ground floor slab, underpinning of the front vault, a new lift shaft and lift, an upgrade of all M&E systems, layout changes, rear extensions, a new roof covering and new finishes throughout, whilst keeping the original staircase, decorative plasterwork, panelled doors and marble fire surrounds.

JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016.

Office to school conversion, central London

Value band £1m to £2m | Contractor’s quantity surveyor, phase 1

Phase 1 of a three-phase expansion of a primary school in a conservation area. The adjoining office building was remodelled as classrooms from basement to third floor and connected to the existing school at every level. The basement works included tanking to the pavement vaults. The nursery and primary school stayed open throughout.

Approvals were needed from the local authority and London Underground.