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Progress
Work on site against the programme, with photographs.
Development management 07
Investor reporting
Know exactly where your money is, every month
Construction reports are written for engineers and contractors. Ours is written for the person whose money is at stake.
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A monthly written report with site photographs
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Forecast final cost and profit against the original appraisal
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A short call each month to go through it
The problem
The investor is the last to know
Investors often hear about trouble when it is already in the numbers.
The contractor reports progress, not money. The design team reports in terms that hide more than they reveal. Nobody puts the whole picture in one place for the person paying for it.
By the time an overrun reaches the investor, the decisions that could have prevented it have already been made by someone else.
What the report covers
Six answers, every month
Written so you can read it in ten minutes and act on it.
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Money spent
What has been paid to date and what it was paid for.
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Money remaining
The cost to complete, set against the funds still available.
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Changes
Changes agreed and changes pending, with their cost.
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Forecast outcome
Forecast final cost and profit compared with the original appraisal.
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Risks and decisions
The main risks, what is being done about them, and the decisions we need from you.
When you see a problem early, you have options. When you see it late, you have a bill.
Our position on reporting
The report can be shared with co-investors and aligned with what your lender’s monitoring surveyor needs, so everyone works from the same figures.
Reporting is also available on its own, for investors who already have a team and contractor in place but want an independent view of their money.
Questions
Reporting, answered directly
Can the report go to my partners or lender?
Yes. It can be shared with co-investors and aligned with what your lender needs.
Is reporting available on its own?
Yes, for investors who already have a contractor and team in place.
How is it delivered?
As a written report each month, with a call to go through it if you wish.
Is the report independent of the contractor?
Yes. We report to you, not to the contractor or the design team.
Insights
Further reading on reporting
Cost control
The monthly cost report a developer can use
Most cost reports describe what has already happened. A useful one tells you what is about to, while you can still...
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Cost control
Forecasting outturn while you can still act
Committed cost tells you where you have been. Forecast outturn tells you where you are going, and it is the only one...
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Development finance
What a development monitoring surveyor does
The role is often described as checking progress. It is closer to answering one question every month: does the...
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