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AQS

CONSULT | CONSTRUCT | DEVELOP

AQS are a multidisciplinary professional construction service. Based in Nottingham and operating where required,ย offering an affordable layered professional aid to both private and public sectors.

Working with and alongside main/sub-contractors, developers, investors, builders, architects, and homeowners, we provide services such as commercial management, cost consultancy, project and construction management, principal contracting, and business development.

We are your one-stop close contact construction service and pride ourselves on being approachable, collaborative, and professional, enhancing performance and bringing concept to creation.

To find out more on how AQS can tailor our services to support your construction needs, weโ€™d love for you to continue taking a look through both this website and our social media, or alternatively, feel welcomed to contact us directly for a no-obligation informal and friendly chat.

Our Mission Statement

โ€œWithout collaboration, there is no creationโ€

AQS treats every client’s project, concept, business, and finances like their own. We work with you, not for you, and are committed to building long-term relationships. Collaboration is a major driving force of our current and intended success and is present with both our fellow construction professionals and clients.

In what can sometimes be portrayed as a difficult and disruptive industry weโ€™re driven on maximising positivity and changing perception for the better which we hope puts us at the forefront of peopleโ€™s minds when requiring the use of construction services.

Friendly, conscientious, and transparent in our approach and with valuable construction experience we are a service that can and will deliver, aiming to meet and exceed the expectations set.

AQS treats every client’s project, concept, business, and finances like their own. We work with you, not for you, and are committed to building long-term relationships. Collaboration is a major driving force of our current and intended success and is present with both our fellow construction professionals and clients.

In what can sometimes be portrayed as a difficult and disruptive industry weโ€™re driven on maximising positivity and changing perception for the better which we hope puts us at the forefront of peopleโ€™s minds when requiring the use of construction services.

Friendly, conscientious, and transparent in our approach and with valuable construction experience we are a service that can and will deliver, aiming to meet and exceed the expectations set.

Why Us?

Weโ€™re an all-rounded and varied construction service allowing clients to choose how and how much they require us to deliver. We can cater to anyone who may need us, whether thatโ€™s a private individual/homeowner with little or no construction experience, or an established fellow construction professional or construction business.

We can carry out both consultancy and contracting or both together side-by-side, either as a secondment, supplement, or a pure independent body.

We are both obliging and approachable. During our time in the industry, we have worked in a series of different situations, sized companies, and projects which have given us the ability to relate to various types of clientele and cater to the needs of them with confidence. With 15+ years of experience in the construction market, you can be ensured youโ€™re in good hands.

Our Services

Working with and alongside main/sub-contractors, developers, investors, builders, architects, and homeowners, we can tailor any of the below services to the specific needs of our clients. Available on an ad-hoc, retainer, or project by project basis:

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Quantity Surveying, Commercial/Cost & Project Management, Estimating and Procurement

Such as but not limited to:

  • Feasibility: Assessment & advice on costs and proposals to help determine if a concept is both achievable & affordable

  • Preparation & support of design/architecture services

  • Cost Estimates/Analysis/Quotations for works

  • Cashflow analysis/management: helping plan & prepare for smooth and uninterrupted operation of your projects

  • Employers agent/contract administrator responsibilities: Representation of a client & their interests

  • Profit maximisation & advice, value engineering, risk management & awareness

  • Tendering documents/Bill of Quantities/Schedule of works

  • Procurement advice & control, consultant & contractor appointments, pre-start meetings, scope meetings

  • Tender analysis, pre & post contract advice, reviews & administration

  • Quantity Surveying duties & administration: Payment applications, variation tracking/submissions, buying & pricing of materials, issuing of relevant notices, creation & upkeep of standard templates, systems & programs

  • Forecasting (Cost to Completes - Cost Value Reconciliations): Allowing close monitoring of a project running account, comparing expenditure against budget, tracking & forecasting of margins

  • Final account submissions, negotiation & claims, retention release

  • Fund Monitoring: Protection of borrowed funds throughout a projects life cycle through concise site checks & reporting

  • Programming of works: Transparency of time on a projects life cycle, works sequencing, scheduling, and coordination of contractors

  • Management of sub-contractors/consultants

  • Inspection of works, valuation site visits & reports, quality control, progress checks

  • Collation & submission of completion documentation & certification

  • Snagging and defects management: Flagging & recording of issues as they occur/towards project completion to enable them to be rectified to allow expectations from the initial project brief to be met
  • A one-stop, one contact turnkey construction management/build contractor for domestic, commercial, and residential clients. We strive to offer an exceptional service working with our clients closely. AQS will be attentive, understanding your needs, and then be dedicated, supportive, and proactive in our approach to bringing your concept to creation.

    • Refurbishments/Restoration/Renovations

    • Home improvements; extensions, renovations, conservatories, kitchen & bathroom fit-outs, landscaping,ย structural works

    • New build

    • Design & Build engagement

    • Fit-out

    • Maintenance/Insurance works

    Business development, supporting and encouraging growth for your business. Developing relationships, encouraging partnering and collaboration, and improving in-house processes all with the sole aim of solidifying the order book, opportunity, and most importantly profit.

    • Representing your company & targeting securement of works & contracts specifically tailored to your business through the use of introduction, marketing strategies & the creation of items such as capability statements & case studies.

    • Supply chain & project strategy. Through the use of PQQโ€™s and the carrying out of due diligence checks, ensuring contractors are suitable for your project(s) or project(s) are suitable for your business

    • Process & system analysis: creation and upkeep of standard templates, systems, and programs. Delegation, structuring, and outsourcing methods

    • We often shout about our belief of collaboration, so as well as seeking the external opportunity for our clients, why not also look to work & grow together?! Through partnering & collaboration, we can share our skillsets, offering out a supplemented construction service & in return create opportunity and improve engagement for one another