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PBC is delighted to announce the promotion of Chris Jones as Director of Cost Consultancy.

Chris joined PBC in October 2019 and has quickly grown the Cost Consultancy department with the appointment of George Clark as Assistant Quantity Surveyor in February, as well as on a business level through his involvement on a number of high-profile projects, bringing many in under budget, saving costs for clients.  The department continues to go from strength to strength working with the existing client base, as well as new clients and opportunities across a range of sectors including commercial, residential and hotels.

Alongside the existing, extensive range of cost management services, PBC’s Cost Consultancy Team is also ideally placed to help with the contractual and commercial risks of live and future projects caused by the current Covid-19 pandemic. The team can provide a ‘deep dive’ to review and advise clients on the contractual provisions within current contracts – particularly relating to force majeure clauses – along with commercial and financial exposure. They can also review insurance cover, and any bonds that may be in place, and can provide legal advice to assist managing responses to any forthcoming claims that may arise and their validity.

Going forward the team can offer strategic advice to assist with the cost planning and management of projects, including re-cutting programmes to mitigate delays, re-tendering or procurement of works, testing the robustness of the supply chain and valuing works completed against contract sums, to ensure over-claiming is not undertaken to cover delay costs.

For more information contact Chris Jones, Director of Cost Consultancy on cjones@pandbc.co.uk t +44 (0)20 3478 0631 m +44 (0)7552 242 311.