Resources

Practical resources for UK construction consultancies

Pillar guides, comparisons, and a working glossary — written for QSs, PMs, project controls, and directors. No buyer's-guide fluff. The same vocabulary you use on Monday morning.

Pillar guides

In-depth guides

Long-form working guides on the four areas UK construction consultancies spend the most time on.

Pillar Guide

~12 min read

The complete guide to cost reporting for construction consultancies

A practical guide to PCSRs — committed, anticipated, forecast, and out-turn — written for the people who maintain them. Covers Excel failure modes, monthly cycles, and when a consultancy outgrows the spreadsheet.

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Pillar Guide

~10 min read

Construction cashflow forecasting for UK consultancies

How S-curves work, why three audiences read them differently, and what re-baselining actually means in practice. With a section on portfolio-level cashflow most consultancies never produce.

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Pillar Guide

~10 min read

Variation management under JCT and NEC

Why variations break commercial control, how the JCT and NEC variation processes differ in practice, and the audit trail every variation needs to survive a six-month-later challenge from the client.

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Pillar Guide

~10 min read

The construction procurement process for UK consultancies

Stage 4 procurement done properly: master matrix, tender pack, returns equalisation, award, and live management through to final account. Where the discipline pays back across the project.

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Comparisons

Honest side-by-side comparisons. We say where Projavio is the right answer — and where it isn't.

Comparison

~7 min read

Excel vs cost reporting software for construction

A practical, honest comparison of where Excel-based PCSRs work and where they break. Includes a 9-row side-by-side, three real-shape consultancy scenarios, and a three-week migration path.

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Reference

A working glossary of UK construction commercial and project-controls terms — currently 21 entries.

Reference

UK construction glossary

PCSR, BoQ, RIBA stages, NEC, JCT, valuations, variations, contingency, snagging, S-curves and more — short definitive entries written for QSs and project controls professionals.

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See it in product

What the guides describe — built into Projavio.

Every concept covered here has a direct surface in Projavio. The product reflects the way UK consultancies already work — without the workbook stack.

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A 30-minute demo. Bring an existing PCSR or cashflow; we'll show you what it looks like in Projavio.

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