What It Is: A comprehensive, easy-to-follow checklist to help users understand and assess the commercial aspects of their contracts, including payment terms, risk identification, and key clauses.

Why It’s Valuable: Empowers professionals to identify risks and ensure contracts align with project goals without needing immediate external advice.

Audience: Quantity Surveyors, Construction managers, project managers, and professionals handling contracts.

What It Is: A training module (e.g., a guide, video series, or downloadable resource) explaining the principles of accrual accounting and cash flow management in the construction industry. Includes practical examples, templates, and tips for applying these concepts to real-world projects.

Why It’s Valuable: Helps professionals bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application, ensuring accurate financial tracking and reporting.

What It Includes:

Explanation of accrual accounting vs. cash accounting

Step-by-step guide to managing accruals in projects

Cash flow forecasting tips and a customizable template

Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

Audience: Quantity surveyors, cost consultants, project managers, and finance teams in construction or related fields.

What It Is: A dynamic spreadsheet or template for tracking budgets, forecasts, and expenditures throughout a project’s lifecycle. Includes formulas and instructions to calculate variances, forecast adjustments, and contingency usage.

Why It’s Valuable: Provides a practical tool for managing and understanding project finances, enabling informed decision-making.

Audience: Quantity surveyors, project managers, and anyone responsible for cost control.

What It Is: A downloadable guide and template pack to help teams create clear process maps and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Includes visual process map examples, SOP templates, and a step-by-step guide to get started.

Why It’s Valuable: Offers an actionable framework for streamlining workflows, improving efficiency, and ensuring team alignment.

Audience: Organisations looking to optimise their commercial and cost management operations.