Consulting Services

Strategic facilities management consulting provides a comprehensive framework that allows organizations to benchmark accountability and sustainability while managing their operational goals.

It provides advice on how best to align your property portfolio value to meet your management needs while reducing both capital and operational costs.

We advise clients on the form, application and interpretation of contractual structures throughout every stage of project development, from initial discussions through to closure.

Our specialists ensure: smooth operation of the contract, satisfaction of employers’ requirements, optimum allocation of risk, resolution of disputes and conflict.

We assist in all aspects of dispute avoidance and resolution. Our dispute management service includes: adjudication, expert witness, contract consultancy, claim preparation and defence, mediation.

We are world leaders in life cycle costing, and chaired the International Standard ISO 15686:Part 5:2008 Life Cycle Costing (LCC). We also co-authored its UK supplement the BCIS/BSI Standardized Method of Life Cycle Costing in Construction 2008.

Benefits of life cycle costing: better informed decisions, optimisation of the design and operational lifetime solutions, improved property asset management, transparency, control and accountability, benchmarking and continuous improvement.

Faithful+Gould won the Building Magazine QS News Award for Best Innovation 2007 for its Whole Life Toolkit.

In the fast-maturing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) market, we have a track record in PFI consulting which dates back to advising organisations on the very first pathfinder projects. We work with a range of clients at the leading edge of PFI procurement and have expertise in the strategic and technical delivery of schemes from inception through to operational delivery over the full 25-30 year concession periods. We provide essential support in four key areas: public sector advisory, due diligence, Building Schools for the Future (BSF), and support to private sector consortia.

Risk management enables the delivery of programmes of work and projects on time, meeting the budget, quality and performance requirements, as well as increasing profit and return on investment.

Uncertainty and risk are constant features of everyday life. Successful businesses maintain a competitive advantage by effectively managing risk rather than focussing on risk eradication.

Traditionally, risk is perhaps the least well-managed aspect of every construction project, and impacts include cost, time, reputation, safety and environment.

Value management, supported by value engineering, provides a structured approach to the definition and delivery of value for money. The process aims to resolve ambiguity and establish a shared commitment to a common set of objectives.

Value management seeks to establish clear objectives, separating real needs from wants to assist in affordability, clarify assumptions and identify constraints.

An increasingly competitive economic climate underpins the drive to deliver quicker, better and more cost effective solutions to business needs, adding value throughout.

Poorly informed investment decisions relating to facilities and property can have serious implications and take time to correct. The problem of deciding which investment has a higher priority and best meets immediate and long term business needs further compounds this complex issue.

Our maintenance and investment planning techniques help businesses with substantial property portfolios maximise use of their assets and make better informed decisions about disposal, refurbishment and new construction projects.