Commercial Director-Led Subcontract Review
We identify what the main contractor is trying to step down, show where it contradicts your quotation and give you a clear commercial position before you sign.
Clear advice. Practical recommendations. No legal jargon.
Two ways we can help
Choose the route that matches the position you are in now.
We compare the proposed order with your quotation, identify the commercial risks and give you a clear response position before you accept them.
Fixed fee: £695 + VATWe establish the contractual and commercial position, advise what to do next and can help manage the response to the main contractor.
Separately scoped and pricedThe problem we solve
Standard subcontract terms are written to protect the main contractor. They can quietly extend payment, transfer design responsibility, override your qualifications and make you carry risks you never priced.
We translate the contract into plain commercial language: what changed, why it matters, what to push back on and how to manage what remains.
What actually gets reviewed
We read the main contractor's order alongside the commercial position you priced. That comparison is where the important changes become visible.
The core service
Everything you need to understand the risk, brief your team and respond confidently.
The headline risks and non-negotiable points, written for directors.
Clause references, issue commentary, risk rating and recommended action.
Where the order changes or overrides your price, scope and qualifications.
Clear wording and a practical strategy for the points you should challenge.
A focused 45-minute call to explain the risks and agree your next move.
What we look for
Longer cycles, pay-less machinery, retention and conditions that delay cash.
Design responsibility and PI obligations quietly stepped down to your business.
Responsibility for other trades, fragmented working and programme risk you cannot control.
Qualifications, exclusions and supply responsibilities overridden by standard terms.
Variation, instruction and daywork procedures that make additional work difficult to recover.
Indemnities, warranties and uncapped exposure that may sit outside your insurance.
Why director-led matters
A clause only matters when you understand how it will be used on a live construction project. Our reviews are led by commercial experience: valuation, variation, programme, design, entitlement and dispute risk.
We are not a law firm and we do not pretend every issue needs a lawyer. We give you the practical commercial position first, and flag precisely where legal advice is genuinely needed.
“Even if they will not negotiate, you need to know what they are stepping down to you. If you do not know the risk, you have no chance of managing it.”
How it works
Your subcontract order, associated documents, quotation, qualifications and standard terms.
We check the complete pack, confirm the scope and issue the invoice. Booking starts only after cleared payment.
We review the agreed pack and issue your executive summary, issue register and recommended actions, typically 2–3 working days from booking.
Book your consultation with Chris to prioritise the response and plan the next move.
Support beyond the review
Negotiation, mobilisation, live-project and recovery work sit outside the £695 review and are always scoped and priced separately. If the contract is already signed or the works have started, you can come straight to us without buying the initial review.
Explore project support →Turn the review into a controlled response and revised commercial position.
Convert the agreed position into practical controls for the project team.
Maintain cash, entitlement and visibility while the works are being delivered.
Establish the position, protect entitlement and recover outstanding value.
Straight answers
The subcontract order and all documents that form part of it, together with your quotation, qualifications and standard terms.
Typical delivery is 2–3 working days from booking confirmation, after the complete document pack and cleared payment have been confirmed.
A director-led review, executive summary, detailed risk schedule, recommended commercial positions and a 45-minute consultation.
You still need to understand what has changed and how it affects you. We help you decide what to challenge and how to manage any risk that remains.
Yes. Negotiation support is scoped separately after the initial review because the time and complexity vary from contract to contract.
Yes. We can help set up the commercial controls, provide periodic oversight or step in on a particular payment, variation or final-account problem.
Yes. You can come directly to us with a live-project problem, payment issue, variation account, final account or dispute. You do not need to purchase the £695 pre-signature review first.
No. The £695 plus VAT fee covers only the pre-signature review, report and 45-minute consultation. Negotiation, mobilisation, live-project and recovery work is always discussed and priced separately before it begins.
No. This is practical construction-commercial advice. Where a point requires formal legal advice, we will tell you clearly.
Start with clarity
Prepare the complete subcontract pack and your quotation. We check completeness and scope before issuing the invoice.
Request your reviewCommercial Director-Led Review
£695 + VATTypical delivery is 2–3 working days from booking confirmation. Submission alone does not confirm the booking.