Strategic Change Advisory
Ensuring total margin stability and financial transparency for high-spec commercial refurbishments through forensic 5D cost modelling and adaptive change management frameworks
Scenario Details
Sector : Commercial Office Fit-out
Project Value: £4.5 Million
Location: Central London
Framework: JCT Design & Build
Service: 5D Commercial Modelling & Change Strategy
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The Context
The context: Navigating the “cost black hole” of 2D data
The project involved a high-spec office refurbishment in the heart of London, executed under a demanding fast-track programme. As the project moved into the critical second-fix stage, the developer was forced to initiate a series of rapid design iterations to accommodate evolving tenant requirements.
Traditional Quantity Surveying (QS) methodologies, reliant on static spreadsheets and periodic reporting, were unable to capture the granular impact of these shifts in real-time. This created a dangerous “cost black hole”- a period of financial opacity where the developer lacked visibility into how design tweaks were eroding the final profit margin. Without a data-led intervention, the project was trending towards significant budget drift, unverified contractor claims, and a total loss of commercial control.
The Reltic intervention
From reactive counting to predictive intelligence
Reltic was appointed to perform an exhaustive digital interrogation of the fragmented design data and re-establish commercial governance. We moved the project’s financial management away from reactive reporting toward predictive intelligence.
Our team reconstructed the project’s commercial DNA into a unified 5D Digital Twin. This went beyond simple cost estimation; we integrated the architectural intent directly with the live commercial model.
By “interrogating” the digital data, we established a framework where every proposed design change was automatically reconciled against the baseline budget. We visualised the financial impact of every nut, bolt, and partition change before the instruction was even issued on-site. This transformed the commercial department from a “record-keeping” function into a strategic decision-making hub, providing the developer with the evidence needed to challenge or approve variations with absolute confidence.
Data & evidence
Margin stability and risk mitigation analysis
Analysis key
Commercial outcome
Secured margins and absolute transparency
Our intervention fundamentally restructured the commercial health of the project, delivering a level of certainty that traditional methods could not provide:
Call to action
Is your project margin at risk?
In a volatile market, guessing is not a strategy. Don’t wait for the final account to discover where your profit went. Let Reltic interrogate your project data and secure your investment today.
