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Quantity surveying & estimating · Scotland
Experienced QS
support.Built around your business.
Hands-on quantity surveying, estimating and commercial management for contractors and specialist subcontractors. From a single tender to ongoing project support.
Project-based · Ad hoc · Ongoing support
50+combined years of team experience
£50k–£10m+project and workstream experience
SBCC · NECcontract experience
Client testimonial
A client’s perspective.
“We've worked with Murphy Construction Services on estimating and commercial matters and found their approach professional, thorough and reliable. Their practical commercial knowledge and attention to detail have been excellent, and we'd be happy to recommend their services.”
When we can help
What needs your attention?
Practical support for the commercial work that cannot wait.
Add experienced resource around your workload, without a permanent appointment.
Download our capability statementCompany profile · PDF · 2 pagesVariations or final accounts need attention.
Get into the records, substantiate the position and move commercial discussions forward.
Explore commercial supportYour team needs more commercial capacity.
Add senior QS or estimating support around a live project, a busy period or an ongoing requirement.
Explore flexible supportWhat we do
Clear scope.
Practical commercial support.
Focused support for a single commercial issue, a complete project stage or an ongoing appointment.
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Tender & estimating support
Build the commercial position before work begins.
- Cost plans and budgets
- Detailed estimating and measurement
- Tender preparation and review
- Procurement and scope alignment
Typical deliverablesMeasured bills, priced tenders and clear package scopes.
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Quantity surveying & commercial management
Maintain control of value, change and forecast.
- Applications, valuations and cash flow
- Cost-value reconciliation and cost-to-complete
- Variations and substantiation
- Subcontract and final accounts
Typical deliverablesApplications, cost reports and substantiated variations.
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Contract & commercial support
Protect entitlement with clear records and action.
- Contract reviews and risk identification
- Commercial notices and correspondence
- Extension-of-time and loss-and-expense support
- Commercial recovery and resolution
Typical deliverablesContract reviews, notices and supporting commercial records.
Explore this serviceSelected experience
The experience behind your commercial team.
Selected experience of the professionals behind MCS, spanning tender preparation, live project control and commercial close-out.
Arts organisation headquarters
Commercial lead
A two-stage headquarters refurbishment under an SBCC Without Quantities contract.
Scope and commercial focus: Arts organisation headquarters
- Bills of Quantities, value engineering and procurement
- Valuations, cost-value reconciliation and change control
- Final-account strategy
Commercial coordination from pre-construction through delivery and final-account planning.
Two high-end car showrooms
Estimating & commercial support
Tendering and commercial support across the development of two high-end car showrooms.
Scope and commercial focus: Two high-end car showrooms
- Detailed measurement and rate build-ups
- Subcontract and supplier enquiries, procurement support
- Value engineering and senior commercial review
Linking tender assumptions and package pricing to procurement and delivery.
Commercial, education & listed buildings
Commercial management & estimating
Experience across campus refurbishment, insurance reinstatement, dilapidations and listed buildings.
Scope and commercial focus: Commercial, education & listed buildings
- Tender development from limited or evolving information
- Estimating and commercial management
- Assessment of scope and pricing requirements
Understanding the commercial implications of incomplete information and evolving scope.
Housing, drainage & external works
Quantity surveying support
Experience across social housing, drainage, road and paving remediation, concrete repairs and external works.
Scope and commercial focus: Housing, drainage & external works
- Measurement and procurement
- Valuation of works
- Commercial close-out support
Connecting measured work, procurement and valuation through to account close-out.
These examples describe the professional experience of the individuals supporting MCS, including roles held before MCS was established. They are not presented as projects delivered directly by Murphy Construction Services Ltd. Values relate to the projects or workstreams described.
Sector & contract experience
Experience across the work you deliver.
The team brings contractor-side experience across building, refurbishment and civil works.
Sectors
- Refurbishment, fit-out and listed buildings
- Retail, rollout, maintenance and reactive works
- Commercial and residential
- Insurance reinstatement and dilapidations
- Civil, drainage, roads and external works
Contract & commercial arrangements
- SBCC Design & Build and Without Quantities
- NEC Option A and Option E
- Term and framework contracts
- Schedule-of-rates work
- Lump-sum and remeasurable packages
This describes the experience of the individuals supporting MCS, including roles held before the company was established.
How we work
An appointment that fits the work.
Scope, deliverables, fees and availability are agreed before work begins.
Discuss the right arrangementGetting started
A clear route from enquiry to support.
Work directly with Kenneth and John, with clear responsibility for the work and advice you receive.
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Talk through the requirement
Outline the project, the commercial issue and the dates that matter.
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Agree the appointment
Set the scope, deliverables, fees and availability before work begins.
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Get into the detail
Agree responsibilities and the information needed to progress the work.
The people behind MCS
Meet Kenneth and John.
More than 50 years of combined contractor-side quantity surveying and estimating experience.
Kenneth Murphy
Director / Senior Quantity Surveyor
More than ten years' contractor-side experience across refurbishment, retail, commercial, residential, listed-building, maintenance and civil works.
- BSc (Hons) and HND Quantity Surveying
- PQP CSCS Card Holder
- SBCC, NEC and term-contract experience
John Murphy
Senior Estimator / Commercial Consultant
More than forty years' senior contractor-side estimating and surveying experience, supporting tender preparation, procurement and commercial review.
- 40+ years' construction experience
- Senior estimator and surveyor background
- Quantity Surveying — Glasgow College of Building & Printing
Before we speak
A few useful answers.
Start with the support you need. We will agree the detail together.
Can MCS help with a single tender or commercial issue?
Yes. Support can be scoped around one tender, package, variation or final account, as well as a complete project stage or an ongoing requirement.
Who will I be working with?
Kenneth and John stay directly involved in the work. Kenneth brings senior quantity surveying and commercial management experience; John brings senior estimating and surveying experience. Responsibilities are agreed to suit your appointment.
How are the scope and fees agreed?
We first discuss what you need, the information available and your timescales. Scope, deliverables, fees and availability are agreed before work begins.
What should I send with my first enquiry?
Start with a short project outline, the support you need and any key dates. Let us know what drawings, scope documents or commercial records are available. We can agree which documents are needed after the initial conversation.
Start a conversation
Let’s talk about your project.
A tender to price. A variation to substantiate. A team that needs support. Tell us where you need an extra pair of experienced hands.
Based in North Lanarkshire.
Supporting contractors and subcontractors across Scotland.
Speak to the people doing the work
Start with a conversation.
Tell Kenny what needs attention and when. We can then discuss the right scope of support.
Email your project briefOpens your email app with a short outline to complete.
Prefer to talk?07857 405255A useful starting point
- The project and the support you need
- Your tender deadline or key dates
- The drawings, scope or commercial records available
A brief outline is enough to start. Please leave confidential documents out of your initial enquiry. Privacy information