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For architects and interior designers

A contractor that prices and builds what you drew

Send us the drawings and specification. We return a schedule of works in the same element groups every time, with quantities, provisional sums and exclusions stated, so you and your client can check it line by line. Recent work includes Wellington Row in Shoreditch for Ogden Architects.

Send a project for pricing Or email drawings to info@mountstprojects.com
Architectural drawings with oak, marble, brass and navy material samples
Drawings and specification: the starting point for every tender.

A contractor that prices and builds what you drew: at a glance

Tender format
Consistent element groups
Quantity, unit and rate on every line
Stated clearly
Provisional sums and exclusions
Not buried in the rates
Programme
Week by week
Issued before work starts
Retention
2.5%
Held until the final valuation

Tenders

What comes back when you send us a project

Line drawing of a plan, section and rear elevation for a terraced house extension
Plans, sections and elevations are the starting point for every tender. Illustration

In every tender

  • Schedule of works in consistent element groups, from preliminaries to external works
  • Quantity, unit and rate on each line
  • Provisional sums and prime cost sums marked
  • Options and alternatives priced as separate lines
  • Tender notes that state exclusions plainly
  • Specialist packages such as joinery, worktops and tiling quoted by named suppliers

What helps us price accurately

  • Plans, sections and elevations, with the planning status
  • A specification or finishes schedule, even in outline
  • Structural engineer’s drawings where they exist
  • Party wall position and any freeholder or landlord requirements

On site

How we work alongside the design team

  1. Tender

    An itemised schedule priced from your drawings, with questions and assumptions listed rather than buried in the rates.

  2. Clarifications

    Provisional sums and options reviewed with you and your client, so the contract sum reflects decisions actually made.

  3. Programme

    A week-by-week programme issued before start, with long-lead joinery, glazing and equipment ordered early.

  4. Build

    Work carried out to the drawings and specification. Changes are recorded on the variations sheet alongside the schedule.

  5. Valuations

    Each valuation records the percentage complete of every schedule line, so you can check it against progress on site.

  6. Handover

    Testing, certificates and snagging completed, with 2.5% retention held until the final valuation.

Questions

Questions from architects and designers

Do you only build, or can you design too?

Both. We build to architects’ drawings, and for smaller projects without a designer, such as a flat refurbishment or a coffee shop, we can provide drawings and a specification.

What stage do you need the drawings at?

We price most accurately from technical drawings and a specification. At earlier stages we can give an outline schedule with more provisional sums, which is useful for testing a client’s budget.

Who takes on CDM duties on a domestic project?

On domestic projects the client’s CDM duties pass to the contractor, or to the principal contractor where there is more than one, unless a principal designer agrees in writing to take them on.

Next step

Send us a project to price

  1. Send the drawings

    Use the enquiry form, then email the drawings and specification. We confirm what we have received.

  2. We visit the site

    We check access, existing structure and services against the drawings, and list our questions.

  3. You receive the priced schedule

    Itemised, with provisional sums, options and exclusions stated, ready to go to your client.

Send a project for pricing

or call 020 7459 4729