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Contractor and developer support services for the construction industry This approach will add value and support you with your construction project.

VOLOCO LLP provide flexible and responsive commercial consulting, quantity surveying and project management solutions to the constructing industry. We recognise the cyclical nature of the construction industry and the need for those involved to be responsive to the changing demands on its resources. With this in mind, we provide bespoke Quantity Surveying, Commercial Support, Cost Management, Contractual and Project Management Services tailored to meet the needs of our construction industry clients. We provide support throughout all stages of the construction process from pre-development to post-contract, across all sectors including Commercial, Residential, Healthcare, Education, Leisure and Retail to both Main Contractors and Sub-Contractors. Our core values of professionalism and integrity run throughout each personally managed commission. We aim to provide a market leading bespoke service with dedication to detail combined with decisive action.

09/10/2026

Let that sink in……The industry's biggest safety challenge isn't always the one we can see.

Mental health should be treated with the same importance as physical safety, and there are now practical resources to help the industry do that.

Mates in Mind, in partnership with BSI – The UK’s National Standards Body (NSB), The B1M, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), CITB, Supply Chain Sustainability School (UK), Mace and the City of London Corporation, have developed a free practical resource pack specifically for people working in construction.

Worth reading and sharing with your teams:
🔗 https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/insights-and-media/insights/brochures/suicide-prevention-guidance-for-people-in-construction/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

07/10/2026

Ewe learn something new every day.

We like it. About 60% of the world's wool goes into clothing, and much of the rest gets burned or buried. It's better on a wall than on a bonfire.

However, the article gives no fire classification, no thermal values and no durability results. That's fair at research stage. The trouble comes when a new material reaches a project as a late "alternative" on a design and build job, because whoever proposes the swap often ends up owning the design risk.

Nobody wants to be left looking sheepish when building control asks for the fire test data.

🔗https://www.dezeen.com/2026/09/27/waste-wool-cladding-harvard-university-oslo-architecture-triennale/

05/10/2026

Not every construction project needs the same approach, but having a consistent commercial framework can make a big difference.

VOLOCO has been supporting the Hertfordshire & Middlesex Wildlife Trust with its capital project delivery, helping to put the right processes and contractual arrangements in place across a range of projects.

The aim was not simply to provide advice on individual projects, but to give the Trust's team a clearer and more consistent way of managing procurement, contracts and commercial decisions themselves.

That included developing practical templates, contract guidance and a framework that can be applied across future projects.

For organisations managing multiple capital projects, putting that structure in place can provide a stronger foundation for delivery.

Full case study 👇

🔗 https://www.voloco.co.uk/case-studies/retained-construction-consulting-services

02/10/2026

The contractor's right to loss and expense was "subject to … compliance with the provisions of clause 4.21". In October 2024 that phrase cost a fit-out contractor a £1.8m delay claim.

The case is FES v HFD Construction, decided in Scotland's Court of Session. FES were fitting out a new office block in Glasgow. The job was hit by delays, including a Covid site closure, and FES claimed loss and expense. Nobody got as far as whether the money was owed. FES hadn't given the notice the contract required, so there was no entitlement. They took it to court and lost twice.

You can be right about the delay, right about the cost, have the records to prove both, and still get nothing. And the 2016 English JCT Standard Building Contract uses exactly the same wording.

Most notices get missed for a dull reason. The person who knows about the problem is on site and the person who knows the contract is in the office, so the clock runs while everyone assumes somebody else sent the letter.

Keep a notice register. Every event logged the day site knows about it, with the clause, the deadline, who's sending the notice and the date it went. Somebody goes through it every Monday.

And send the notice even when it feels awkward with the client. A notice you didn't need costs you a letter.

If you've got a claim building on a live job, book a discovery call and we'll see how we can help you.

https://book.voloco.co.uk/discovery-call"

30/09/2026

The 2026 Art of Building competition is a great reminder of the reason many of us got into construction, the buildings.

Have a look through this year's selection to see some of the amazing projects out there, both old and new, and don't forget to vote!

🔗https://zealous.co/ciob1/opportunity/the-art-of-building/results/round-1/

CIOB

28/09/2026

VOLOCO are thrilled to share this testimonial from one of our satisfied clients! Our team is dedicated to providing exceptional service and delivering results that exceed expectations. We take pride in our ability to understand our clients' unique needs and work collaboratively to achieve their goals.

We are grateful for the opportunity to support our clients and help them achieve success. Thank you, Sarah Perry, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust, for your kind words and for trusting us with your business.

If you're looking for support from a team that is committed to your success, we invite you to learn more about our services and how we can help you achieve your goals. Contact us today to schedule a consultation.

🔗https://book.voloco.co.uk/discovery-call

25/09/2026

Late payment has quietly bankrupted more subcontractors than bad workmanship ever will.

In December 2024, the government scrapped the Prompt Payment Code and replaced it with the Fair Payment Code. The vague pledges are gone, replaced with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards tied to hard numbers: Gold means 95% of invoices paid within 30 days. It's still voluntary, so it carries no legal teeth, but it does mean any main contractor's payment performance can be checked before you sign up to work with them.

If you're a subcontractor, this is worth five minutes before your next tender: check whether your client is even signed up, and which tier they hold.

Do you check a contractor's payment record before bidding, or take the risk and deal with it later?

23/09/2026

McKinsey opens with a site manager taking a photo of pipe spools that no longer fit, and AI agents pricing the change and suggesting a fix in minutes. Today that takes days of back and forth with the designers, and the fitters can't get on while it's sorted.

Faster is good. But knowing what a change costs doesn't get you paid for it.

Many of the accounts we get handed are stuck on whether the change was instructed and whether anyone told the other side in time. Under NEC4, miss the eight weeks and neither the price nor the programme moves, unless it came from a Project Manager's instruction. JCT is more forgiving on timing, but you still have to notify once you can see the effect on progress.

As McKinsey put it further down, AI reduces effort but not accountability. Sending the notice is still your job.

🔗https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/engineering-construction-and-building-materials/our-insights/how-ai-is-reshaping-the-future-of-the-aec-industry

21/09/2026

August saw continued progress across a range of projects, with VOLOCO supporting clients through different stages of construction, from pre-construction through to handover and commercial delivery.

▪️ We’ve continued supporting Construction on Hertford College Library, Oxford, where the first floor slab has now been poured and preparations for the second floor slab are nearing completion. Temporary works have also been removed, with remedial works to the chapel external walls progressing and the West Range second floor nearing completion ahead of joinery works later this year. We’re also providing commercial support at the Gt Haseley Vehicle Depot, including CVR production, subcontractor tender enquiries and review of variation and groundworks accounts.

▪️ We’re also supporting Elbrow with Quantity Surveying services across a range of projects, including Rawdon House.

▪️ At The Propeller Quarter at Brabazon, Bristol, our Design Management support to Construction continues, with Blocks A and B now handed over and testing and commissioning underway on Blocks C and D. We’re also providing Design Management support to Construction during the PCSA stage of the New Hotel Bath project.

▪️ On the Cardiff Arena & Hotel development, we’re working alongside Construction’s Digital Construction team, utilising digital tools including Dalux, BIMcollab and Solibri to review, extract and use model data in remeasurement. We also continue to support client change valuations and closing out package costs.

Our role varies from project to project, but our focus on providing the right support at the right stage remains the same.

If you’re looking for additional commercial, bid or design management support, we’d be happy to discuss how we can help.

Find out more: www.voloco.co.uk

18/09/2026

That 85% is HSE's own number, not something a trade magazine worked out. It's in their Historical picture release from last November, comparing the early 1970s with today and adjusting for the sectors that weren't covered by reporting rules back in 1974.

It's employees only. Self-employed deaths weren't recorded at all until 1981, and they're now around a third of the annual total, so the longer term picture is messier than one headline number makes it look.

The part that gets quoted less often is HSE's own qualifier, sitting at the end of that same sentence: "although more recently numbers have been broadly level."

126 workers were killed in Great Britain in 2025/26. Construction accounted for 25 of them, more than any other industry, at a fatal injury rate roughly five times the all industry average.

And across the last five years, more than half of all construction deaths were falls from height. An average of 19 a year. Same cause, year after year.

25 is down from 35 the year before, and below the five year average of 37. That's an improvement and it should be said out loud. It's also 25 people who went to work and didn't come home.

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