TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
Turnkey Construction: One Contract, Many Cost Lines to Watch
The plot owner chose you because it was one contract, one point of contact. Then the client moved a wall, the steel rate rose, the plumber left mid-job, and each of these quietly became your cost.
We help turnkey builders hold the commercial thread: estimate and margin, written changes, subcontractor terms, stage billing and cash flow between stages. We stay away from structural design, approvals, building codes or contract law.
Discuss your priorities ↗COMMON CHALLENGES
The pressures
we often see.
- 01Estimates are produced from a rate per square foot, and extras such as elevation work, borewell, compound wall and fittings creep in without being priced separately.
- 02Clients ask for changes on site, and the work starts on a verbal nod, then the final account turns into an argument over what was agreed.
- 03Subcontractors for masonry, electrical, plumbing and tiling work on rates settled project by project, with quantities billed on trust.
- 04Payments follow construction stages, and when a client delays a stage, the builder keeps paying labour and material from his own funds.
- 05The owner runs multiple sites and learns of a cost overrun only when the site engineer asks for more money to finish.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
Where the work
usually starts.
- 01Estimate sheet with itemised inclusions and exclusions, plus an allowance list for client-selected fittings
- 02Change order form with cost, time effect and client signature
- 03Subcontractor agreement summary and measured-quantity payment sheet
- 04Stage billing plan with the evidence required for each stage
- 05Site cash plan showing cash in and out week by week
- 06Material purchase schedule with supplier rates and delivery dates
- 07Weekly cost-to-complete review per site
- 08Site engineer reporting: progress, labour present, materials received and issues
START THIS WEEK
Things you can do
before you call anyone.
- Take your current site and list every change made since the contract. Mark which ones were signed and which were priced. Add up the unpaid ones.
- Hypothetical example: a house quoted at ₹60,00,000 with ₹3,00,000 of unrecorded changes has a 5% leak. Look at your own site for the same pattern.
- Draw a week-by-week cash chart for one site showing when stage payments are due and what you must pay before them.
- Give each subcontractor a measured-quantity sheet and sign it jointly every Saturday.
A PRACTICAL ENGAGEMENT
Start with the priorities
that matter most.
We begin by understanding how your business runs today, find the gaps, and agree the scope in writing. Recommendations are shaped around your team, your resources and your goals.
- An estimate template that separates fixed scope, allowances and extras
- A change order form and register that stops unsigned work
- A site cash plan that shows the weeks when you will fund the project yourself
- A weekly project review sheet for each site to be read by the owner
Not the right fit when: Hold off if there is a title, approval or structural dispute on the project. A lawyer or qualified engineer has to resolve it first.
Explore a business audit ↗LET’S MOVE YOUR BUSINESS FORWARD