Protecting your margin on every contract
NEC commercial management for contractors who can’t justify a full-time commercial team — but can’t afford to keep leaving money on the table.
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The Problem
You won the job. But somewhere between signing the contract, the compensation events no one valued, the programme that was never updated, and the final account you settled just to get paid — the margin quietly disappeared.
Most contractors don’t lose money on price. They lose it on the commercial side of the contract nobody has time to manage.
What I Do
I sit on your side of the table as your outsourced commercial manager — pricing and defending compensation events, protecting your cash flow, and making sure your final accounts land in full. No full-time salary, no in-house QS overhead. Just the commercial cover you’d have on a major project, scaled to your business.
- Contract risk — flagged before it costs you
- Compensation events — valued and defended, not written off
- Applications & cash flow — paid on time, in full
- Final accounts — settled at what you’re owed, not what’s offered
Why RCP Commercial
When you work with RCP Commercial Consultancy, you work directly with Keiron McCafferty Smith, a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and NEC4 ECC accredited Project Manager with over 20 years’ experience supporting contractors on complex construction projects.
This means you get practical, commercially focused advice from someone who understands the pressures faced by contractors — without the layers and overheads of a larger consultancy.
RCP Commercial exists to give smaller contractors the same commercial firepower the big players take for granted.
RCP Commercial Consultancy is regulated by RICS.
Upholding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Rules of Conduct demonstrates our commitment to professional standards, ethical practiceand quality advice.
