BCIS subscriber of the month

BCIS would like to thank Holloway Squire Partnership Ltd, who recently submitted nine projects for analysis and indexing.

By submitting project data to BCIS, subscribers are contributing to the cycle of the data that ultimately benefits the BCIS community. Contributors also help to raise the quality of benchmark data in the construction sector and support the industry to drive efficiency. Data that is produced during the procurement process can be analysed and benchmarked, and made available for use in future project estimates.

Jon Squire, director of Holloway Squire Partnership Ltd, wrote that:

’Holloway Squire Partnership value and use the BCIS cost data on a regular basis for informing cost budgets and advice. The comprehensive and easily used online data facilitate both high level and detailed analysis for a wide range of projects. Due to the valuable nature of the resource we happily provide the BCIS with details of schemes following tender returns to enable the database to be maintained with up-to-date information. This makes the process a beneficial synergy whilst using the database and providing information to it is simple.’

Holloway Squire Partnership Ltd is a small to medium-sized practice, established in 1989, offering a comprehensive range of integrated professional surveying and project management services for all types of property, for construction projects across a wide range of sectors.

BCIS Online is an industry repository for building project costs analysed elementally. It provides clients, consultants and contractors secure online access to their project data. The analyses can be prepared from contract documents used in most procurement routes, for example:

To allay any concerns about commercial sensitivity, BCIS has a stringent confidentiality policy and submitted data can be anonymised for use in statistical studies.