Cost Management

From the first number on a page to the last rupee on the final account - independent, accurate, and on your side.

Cost management is not a spreadsheet exercise. It is the discipline of knowing, at every stage of a project, what things actually cost, and being willing to say so, even when the answer is uncomfortable.

Molethu's cost management team provides independent cost advice that is not influenced by what the contractor wants to build, what the architect wants to design, or what the promoter needs the number to say. Our obligation is accuracy.

Services across the project lifecycle

Pre-feasibility and early stage

  • High-level concept budgets with realistic market calibration, not aspirational numbers.
  • Cost sensitivity analysis for site and design decisions.
  • Early identification of cost risk before it becomes cost commitment.

Pre-contract

  • Detailed quantity take-offs and cost estimates.
  • Bills of Quantities for all trade packages.
  • Tender documentation and bid evaluation.
  • Contract strategy and procurement advice.
  • Value engineering, knowing where to save without damaging what you are building.

Post-contract

  • Cost monitoring against approved budget, updated against real site progress.
  • Change order assessment and variation management.
  • Cash flow projections and certified bill support.
  • Final account preparation and settlement.

Where we specialise

Hotels - our specialist vertical

Hotel projects combine complex MEP, high-specification interiors, brand standards and FF&E procurement in ways that make budget management unusually demanding. We have dedicated capability here.

See Hotel Cost Management page for full detail

Real estate and commercial

Residential developments, commercial offices, industrial facilities and mixed-use projects across India, at scales from Rs.10 crore to multi-thousand crore. Cost discipline applied consistently regardless of project size.

Public sector and infrastructure

BOQs, contract management and cost control for metro rail, roads, institutional buildings and PSU projects requiring transparent, auditable cost governance. NBCC empanelment reflects the standard we apply.

Our only obligation is accuracy.
We have never run a sales campaign. Every engagement traces back to a project delivered as promised.

If your project has a budget it needs to stay within, let us look at where the risks are.

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