Author: Elaine Twomey

Your Career, Your Impact, Our Support.

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A Career That Moves with You

Join ADEO – where talented Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers grow, shape the future of construction, and deliver real value.

Work on diverse UK projects. Develop your career on your terms. Thrive in a culture built on trust, integrity, and growth.
Construction is changing. Expectations are changing. Careers are changing. And people increasingly want more than a job, they want meaningful work, real flexibility, and a culture that helps them grow.

At ADEO, we’ve created an environment built around trust and autonomy. Whether you’re taking the first steps of your QS journey or bringing years of commercial experience, we make sure your career evolves with you.

Our people join us because they want to:
• Work on diverse, impactful projects across the UK
• Shape their own development path without rigid hierarchy
• Keep learning — technically, commercially, and personally
• Maintain a healthy work/life balance without compromising ambition
Curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement sit at the heart of how we operate. When you grow, we grow and our clients feel the difference.

Our Commitment to You
Adeo’s culture is intentional. We’re proud to be a consultancy that values integrity, potential and people.
We are committed to:
• Creating a diverse, supportive, and welcoming workplace
• Investing in our people through training, mentorship, and real responsibility
• Holding ourselves to the highest standards of accountability and professionalism
We look for drive, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. Your background matters, but your potential matters more.

Why Commercial Professionals Choose ADEO
The professionals who join ADEO tell us the same thing: they wanted to feel part of something that genuinely values their contribution.
If you’re a Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager who is looking for:
• Variety and challenge across the UK’s most exciting infrastructure and construction programmes
• A flexible, people-first culture that supports you both in and out of work
• Opportunities to stretch yourself, gain new experiences, and advance your career
• A team built on trust, integrity, and commercial excellence
…then ADEO is a place where you’ll thrive.

We’re a close-knit team of QSs, Estimators, and Commercial Managers who take pride in what we do. We share knowledge, solve problems together, and back each other to deliver real value for clients.

Ready to Build Something Great?
If you’re excited about shaping the future of cost consultancy and want to join a team that empowers you to do your best work we’d love to speak with you.
Whether you’re exploring your next step or ready for a new challenge right now, we’re always keen to connect with talented commercial professionals who want to make an impact and enjoy what they do.
At ADEO, we don’t just build careers. We build futures.

Join ADEO – where talented Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers grow, shape the future of construction, and deliver real value.
For more information, please email recruitment@adeo.uk.com or call Jack Cox – Head of Internal Resource on 01403 821774

Case Study – Commercial & Quantity Surveying Support for Binns Fencing Ltd

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CASE STUDY: COMMERCIAL & QUANTITY SURVEYING SUPPORT FOR BINNS FENCING LTD

Client: Binns Fencing Ltd – UK Market Leader in Security Fencing
Sector: Perimeter Security / Infrastructure
Project Value: £500k–£11m per site
Duration: 5 years

The Challenge
Binns Fencing needed extra commercial resource to manage multiple high-security fencing projects across the UK. Their lean team required immediate support to:
• Review and negotiate contracts
• Manage site activities and contract changes
• Submit accurate monthly applications for payment
• Capture variations and programme impacts

Our Approach
A dedicated Adeo Quantity Surveyor integrated directly with the Binns team to provide:
• Daily Commercial Management: tracking site activity, client liaison.
• Valuations & Payments: monthly applications and programme submissions, chasing timely certification and payment
• Change Control & Risk Capture: change recording, early warnings, and evidenced commercial notifications
• Strategic Support: contract advice, forecasting, margin protection, final account preparation

The Results
• Full visibility of live project commercial positions
• Timely, accurate payment applications and improved cashflow
• Strengthened entitlement through robust change management
• Freed senior team to focus on operations and growth
• Flexible commercial support without long-term recruitment

Client Feedback
“Adeo quickly became part of our team, resolving contractual issues and adding real value. We now have tighter control over costs, applications, and commercial protection.”
— Chris Hackett, Contracts Director

UNLOCKING PROJECT EFFICIENCY

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THE STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OF MANAGED SERVICES IN CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE
By Phil Harris
Account Director at Adeo Global Consulting Ltd
November 3rd 2025

In the UK’s civil infrastructure sector, delivering projects on time, on budget, and to the highest standards is increasingly complex. With pressure on resources, evolving regulatory requirements, and the need for robust asset management, organisations are seeking smarter ways to manage their commercial functions.

THE CASE FOR MANAGED SERVICES
A managed service approach provides organisations with flexible, expert support without the overhead of permanent in-house teams. For civil infrastructure projects, particularly in water and highways term maintenance, this model offers tangible benefits:
• Scalability & Flexibility: Managed services allow project teams to scale up or down based on workload, ensuring resource availability aligns with project demands.
• Cost Efficiency: By outsourcing commercial expertise, organisations can reduce recruitment, training, and overhead costs while accessing specialist skills.
• Consistency & Quality: Dedicated managed teams provide standardised processes and robust reporting, improving accuracy and compliance across multiple projects.
• Knowledge Transfer & Capability Building: Experienced consultants not only deliver results but also support client teams, upskilling internal staff and embedding best practice approaches.

HOW ADEO SUPPORTS YOUR PROJECTS
At Adeo, we bring a depth of commercial expertise to the UK civil infrastructure market. Our managed service solutions are tailored to the unique demands of water and highways term maintenance projects. We provide:
• Commercial Resource Deployment: Flexible teams of cost consultants ready to support project phases from planning to execution.
• End-to-End Project Support: From cost planning, risk analysis, and procurement strategy to ongoing cost control and reporting.
• Enhanced Project Outcomes: By relieving clients of day-to-day commercial management, we enable focus on operational delivery, improving efficiency and project performance.

A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
Adeo doesn’t just fill roles we become a strategic extension of your team, offering expertise, continuity, and a focus on outcomes. Managed services aren’t just a resource solution; they are a tool for smarter project delivery, improved risk management, and measurable value.
By partnering with Adeo, clients can navigate the complexity of civil infrastructure projects with confidence, knowing they have dedicated, expert commercial support every step of the way.

To find out more about how Adeo can support your project please contact me on pharris@adeo.uk.com

Bridging the Quantity Surveyor Gap: Building Capacity for the Next Decade.

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Bridging the Quantity Surveyor Gap: Building Capacity for the Next Decade.
Published October 2025

Across the UK construction industry, a persistent shortage of experienced Quantity Surveyors (QSs) is constraining output and slowing delivery. Recent data suggests that more than half of active construction projects are now affected by limited QS availability, a shortage that is quietly reshaping how projects are planned, procured, and delivered.
For a sector already grappling with inflation, skills gaps, and increasing regulatory complexity, this isn’t a marginal issue. The QS shortage is now one of the biggest single factors affecting productivity, risk management, and client confidence.

The State of Play
Quantity Surveyors sit at the heart of every successful project. They provide the commercial intelligence that turns design ambition into viable, deliverable reality. Yet the supply of experienced QS professionals simply isn’t keeping pace with demand.
Several forces are converging:
• An ageing workforce, with too few new entrants replacing those leaving the profession.
• Expanding project complexity, driven by sustainability requirements, modular delivery, and significantly altered and bespoke standard forms of contract that lead to project delays and inconsistent delivery.
• Intensifying market demand, as infrastructure, housing, and public-sector projects all compete for limited talent.
• Post-pandemic attrition, with some quantity surveyors leaving the industry altogether.
The result is a tightening bottleneck at the very point where accurate cost control, value engineering, and commercial assurance are most needed. Delays, rising costs, and inconsistent data quality, poor procurement are becoming familiar symptoms across projects of all sizes.

Why It Matters
This is not just a capacity problem, it’s a strategic one. Without adequate QS input, projects face greater commercial uncertainty, weaker governance, and reduced agility in responding to change. Clients and contractors alike are finding it harder to maintain cost certainty, protect margins, and deliver on programme.
At a time when investors and public bodies are demanding transparency and value, the QS shortage risks undermining the sector’s ability to demonstrate both. Quantity Surveying is the connective tissue that links designed intent with commercial reality and without enough of it, the whole system strains.

Rethinking the Response
At Adeo, we see the shortage not simply as a challenge, but as a catalyst for innovation. Traditional models of resourcing and delivery are no longer sufficient. The future of cost consultancy must be smarter, more agile, and more collaborative.

Our approach is built around four key principles:
1. Technology as an enabler, not a replacement
Digital cost modelling, AI-driven benchmarking, and automated measurement tools can significantly extend QS capacity. When harnessed intelligently, these tools free skilled professionals to focus on analysis, insight, and strategic value — the areas that truly drive project outcomes.
2. Flexible resourcing models
The era of rigid, one-size-fits-all teams is over. Adeo builds project-specific resourcing strategies that blend in-house expertise with trusted associates and partner organisations. This flexibility enables us to scale quickly and deliver the right capability, precisely when and where it’s needed.
3. Accelerated development of emerging talent
We’re investing heavily in mentoring, structured career pathways, and early exposure to live projects. By upskilling and empowering the next generation of QS professionals, Adeo helps to bridge the experience gap while ensuring consistent quality for clients.
4. Early-stage collaboration
Many capacity issues are amplified by late engagement. By working with clients and design teams from the earliest stages, we can lock in cost certainty, improve scope definition, and reduce downstream risk — all with smaller, leaner teams.

A Sector-Wide Imperative
This challenge extends far beyond any single consultancy. The construction sector as a whole must view QS capacity as a strategic enabler — not a back-office function. Investment in digital transformation, training, and cross-industry collaboration will be critical to sustaining output and competitiveness.
Clients, too, have a role to play. Early engagement, realistic programming, and a shared commitment to data quality can help ensure that limited QS resource delivers maximum impact.

Leading by Example
Adeo was founded on a belief that cost consultancy should be progressive, data-led, and client-focused. In a market where the QS shortage is reshaping expectations, we’re proving that lean, high-performing teams can still deliver exceptional certainty and value.
By combining human expertise with digital intelligence and collaborative delivery, Adeo is helping clients navigate a challenging market with confidence and control.

Building Capacity Together
The quantity surveyor gap won’t close overnight. But with innovation, partnership, and investment in people, the industry can adapt — and thrive.
At Adeo, we’re ready to lead that conversation. Because building the future of construction means building the capacity to deliver it.

Adeo Global Consulting
Adding Value, Driving Change

WORKING FOR ADEO GAVE ME THE FLEXIBILITY I NEEDED—RIGHT WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST.

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Back in 2017, after years of back and forth to West Sussex from my home in Cornwall I had to make a difficult decision: resign from my full-time role and relocate to West Sussex to care for my ageing parents!

My father had vascular dementia and finally to be moved into full-time residential care. Mum still needed support but up until her stroke could be left for a few hours each day.
I found myself at a crossroads. I wanted to return to work, but I also needed the flexibility to continue my caring responsibilities. Finding a role that matched my skills, was close to my ‘new’ home, and allowed for that flexibility felt like a tall order.

However, sometimes, when you have the right conversations and stay open about your needs, the right opportunity comes along. That’s exactly what happened with Adeo.
Eight years on, I’m still with the company, and grateful for the understanding and flexibility they offered me from day one.

In support of others going through something similar, I want to share a few things I’ve learned that helped me balance caring and working:
• Be open and honest about your situation
• Be clear about the flexibility you need
• Focus on the value you bring to the business
• Keep the lines of communication open

To all carers juggling multiple roles — your resilience is incredible. And to businesses like Adeo that empower carers to succeed at work and at home — thank you.💙

Elaine Twomey
Marketing manager

ADEO ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME ISAAC COLLINS TO OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME.

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At Adeo Global Consulting, we’re passionate about nurturing talent and supporting the next generation of professionals in the civils and infrastructure sector.

As a specialist cost consultancy providing interim project support to the UK civils infrastructure market, we know that our people are our greatest strength. That’s why we’re committed to investing in growth and professional development across our team.

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY

We’re proud to currently sponsor one trainee Quantity Surveyor through his quantity surveying apprenticeship — and are delighted to announce that we’ve recently welcomed another trainee to the programme.

By supporting our emerging professionals through education and hands-on project experience, we’re helping to build a stronger, more skilled workforce for the future of construction.

At Adeo Global Consulting, developing people is at the heart of what we do.

Careers

WHY AN APPRENTICESHIP WAS THE BEST DECISION I MADE

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WHY AN APPRENTICESHIP WAS THE BEST DECISION I MADE
By Leo Brazier – trainee QS at Adeo Global Consulting Ltd
July 2025

When I left sixth form, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do next. Like many people my age, university felt like the default option, but I wasn’t convinced. I kept seeing adverts for apprenticeships and the idea of earning while learning really appealed to me. It just made more sense: gain a qualification, build real-world experience, and avoid the debt that often comes with university.

Joining Adeo as an apprentice has confirmed that I made the right decision. The learning is so much more practical and applied, what I study links directly to the work I do every day. This real-life context helps the knowledge stick and makes it more meaningful. I’m not just studying theory; I’m using it, which means I remember it and understand it better.

What’s more, by the time I complete my degree, I’ll already have 5–6 years of hands-on experience as a quantity surveyor, something a traditional university route simply can’t offer. That experience will set me apart in the industry.(Not that I plan on going anywhere, I love working at Adeo!)

WHY ADEO?
From day one, I’ve felt supported. Adeo works across such a wide range of civils and infrastructure projects that there’s always something new to learn, and always someone willing to mentor. Whether it’s dispute resolution, highways, or more niche work like high security fencing, I’ve been able to get involved in meaningful ways on real projects.

The team at Adeo is incredibly diverse in terms of experience, knowledge, and background, which creates a fantastic learning environment. I’ve been able to develop a strong foundation in the key aspects of quantity surveying, including various contract types like JCT and NEC. I’ve also learned how to take more ownership of my work, while still having the support I need whenever I face a challenge.

My apprenticeship at Adeo has been more than just a job, it’s been the launchpad for a career I’m genuinely excited about. I couldn’t ask for a better place to start my journey.

New Role Announcement

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“I’m proud to share that I’ve been appointed as Marketing Manager at Adeo Global Consulting Ltd. As a specialist cost consultancy we provide interim commercial and project support to the civils infrastructure sector.

It’s an exciting time to be part of an industry that’s building the backbone of our communities, roads, rail, utilities, and more. I’m looking forward to amplifying our message, connecting with industry leaders, and helping clients find the flexible, experienced support they need to deliver complex projects successfully.

If you’re in the infrastructure space and want to chat about how agile commercial support can make a difference, let’s connect”.

Email: etwomey@adeo.uk.com

Thanks to the amazing team at Adeo for their continue support.

ADEO GLOBAL CONSULTING LTD APPOINT OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

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We’re delighted to welcome Laura Daniels as our new Operations Director at Adeo Global Consulting Ltd!
Laura brings a wealth of experience in operations management, strategic programme leadership, process improvement, and team development, with a strong track record of delivering results across both public and private sectors — including the NHS and high-growth organisations.

At Adeo we are committed to building a strong team of leaders who share our passion for innovation and excellence. Laura’s expertise will be instrumental in helping us streamline processes, optimise performance, and navigate the exciting challenges ahead.

ldaniels@adeo.uk.com

FORENSIC QUATITY SURVEYING

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As Quantity Surveyors and experts in planning and delay analysis, we take a forensic approach to understanding the full scope of your contract. We meticulously review the specification, drawings, and scope of work, and compare them against the issues currently in dispute.
Our detailed analysis enables us to present clear, evidence-based technical arguments to support your position—helping you move towards a well-founded and efficient resolution.
Based on our experience, most of this work could be categorised into: –
• Claims
• Auditing
• Service Reviews
• Tender Preparation/Checking
SERVICE PROVISION
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
This is the ability to clearly illustrate chronological events by scrutinising project documentation in order to identify the ‘root causes’ of the problems faced.

CONTRACTUAL KNOWLEDGE
By utilising our full comprehension and understanding of Standard Forms of Contract and how bespoke conditions intertwine with these, (e.g. Z Clauses within a Standard NEC Contract), we are able to readily identify any contractual breaches that may have occurred.

DELAY & DISRUPTION ANALYSIS
Here we identify any Project Scope Creep using Critical Path Analysis to evaluate Extensions of Time to be incorporated into revised project programmes.

COST ANALYSIS
This process includes reviewing and assessing Actual Project Costs against Original Budget Forecasts by validating any variations, CEs or claims, from both a principle and quantum perspective.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION SUPPORT AND AGREEMENT
Initially our team supports or challenges claims based on both factual assessments and contractual intentions via inaugural review, prior to subsequently preparing Evidence and Expert Witness Reports for adjudication, arbitration or litigation if necessary.
TENDER ANALYSIS

This involves the review or preparation of tender information to ensure, inter alia, that Risk and Contingency Assessments have been properly addressed to enhance the contractual collaboration between the parties and mitigate any future project challenges that may arise.

EXPERT COMMUNICATION & REPORTING
Here we produce clearly structured reports or audits that comprehensively demonstrate any findings to legal teams or clients which are often complex in nature on large projects where many interconnected work activities exist.