Sub-Contractors in Construction - Your Unfair Advantage vs. Main Contractors

Subcontractors in Construction

Let’s get straight to the point. If you’re a subcontractor in construction, you deserve to be paid fairly for the work that you’re doing.

You probably started your working career out on site and slowly worked your way up the ranks of your specialism in the construction industry.

You started your subcontracting business because you are great at what you do, but you’re finding more and more of your time and energy being spent on commercial negotiations and fighting with main contractors to get them to pay you what you’re owed!

Unfortunately, we’ve seen it a million times now…

Maybe you unwittingly signed up to very one-sided contracts with main contractors and ended up breaking even (or worse, losing money!) on a project?

Perhaps you were bullied by a main contractor and didn’t feel that you could stand up to them due to not having the required contract expertise?

You’d love for someone else to handle all of your commercials/contracts rather than ending up being a huge drain on your time and resources.

You want to be able to resolve your disputes quickly, collect cash that has been locked up, and reduce your contractual risks, so you can go back to doing what you do best - running the day to day of your business!

Great Quantity Surveyors or Commercial Directors Are Hard To Find

The difficulty is that good quantity surveyors are hard to find and/or very expensive.

If you’ve looked into hiring a full-time Commercial Director with adequate experience, you know that it would set you back at least £150,000 per year.

You may have tried construction law firms who may have a good understanding of the law but are usually unaware of the technical side of construction and how it works in practice.

The Answer: An Outsourced Commercial Partner - A QS with both Legal Expertise plus Years of Practical Knowledge In Construction

Here is the good news… you can get the best of all worlds with an outsourced commercial partner who has decades of experience in the construction industry:

Introducing RJH

This is where we come in. We’re a specialist outsourced commercial partner and we only represent Subcontractors.

So far, over the past 18 Years we have represented over 250 different subcontractors and have a 95%+ track record of overturning contra-charges. We’ve represented Subcontractors in over 200 Adjudications and won the vast majority.

We also have more than 20 years of experience on the “main contractor side of the fence” so we know their workings inside and out. It’s our unfair advantage when it comes to negotiating your Subcontracts and dealing with main contractors on behalf of our partners.

The best part is that it’s a very personable service. You’re always dealing with one key point of contact who will be a highly experienced consultant - our consultants have at least 30 years of construction experience on average! - and we communicate in your language.