Cost models, cost estimates, budgets, cost plans, risk analysis, bills of quantities, life cycle costs for construction projects
In simple terms, CostAdviser Professional is an expert software application that will allow you to produce the following for construction projects:
for all types of construction works. It even has a superb built-in Monte Carlo risk anaylysis package to help you determine and include proper allowance for risk.
In formal RICS terms, CostAdviser Professional is an expert software application that will allow you to carry out:
It is fully compliant with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' New Rules of Measurement NRM1, NRM2 and NRM3.
Primarily designed for use by construction cost consultants and quantity surveyors, it is simple to use with intuitive operation. So simple, that in reality it can be used by anyone!
CostAdviser Professional will provide all the measurement and cost information you require from project inception to a building's end-of-life.
With it, you can create dynamic cost models, cost estimates, cost plans and bills of quantities for all building types - initial capital and life cycle costs. Simply and quickly.
CostAdviser Professional is available for you to try for free for 30-days. A fully-working edition of the program at no cost to you. Once you have decided the program is for you, you can purchase your Premium licence for an incredibly small monthly subscription charge of just £30 per month for a single-user licence. The Premium licence gives you full access to the program without any trial-time restriction and full product-support.
By operating efficiently, with low overheads and no sales persons, we can keep our costs to a minimum passing on these savings to you.
The best way to see what CostAdviser Professional can do for you is to try it for yourself under the Trial licence - free for 30 days. A fully working edition of the program without any restrictions other than time. No cost; no commitment; no pestering. Available for you to use straight away from our download section.
Over 1000 people have downloaded and installed the CostAdviser Professional since 2012!
Cost models, cost estimates, budgets, cost plans, risk analysis, bills of quantities, life cycle costs for construction projects
Over 1000 people have downloaded and installed CostAdviser Professional since 2012!
CostAdviser Professional is a Microsoft Windows based system running on Windows 10 or Windows 11. It will not run correctly on older versions of Windows.
Regrettably, CostAdviser Professional will not run on Apple Mac.
Click the link below to download the CostAdviser Professional installation program:
Save the setup file on your computer. To help resolve any Windows 10 issues, right click on the installer and select 'Run as administrator'. This will allow you to install the program as normal.
Once you have installed CostAdviser Professional, try creating a cost model from scratch. Read the help manual within the program for more details.
If you have any installation issues, read our advice section for fixes of potential issues.
Costmodelling CostAdviser Professional - the high value, low cost application
Before buying your licence, please make sure that you have downloaded and installed the latest version of CostAdviser Professional from our download section.
The Premium licence gives you full access to the program and full product-support.
By operating efficiently, with low overheads and no sales persons, we can keep our costs to a minimum passing on these savings to our customers.
Premium licences are bought by monthly subscription.
We offer three subscription methods:
All methods are easy to set up and once set up there is nothing else you need to do. Subscriptions will be taken automatically each month and you will be sent an invoice confirming the payment made. You are fully covered by the Direct Debit Guarantee for direct debit payments and by PayPal for debit and credit payments and PayPal account payments. You are always in control.
We use GoCardless to handle the direct debit payments and PayPal to handle credit/debit card and PayPal account payments. Both are extremely reputable companies.
Once you have set up the payment forms you will receive your Premium licence number by email, which will allow you to upgrade your Trial licence to the Premium licence.
To set up your subscription, select the your chosen method of payment:
If you do not wish to pay by monthly-subscription, you can purchase an annual licence. Please contact us giving your details and the number of users for whom you require a licence.
You can cancel your subscription at any time - no problem, no questions asked. Just drop us a line and we will do it for you, or you can do it yourself. If you pay by direct debit, simply cancel the direct debit through your own banking facilities or if you use the PayPal facility you can click this PayPal Unsubscribe link.
Once you cancel your subscription, you Premium Edition licence will expire at the end of the current payment period and no future subscription payments will be taken.
Release date 1 July 2023
All the data presented on this website is given free-of-charge and in good faith by Costmodelling Limited for guidance only, and is covered by our terms and conditions. If you choose to use any data from our website it is under our terms and conditions.
Typical construction costs per m2 for common types of buildings
Historic, current and forecasted tender price and building cost indices
Adjustment to construction prices according to geographical location
Adjustment to construction prices according to project size (value)
Typical lifespans of common building components
Maintenance and operational costs of buildings
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If you have any questions or require any help or advice please feel free to contact us at any time and we will deal with your query straight away.
Specialists in cost modelling and cost advice for any construction project.
We have been selling our software application and have been helping clients determine accurate budgets and obtain best-value on construction projects since our incorporation in 2002.
Constant development has resulted our highly-sophisticated cost modelling software application, CostAdviser Professional. Details can be found in our software area.
We are a private limited company registered in England and Wales Number 04364665.
Our registered office is: Burnside, Keldspring Lane, Barmby Moor, York, England, YO42 4HW.
Our telephone number is: +44 (0)1759 432431.
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