Veritas Surveying Limited

We are construction claims consultants with expertise in quantity surveying, ADR, JCT contracts, payment notices, pay less notices adjudication, commercial and contractual know how, we’ll help you to stay ahead of the game, save money, reduce stress, get paid and focus on your real priorities. We also offer construction expert witness services, project management and quantity surveying services.
We pride ourselves on providing a high quality, flexible and efficient service and an ability to give sound advice and direct solutions which is demonstrated by the frequency of repeat business secured with our existing client base which includes construction solicitors Manchester, Main Contractors, Specialist subcontractors and Employers.
We assist a wide variety of organisations working on a variety of contracts including JCT Contracts, NEC3 and NEC4. From bricklayers large and small, electricians, plumbers, groundworkers, demolition contractors, scaffolders, joiners, Architects, Solicitors, Housing Associations, Employers and Main Contractors, we work on a nationwide basis from our Manchester base.
We provide upfront advice to help avoid construction disputes, reduce risk, get the right payment notices in place and help you get the maximum from your project.
If you are involved in a construction dispute or have received a payless notice, we will always advocate a negotiated settlement as the first port of call. If it is necessary to commence the adjudication process, as the referring party representative, we can help you prepare your claim, notice of adjudication, referral notice and application to the appropriate adjudicator nominating body.
We always seek to do this in the most cost-efficient manner to help you get paid or defend claims against you or your company.
We are a niche small private quantity surveying practice, specialising in construction disputes, claims, cost management and expert reports. We also help to run live projects and are fully aware of risks based on our works with others. Everyone on our team has the relevant professional qualifications and experience required to give you the very best service and advice to enable you to maximise your position.

If you need an expert Quantity Surveyor in Manchester or beyond, we would be delighted to talk to you.
EXPERT WITNESS
We have completed a variety of Expert Witness Reports for a number of tribunals.
Recent commissions include:
– An opinion on a claim for £1.5m in the TCC following the escape of water.
– A single joint expert appointment in the Birmingham TCC (County Court) to value works and defects at a domestic property. RICS DRS appointment.
– An opinion on the value associated with the remedial works following issues with two basements in the TCC. Claim value £600k
QUANTITY SURVEYING
We provide expert help and advice on construction costs, cost management, estimating and tendering, or valuations of construction work.
Support with drafting a construction contract, payment & delay claims, variations or final accounts.
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
We can help you prepare and / or defend contract claims. We will work alongside your people to ensure you obtain the best possible outcome.
We are highly experienced party representatives. We can represent you in adjudication and / or arbitration proceedings and help you to demonstrate your contractual entitlement. Where possible we will always advocate a negotiated settlement
Recent commissions include:
– On behalf of an Employer – Final Account settlement on a hotel in Leeds involving a significant loss and expense claim by the main contractor. In this instance we managed to negotiate a reasonable settlement on its behalf which involved no further payment of monies and the rectification of outstanding defects.
– For the Employer – We managed to successfully defend a smash and grab adjudication by a Main Contractor (now insolvent) for £320,000.00. With a little support from a local friendly Barrister (at a reduced fee), we successfully managed to avoid our client having to make a significant payment. It is now clear it would have been unlikely to recover given the recent insolvency of that Main Contractor (which came as a surprise to the industry)
– For a Specialist Subcontractor – We successfully managed to help a Water Treatment Specialist recover a sum of over £36,000.00 following emergency works to a residential block in the south. Our customer had tried a debt collector before approaching us, the debt collector was given the run around as it was “construction works”. We identified that the matter was suitable for the TESCA low value disputes (LVD) adjudication service limiting our client’s exposure to the adjudicator’s fees to £3,500.00. We were confident in our client’s position and offered to carry out the work on a no win no fee, although the client elected for our fixed fee option.
– Subcontractor – An interim valuation dispute relating to ceilings and partitions on a new build project in Brighton, the contract sum was around £1m with a disputed payment amount in the region of £85,000.00. The disputed items included a claim for additional preliminaries, labour charges following the early removal of a hoist and everyone’s favourite, a selection of alleged contra charges from the Main Contractor to avoid making further payment. Through the adjudication process we managed to successfully recover a sum in the region of £50,000.00 for the Subcontractor and the Main Contractor was required to pay the Adjudicators bill in full. Sadly, the Main Contractor failed to pay, but that did not stop us, the matter was then referred to the High Court for the enforcement of the decision within a couple of weeks. On conclusion of that process, all the legal fees and our costs for the enforcement were paid by the Main Contractor. Another great result for a valued client
– Main Contractor – An interim claim for payment for a new build hotel project in the North West. Ironically, the Employer commenced the adjudication but we were prepared having worked on the account for a few months before the adjudication. Much to the Employer’s surprise its attempt to ambush the Main Contractor failed and we managed to secure a payment in the region of £800,000.00 with a further £200,000.00 of retention to follow. One happy (now) cash rich client.