Centralise your data for real insights and efficient programmes
Capture cost and carbon data across the entire asset lifecycle to control costs, evidence efficiency, optimise the supply chain, and ensure transparent regulatory reporting—driving smarter decision-making across every stage of your infrastructure projects, programmes, and portfolios.
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Benchmark Estimating's support with implementation has been brilliant. They have assisted us with implementation into our business systems and have also helped with project management for this task. Added to this, the software’s ability to link with our other systems is vital for proficient operations.
Asset Strategy & Planning
Pain points:
Asset strategy leaders struggle with fragmented data and ad hoc planning, making it hard to shape the right programmes and portfolios. This often results in disjointed planning that fails to align with overarching strategic objectives.
A centralised platform that aggregates cost, carbon and project data with scenario modelling, providing reliable decision support for structuring robust portfolios. This integration ensures all planning elements are synchronised, offering a clear roadmap for asset investments.
Inconsistent and scattered data undermines the ability to justify capital allocations and demonstrate efficiency. This lack of cohesion can lead to missed opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
Adopt standardised templates and centralised cost and carbon data to build a comprehensive, auditable evidence base that highlights efficiency gains and supports strategic decisions. Such a system strengthens credibility when presenting cases to regulators and stakeholders.
Limited real-time insights obscure programme performance, delaying corrective actions and risking budget overruns. The absence of immediate, actionable data hinders timely decision-making.
Implement interactive dashboards that offer real-time visibility into budgets, schedules, and key performance metrics, enabling proactive management and early warnings. This ensures deviations are quickly identified and corrective actions can be taken promptly.
Integrating carbon impact into asset planning is challenging amidst evolving sustainability demands. Without clear carbon metrics, asset owners struggle to factor environmental impact into financial planning.
Integrate carbon estimating and scenario modelling tools into the platform, empowering asset owners to assess and optimise environmental performance while meeting regulatory goals. This addition helps align sustainability objectives with overall asset management strategies.
Programme & Portfolio Management
Pain points:
Managing multiple large-scale projects with varying scopes, budgets, and timelines is complex. Without a holistic view, coordinating cross-functional teams (Engineering, Finance, Procurement) becomes difficult, increasing the risk of budget overruns and project delays.
A centralised platform provides real-time insights into budgets, forecasts, and spending across all projects. Instant drill-down capability helps identify cost variances and risks early, improving decision-making and portfolio management.
Overseeing multiple high-value programmes under tight budgets and resource constraints complicates ROI maximisation.Disconnected cost data and limited risk visibility make it difficult to optimise resource use or proactively address overruns—leading to inefficiencies and reduced financial returns.
A centralised planning system provides real-time cost tracking, scenario modelling, and standardised workflows. This ensures accurate budget alignment, clear resource allocation, and robust risk management—enabling the Head of Investment Programme Management to maximise cost-effectiveness and uphold strong financial stewardship.
Regulators require clear, auditable methodologies and demonstrable efficiency gains across capital programs. However, fragmented estimating data and inconsistent processes make it difficult to provide a transparent view of how costs are derived, leading to potential scrutiny and challenges in justifying spending.
A unified estimating platform standardises templates, centralises cost data, and provides robust audit trails. This ensures consistent workflows, easier justification of efficiency improvements, and real-time visibility—meeting the regulators requirements while boosting stakeholder confidence.
Disparate systems and spreadsheet-based processes lead to inconsistent cost estimates, difficulty maintaining real-time financial visibility, and challenges integrating supplier and contractor data. Resistance to digital transformation can further slow adoption.
A single, collaborative platform connects Finance, Procurement, and Engineering teams, ensuring all stakeholders work with real-time, accurate data. Standardised estimation workflows reduce errors, while scalable technology supports evolving project needs.
Capital Delivery
Pain points:
Fragmented information makes it hard to see the complete project pipeline, so teams struggle to pinpoint which projects should be prioritised and when. This gap in visibility delays decision-making and leads to misaligned project schedules.
Use a centralised system that aggregates project estimates, delivery schedules, and supply chain forecasts, ensuring a clear view of the project roadmap. This unified approach enables proactive planning and timely adjustments to meet strategic objectives.
External factors like inflation spikes and supply chain disruptions can quickly derail plans if estimates aren’t updated promptly. The inability to adapt dynamically creates uncertainty and increases project risk.
Integrate dynamic scenario modelling tools that automatically adjust forecasts based on real-time data, enabling rapid responses to market changes. This tool allows teams to simulate various outcomes and choose the optimal path forward under shifting conditions.
Manual processing of supplier quotes is slow and error-prone, making it challenging to identify the best-value proposals. This inefficiency can lead to higher costs and suboptimal supplier selections.
The ability to implement automated benchmarking features that directly import and compare supplier estimates, streamlining evaluation and decision-making. Alternatively, providing controlled access to the system for the contractors to submit their quotes in a way you control the structure and output.
Without forward visibility into upcoming work, category management becomes inefficient, hindering effective resource allocation and planning. The lack of insight can result in mismanaged budgets and unprepared procurement strategies.
Deploy dashboards that visualise forward works and spending trends, supporting strategic procurement and efficient resource planning. These visual tools provide real-time insights that empower managers to optimise resource allocation and plan effectively.
Cost Intelligence & Data Analytics
Pain points:
Fragmented data structures and systems lead to unreliable comparisons and hinder effective cost benchmarking. This inconsistency delays timely and informed decision-making.
Implement a standardised, configurable data framework across projects, programmes, and portfolios. This unification enables seamless analysis and accurate cost comparisons.
Relying solely on estimated costs omits crucial actual cost data, leaving a gap in performance analysis. This incomplete view limits continuous improvement and future forecasting.
Ingest both estimated and actual costs throughout the project lifecycle, offering a comprehensive dataset. This holistic capture strengthens trend analysis and strategic planning.
Without dynamic scenario tools, external shifts like inflation spikes leave estimates exposed and risk unmitigated. This rigidity makes it difficult to anticipate and adapt to changes.
Integrate real-time what-if analysis, allowing teams to simulate multiple scenarios effortlessly. This capability directly counteracts uncertainties and refines project forecasts.
When high-level estimates are detached from detailed data, forecasts become misaligned and unreliable. This disconnect weakens cost validation and strategic planning.
Seamlessly merge top-down strategy with bottom-up details, ensuring both perspectives align. This integration delivers a coherent, defensible cost model that enhances decision-making.
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