What We Deliver
Construction cost auditing provides an independent layer of financial oversight for projects where the stakes are high. Whether you're a lender monitoring drawdowns, an investor verifying project costs, or an owner who wants assurance that contractor claims match reality, a cost audit gives you the facts.
Zaki QS conducts structured audits of construction expenditure, reviewing payment claims against contracts, verifying quantities against site progress, reconciling budgets against actuals, and identifying discrepancies before they compound.
Our Services Include
- Payment claim auditing: line-by-line review of contractor claims against contracted rates, approved scope, and physical progress on site
- Budget vs. actual reconciliation: comparison of approved budgets, committed costs, actual expenditure, and forecast-at-completion across all packages
- Contract compliance review: verification that payments align with contract terms, conditions precedent have been met, and documentation is in order
- Variation audit: review of approved variations to ensure they are contractually valid, properly valued, and accurately reflected in cost reports
- Final account review: independent assessment of the contractor's final account against the contract sum, approved variations, and actual measured quantities
- Lender monitoring reports: cost audit reports formatted for lending institutions, covering drawdown verification, budget tracking, and risk assessment
- Procurement audit: review of procurement processes for probity, value-for-money, and compliance with governance requirements
Who This Is For
Lending institutions funding construction projects. Property investors wanting independent cost verification. Government agencies requiring expenditure audits. Project owners preparing for final account settlement. Anyone who needs to know that the numbers are right.
Our Experience
Our founder's career has been built on verifying, reconciling, and reporting construction costs:
- Conducted layered audits of contract execution on a $1B+ mining programme, verifying compliance with delegation of authority frameworks and commercial governance
- Managed monthly cost reporting and budget reconciliation across 20+ packages on a $200M+ industrial facility, tracking baseline budgets, approved changes, commitments, and forecast-at-completion
- Processed and verified contractor payment claims on major mining and infrastructure projects, ensuring claimed quantities matched contracted rates and approved scope
- Managed cost code mapping and cash flow reconciliation on a $230M transmission line project