Weekly site visit
Four visits a month
Twice-weekly site visit
Eight visits a month
Dedicated engineer on alternate days
Around twelve visits a month
A qualified engineer at your site every working day
Daily through the build
Degree civil engineer with five or more years on site
Degree civil engineer with five or more years on site
Degree civil engineer
Degree civil engineer with five or more years on site
Site Measurement
Recorded in the visit report
Monthly measurement
Fortnightly measurement
Weekly measurement
Measures what was actually built, not what was claimed
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Not included
Escalation support only
Coordination with contractor teams
Full coordination of contractor and vendor teams
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Not included
Spot check of major bills
Sampled items
Every bill checked against measurement
All major items
Every contractor bill re-measured before you pay
Every bill audited line by line
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Not included
Key structural items only
All major items re-measured
Line by line against site measurement
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Not included
Raised verbally with the contractor
Noted in the written report
Corrections issued in writing before payment is released
Owner decides independently
Recommendation given by the engineer
Approval issued once stage checks pass
Payments release only after checks pass — one tap in the app
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Not included
Reported when noticed
Tracked against the agreed budget
Tracked against budget with written variance notes
Monthly report
Fortnightly report
Weekly report
Photos, reports and progress in your pocket by 7 PM daily
On request
Monthly photo set
Weekly photo set
Daily photo set in the app
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Not included
Read-only progress view
Full app access for the owner
Live progress app with one-tap payment approvals
Phone and email
Phone, email and a WhatsApp group
Dedicated project manager
Dedicated engineer and project manager
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Not included
On request
Monthly walkthrough with the engineer
Walkthrough at every milestone with the engineer
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Not included
High-level programme
Stage-by-stage schedule
Stage-by-stage schedule — slippage flagged the day it starts
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Not included
Reviewed monthly
Reviewed weekly
Flagged the day it starts
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Not included
Indicative material list
Stage-wise material schedule
Stage-wise schedule with procurement support
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Not included
Drawings passed to the contractor
Drawings checked against site work
Drawings checked, queries raised with the architect
Rate Basis
Billed against measured built-up area
Per sq.ft of built-up area
Per sq.ft of built-up area
Per sq.ft of built-up area
Per sq.ft of built-up area
Not locked
Locked for six months
Locked for twelve months
Rate locked till handover
As applicable
As applicable
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Nil beyond the agreed scope
Hidden fees nil — all-inclusive to handover
Not accepted
Considered case by case
Accepted, priced on the remaining area
Accepted, rate applies to the remaining built-up area
Chennai
Chennai and Coimbatore
Chennai and Coimbatore
Chennai and Coimbatore
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Not included
Snag list at handover
Snag list with contractor follow-up
Snag list, follow-up and final quality sign-off