Project Management for Foreign Investors

Efficiency. Control. Results.

We are a company specialised in the end-to-end management of construction projects and in quantity surveying services: we accompany the client from the first design decisions to final handover, with the confidence that their investment is in expert hands.

Quantity surveying is the commercial control of a project: measuring what has to be built, valuing it at real market prices, comparing trade tenders and closing the contracts, certifying each month what has genuinely been built, controlling variations and settling the final account. It is the role that in the UK and Ireland answers for the cost not drifting, and what stops the closing invoice looking nothing like the budget that was signed.

The company

We manage construction. We don’t build it.

A building is put up by many companies at once, and each answers only for its own part. We direct all of them on behalf of whoever is paying, and nobody else pays us.

Who answers to whom

01Independent — neither a contractor nor an estate agent: only the owner pays us, which is why we can choose everyone else on their behalf.

02From design to keys — an architecture practice too: we draw the design or coordinate your architect’s, and run it through to handover.

03One person — whoever runs your project is the one you deal with; specialists join per project.

04Three things we answer for — the date, the budget that was signed and the quality that was promised.

Shield Solutions SL · Valencia Spain · United Kingdom · Italy English · Spanish Hotel · Residential · Retail · Heritage Architecture Project & construction management

Behind Shield Solutions, first-rate international construction.

The firm’s direction has delivered projects of up to €200M in London, Venice and Spain: programming, construction supervision, quality and cost control, tender and budget analysis, permits, administrative processing and expert surveys. That is the experience behind every commission.

Building Engineer / Technical Architect MSc in Planning and Management · Civil Engineering Registered no. 6882 · COAT Valencia

Track record

2022–Present

Shield SolutionsManaging Director · Valencia

Badajoz 1 €23M · Venice 1 €3.5M · Paterna 1

2019–2022

Knight HarwoodProject Manager / Group Leader · London

London 3 €45M · London 2 €50M

2018–2019

Midgard · JRL GroupProject Manager / Site Manager · London

London 1 €200M

2011–2014

ForciaBuilding Engineer / Site Manager · London

Luxury residential · double basement · penthouses

2010–2011

QMC Tecnología QuímicaBuilding Engineer · Valencia

Budgets and execution of work packages

Commitment

Build with excellence, meet deadlines and maximise results.

01

Guarantee deadlines

Precise planning and total control of the schedule in every phase of the works.

02

Optimise resources

The best solutions and the most suitable trades to achieve maximum return.

03

Assure quality

Excellence throughout the construction process, from design to finishes.

One person accountable, everything in writing.

Hiring a project manager is worth little if you end up with one more person to chase. So the engagement is defined the same way every time: who decides, what gets reported, and how often.

01

A single point of contact

Whoever runs your project is the one who calls you, walks the site and signs the report. No layers between you and the works.

02

The same figures every month

Programme, spent, forecast at completion, open risks and pending decisions. Same format every time, so one month compares with the next.

03

Decisions that cost money are yours

We prepare them: options, price, programme impact and a recommendation. Never an overrun that is already built, presented as information.

04

Fees agreed up front, from nobody else

A percentage of the works or a monthly retainer, depending on the project. Not a euro from contractors or trades: if they paid us, we could not choose them for you.

International clients

Your project here, you somewhere else.

We have managed construction in Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy. From one country to the next the regulations change and little else: programme, cost and quality are controlled the same way in Badajoz as in Venice.

3countries

7years on site in London

1point of contact

How we work with foreign clients →

Frequently asked

In Spain the statutory design team answers for the works being built to the design and the regulations. The project manager replaces none of them: we manage the project as an investment — cost, programme, scope, contracts and risk — and represent the owner in front of everyone else. A scheme can have a faultless design team and still finish late and over budget.

Yes, and that is the norm. We impose no team of our own. If you already have a designer, contractor or trades you trust, we manage with them; if not, we put contrasted alternatives in front of you and you choose.

Typically a percentage of the construction budget; on long engagements, a monthly retainer. The useful comparison is not against zero but against what it costs not to have one: a single unforeseen variation or two months of delay swallows the whole fee. The calculator gives you a sense of construction cost, and we quote a fixed proposal against that figure.

That is the most common case. We are the eyes inside: regular visits, reporting in English or Spanish and authority to decide on your behalf as far as you authorise in writing.

It is never too late to limit the damage, but it can be too late to avoid it. With the works under way you can still claw back programme, renegotiate what is not built and put certification in order; what was built on a poor definition gets paid for.