About

We've sat on your side of the table.

Alves Rowe is a preconstruction consultancy built on firsthand main-contractor experience. We know the pressures your team is under, because we've been under them too.

Our approach

Preconstruction lives or dies on clarity. We bring coordination and cost certainty to complex projects, from feasibility through to construction.

  • Clarity. Scope, assumptions and allowances documented so everyone prices the same job.
  • Coordination. Design and procurement aligned early, before they turn into cost.
  • Cost certainty. A single, trusted view of budget that holds from feasibility to site.
  • Partnership. We work as an extension of your team, not a box-ticking supplier.
10+
Years' experience
50+
Projects delivered
250+
Subcontractor network
Jamie Rowe, director of Alves Rowe
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Who we are

From the tools to the tender.

Jamie Rowe, director of Alves Rowe, started as a carpenter in 2012 and came up through property and construction management before moving into preconstruction. That route is why our packages read the way they do: put together by people who understand how the work actually gets built, not just how it looks on a drawing.

I spent six years on the tools before I ever priced a job. It changes how you read a drawing. You see what is actually going to happen on site, not just what is on the page.Jamie Rowe, Director
  • Every job goes through Jamie. He takes the brief, sets the approach and checks the work before it comes back to you.
  • Support behind the scenes. Admin, document control and coordination are handled separately, so the technical work is never held up by paperwork.
  • Buildability flagged at tender. Where a detail cannot be built the way it is drawn, you hear about it while there is still time to price it, not when it reaches site.
2012
CarpentryOn the tools, building the work that later had to be priced.
2018
Property managementBuildings in use, and what they really cost to run and maintain.
2021
Construction managementDelivery on site, programme, and coordinating the trades.
2023
PreconstructionEstimating, tender management and cost planning.

Let's discuss your project.

Tell us about your tender or project and we'll show you exactly how we can help you win it, and deliver it.