KSN

Construction Cost Consultancyksn.ie

KSN is an Irish-owned construction consultancy founded in 1989 providing quantity surveying, cost management, and advisory services across the full project lifecycle to commercial developers, institutional investors, and corporate clients across Irish real estate sectors.

Company typePrivate
Founded1989
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Headcount101–250
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

What KSN does

KSN is an Irish-owned, privately held construction consultancy founded in 1989 and headquartered at Beech House, Beech Hill Office Campus, Dublin 4. It operates two specialist businesses from a single platform: KSN Construction Consultants, an independent quantity surveying and cost management practice that covers the full project lifecycle from feasibility through to final account; and KSN Energy, a sister business delivering systemised processes, mobile workforce management and digital infrastructure for energy certification and field operations at scale. The Construction Consultants business is organised into nine integrated service modules — cost planning and estimating, procurement and contract administration, cost control and management, risk strategies, cost optioneering, whole-life carbon assessment and life-cycle costing, dispute resolution, advisory services, and asset evaluation — applied across commercial, fit-out, residential, hotel and leisure, retail, industrial and logistics, education, healthcare, data centre and life sciences sectors.

KSN firmographics

Firmographics

Name: KSN
Legal name: KSN
Website: https://ksn.ie
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1989
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 101–250 employees
Short description: KSN is an Irish-owned construction consultancy founded in 1989 providing quantity surveying, cost management, and advisory services across the full project lifecycle to commercial developers, institutional investors, and corporate clients across Irish real estate sectors.
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KSN industry classification

Industry

Product category: Construction Cost Consultancy
NAICS: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (54133), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)
SIC: Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)
akta.pro primary industry: Telecommunications & Network Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAH)
akta.pro secondary industries: Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI), Electrical/Electronics & Embedded Systems Staffing (BPACADAF), Telecom & Network Engineering Staffing (BPACADAE), Knowledge Management & KCS Programs (BPAEAJAJ)

Keywords

Quantity surveying services
Construction cost management
Cost planning consultancy
Contract administration services
Whole life carbon assessment

Where KSN is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Dublin
HQ country: Ireland
HQ region: Europe

Markets served

KSN business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Quantity surveying and cost consultancy fees: Fee-based professional services delivered across the full project lifecycle: cost planning & estimating, procurement & contract administration, cost control & management, risk strategies, cost optioneering, WLCA & LCC, dispute resolution, advisory services, and asset evaluation. Engagements structured as project-based appointments from feasibility through final account.
KSN Energy operational services revenue: Revenue from KSN Energy's delivery of systemised operational solutions, including energy certification, mobile workforce management and digital infrastructure for organisations operating at scale across multiple sectors.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Other	—	Project-based consultancy fees negotiated per engagement

Go-to-market motion2 records

KSN product offering

Product offering

Core offering

KSN is an Irish-owned full-spectrum construction consultancy providing quantity surveying, cost management, and sustainability advisory services across the full project lifecycle — from feasibility through to final account. The firm operates two specialist businesses: KSN Construction Consultants, delivering cost planning, procurement, cost control, risk, dispute resolution, whole-life carbon assessment, advisory and asset evaluation services across commercial, fit-out, residential, hotel & leisure, retail, industrial & logistics, education, healthcare, data centre and life sciences sectors; and KSN Energy, providing operational solutions, energy certification, mobile workforce management and digital infrastructure for organisations operating at scale.

Product overview

KSN operates two specialist businesses structured as a parent-group model rather than a single software platform: KSN Construction Consultants, which is the core quantity surveying and cost consultancy offering organised into nine integrated service modules (Cost Planning and Estimating; Procurement and Contract Administration; Cost Control and Management; Risk Strategies; Cost Optioneering; WLCA and LCC; Dispute Resolution; Advisory Services; Asset Evaluation); and KSN Energy, a separate operational-solutions business delivering systemised processes, mobile workforce management and digital infrastructure for energy and field operations. Together they span the full asset lifecycle — from feasibility and masterplanning through tendering, delivery, handover and lifecycle costing — across commercial, fit-out, residential, hotel and leisure, data centre and life sciences, retail, industrial and logistics, education, healthcare and carbon analysis sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

KSN Construction Consultants: Independent construction consultancy providing quantity surveying, cost planning, cost control, procurement advice, risk management, dispute resolution and advisory services across all major building sectors in Ireland.
KSN Energy

Products and services

KSN Construction Consultants Ireland's trusted independent construction consultancy providing quantity surveying and cost control services from feasibility through to final account. Pairs rigorous cost management with strategic commercial insight for complex projects across commercial, fit-out, residential, hotel & leisure, retail, industrial & logistics, education, healthcare, data centre and life sciences sectors. Engagements are won through tendered and negotiated appointments on major schemes across Ireland and the UK/Ireland logistics market.
KSN Energy Sister business that helps organisations deliver consistent, high-quality results through systemised processes, mobile workforce management and practical digital infrastructure. Covers energy certification and field operations to enable scaling without quality compromise for organisations operating at scale across multiple sectors.

Companies that use KSN

Customer profile

Ideal customer profiles3 records

KSN technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

KSN partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

KSN competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

Gardiner & Theobald: UK-headquartered independent cost and project management consultancy with Irish project activity — competes with KSN on developer and investor mandates.
AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy with a significant cost-management practice in Ireland across transport, water, energy and built environment — competes for complex Irish QS engagements.
Arcadis: Global design, engineering and consultancy firm with a large cost-management practice (incorporating former Bruce Shaw and Cyril Sweett teams) — a direct competitor for complex Irish QS mandates.
Currie & Brown: International cost management and consultancy firm with strong UK/Ireland presence across real estate and infrastructure — overlaps with KSN's full-lifecycle cost consultancy offering.
Turner & Townsend: Global cost and project management consultancy operating across real estate, infrastructure and energy — competes with KSN on large Irish commercial and data-centre mandates as a much larger incumbent.
Mace Group: International consultancy and construction firm with cost consultancy and project management operations in Ireland and the UK — overlapping with KSN on commercial real-estate mandates.

Direct peers

Linesight: Irish-headquartered independent cost consultancy and project management firm with deep data-centre and life-sciences sector specialisation across EMEA, Asia and the Americas — directly comparable to KSN's sector mix and senior-led QS model.
Bruce Shaw (Arcadis): Former independent Irish cost consultancy now part of Arcadis, providing quantity surveying and project management — historic direct competitor and benchmark for KSN's independent owner-led model.
Mitchell McDermott: Irish independent quantity surveying and cost management consultancy serving commercial, residential, healthcare and data-centre clients — closest like-for-like Irish QS peer.

Emerging players

SEAI-registered energy assessors / BER Assessors (e.g., BER Assessors Ireland): Domestic energy certification and BER assessment providers against whom KSN Energy directly competes in the early-stage energy services line of business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

KSN compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance3 records

KSN financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

KSN leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

KSN subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries2 records

KSN funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

KSN M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about KSN

What does KSN do?

Is KSN a public or private company?

KSN is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was KSN founded?

KSN was founded in 1989. It employs 101 to 250 people.

Where is KSN based?

KSN is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, in the Europe region.

How does KSN make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Quantity surveying and cost consultancy fees are the primary driver. The others are KSN Energy operational services revenue.

Who are KSN's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are Gardiner & Theobald, AECOM, Arcadis, Currie & Brown, Turner & Townsend and Mace Group. Direct peers are Linesight, Bruce Shaw (Arcadis) and Mitchell McDermott. SEAI-registered energy assessors / BER Assessors (e.g., BER Assessors Ireland) is listed as an emerging player.

Does KSN have an API?

No public API is recorded for KSN.

What industry is KSN in?

KSN's product category is Construction Cost Consultancy. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHAIAH, Telecommunications & Network Engineering Consulting, with a secondary code of BPAHAIAI, Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management. Its NAICS code is 5413 and its SIC code is 8711.