What Exigere does

Exigere is an independent UK construction cost consultancy founded in 2012 by David Happell, Daniel Fryer, and Richard Hopper, who departed Davis Langdon (now AECOM) to establish the practice. The firm provides cost consultancy, project monitoring, engineering services, value and risk management, viability assessments, peer reviews, and life cycle cost planning to UK property developers, corporate occupiers, and real estate investors. It operates from two offices — London (Morelands, Old Street EC1V 9HL) and Cambridge (opened July 2024) — with approximately 20 equity partners and 50+ additional surveyors, associates, and support staff totaling roughly 70+ personnel.

The firm generates revenue through professional service fees, structured as project-based or time-charged engagements scoped to client requirements; pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements are typically won through competitive tender or direct appointment based on reputation and prior relationships. Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly in UK commercial real estate, with marquee repeat clients including Landsec, Great Portland Estates (GPE), Brookfield, Brockton Capital, British Land, Stanhope, Derwent London, W.RE, Fora, and corporate occupiers such as Google (KGX1, 700,000 sq ft King's Cross), Bloomberg, and Allen & Overy.

A core technical differentiator is a bespoke digital platform built on Microsoft Power Platform, providing interactive dashboards, benchmarking reports, elemental cost analysis, contractor mark-up analysis, and AI-supported analysis on a centralized cloud-based system. The firm supplements professional services with proprietary digital tooling rather than selling software as a product. FY2023/2024 turnover was £10.8m (24% YoY growth), and ownership remains concentrated among the equity partners as a private limited liability partnership (exigere LLP) with no external institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Exigere

Legal name

exigere LLP

Website

https://exigere.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Exigere is an independent UK construction cost consultancy founded in 2012, serving UK property developers, corporate occupiers, and real estate investors with cost management, project monitoring, value engineering, and life cycle cost planning delivered through a proprietary Microsoft Power Platform digital tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Cost Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF) (EUAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Construction cost consultancy
• Quantity surveying services
• Cost management advisory
• Construction project monitoring
• Value engineering consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cost Consultancy Services: Professional fee-based services providing cost management, procurement advice, risk assessment, and value engineering throughout construction projects. Revenue is generated through project-based fees or time-charged rates for consultancy engagements.
2. Monitoring Services: Employer monitoring and contract administration services for clients requiring oversight of construction projects, typically billed as recurring professional fees.
3. Engineering Services: Specialized engineering cost consultancy services including MEP cost planning and building services advice.
4. Viability Assessments: Pre-development feasibility studies and viability assessments to help clients evaluate project economics before committing to development.
5. Peer Reviews: Independent review and validation of cost estimates or project budgets prepared by other consultants.
6. Life Cycle Cost Plans: Long-term cost modeling services covering operational and maintenance costs over building lifecycles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Exigere is an independent construction cost consultancy delivering professional cost management, monitoring, engineering, value and risk management, viability assessment, peer review, and life cycle cost planning services to UK property developers, corporate occupiers, and investors. The firm pairs these consultancy services with a bespoke digital platform built on Microsoft Power Platform that provides interactive dashboards, benchmarking tools, elemental cost analysis, contractor mark-up analysis, and AI-supported analysis for data-driven project cost decisions.

Product overview

Exigere is an independent construction cost consultancy firm offering professional services rather than a software product company. Their service portfolio consists of seven core consultancy offerings: cost consultancy, monitoring, engineering services, value and risk management, viability assessments, peer reviews, and life cycle cost plans. These services are delivered alongside a proprietary digital platform and analytics tools built on Microsoft Power Platform, which provides interactive dashboard reports, benchmarking capabilities, and AI-supported analysis for project cost management and decision support. The firm operates across multiple UK locations serving sectors including commercial office, residential, healthcare, science, education, and industrial construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 24% revenue growth to £10.8m in FY 2023/2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grosvenor SME Suppliers Mentoring ProgrammeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2023Exigere participated in Grosvenor's SME Mentoring Programme which supports smaller companies in their carbon reduction journey. The programme, run in partnership with Heart of the City, helped Exigere develop their Science Based Target and validate their pathway to reduce emissions by 46% by 2030.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure and cost consultancy formed through the merger that absorbed Davis Langdon (where Exigere's founders previously worked). Provides full-spectrum cost management, project management, and engineering services, competing head-to-head on major London schemes but at much larger scale.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm (parent of EC Harris / Faithful+Gould) with major UK cost management practice serving commercial real estate, infrastructure, and public sector. Competes with Exigere on flagship London developments while offering significantly broader advisory and design capabilities.
• Turner & Townsend: Global cost consultancy and project management firm headquartered in the UK with significant London cost management practice serving the same developer clients (British Land, Landsec, Stanhope) as Exigere, but with a broader service portfolio including program management, asset management, and energy advisory.

Direct peers

• Alinea: Independent London-headquartered cost consultancy (formerly a Currie & Brown spin-out) operating in the same mid-tier space as Exigere, serving commercial real estate developers with cost management, project monitoring, and advisory services.
• Gardiner & Theobald: Long-established independent UK cost consultancy and project management firm with strong heritage in London commercial real estate. Directly comparable mid-to-large peer competing for the same developer client base across office, residential, and mixed-use developments.
• Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB): Global independent construction cost consultancy with strong UK presence, particularly in London commercial real estate. Competes directly with Exigere for cost management mandates on office developments, fit-outs, and mixed-use schemes for major developers.
• Core Five: Independent London cost consultancy founded by former EC Harris partners, providing cost management, project monitoring, and employer's agent services. Closely comparable in size, structure, and target client base to Exigere, competing for the same London commercial real estate mandates.
• Cast Consultancy: Independent London-based cost consultancy offering quantity surveying, cost management, and project monitoring. Targets a similar mid-market developer and corporate occupier client base in commercial real estate, comparable in scale and partner-led structure to Exigere.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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