What Nova Building Consultancy does

Nova Building Consultancy Limited is a privately held, niche building and project consultancy headquartered at 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London. The firm provides surveying, project management, contract administration, and development monitoring services to commercial real estate clients — including property companies, developers, investment and pension funds, banks and financial institutions, agents, solicitors, and private occupiers — across the UK and Europe. Service delivery spans the full development lifecycle from inception to completion, covering retail, industrial, office, PRS, hotel, data centre, and residential development.

The firm's service portfolio is organised into three interconnected lines: Building Consultancy (pre-acquisition and vendor surveys, condition surveys, planned preventative maintenance, reinstatement cost assessments, specialist surveys covering environmental, cladding and deleterious materials, dilapidations, party wall matters, and ESG/sustainability advice), Project Services (project management, employer's agent, lead consultant, contract administration, design management, cost consultancy, risk and health & safety consultancy, and CDM 2015 advisory), and Development Monitoring (development appraisals, fund and bank monitoring, financial drawdown management, tenant monitoring, strategic and cost advice, onsite works monitoring, and development funding agreement input). There is no proprietary technology platform; value delivery rests on professional consultancy expertise and a multidisciplinary network of architects, structural and civil engineers, MEPH consultants, planning advisors, environmental and ecology specialists, transport consultants, and BREEAM/sustainability consultants.

The business operates on a direct, sales-led, B2B professional services model, earning revenue through project-based consultancy fees. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm has approximately 5 employees, no disclosed funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and no management team or ownership information in the public record. Acquisition channels are limited to the company website (novabc.co.uk) and a single published phone/email contact point, with no disclosed marketing or partnership programme.

Name

Nova Building Consultancy

Legal name

Nova Building Consultancy Limited

Website

https://novabc.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nova Building Consultancy is a London-based niche building and project consultancy providing surveying, project management, and development monitoring services to commercial real estate clients — including developers, funds, and banks — across the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building and Project Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Management Consulting Services (54161), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Due Diligence & Underwriting Advisory (Financial/Operational) (BPAJANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Due Diligence Advisory (Commercial/Financial/Operational) (BPAHADAE)

Keywords

• Building consultancy services
• Technical due diligence
• Project management consultancy
• Development monitoring
• Contract administration

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: Nova generates revenue through providing building consultancy and project management services to commercial real estate clients. Services include Technical Due Diligence, Project Management, Contract Administration, Development Monitoring, Building Surveys, and related professional consultancy engagements. Revenue is earned through project-based consultancy fees and professional service engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Nova Building Consultancy is a niche building and project consultancy providing surveying, project management, and development monitoring services to commercial real estate clients across the UK and Europe. Core offerings cover Technical Due Diligence (pre-acquisition and vendor building surveys, condition surveys, reinstatement cost assessments, specialist surveys, dilapidations, party wall, ESG and sustainability advice), Project Services (project management, employer's agent, lead consultant, contract administration, design and cost consultancy, CDM 2015 advisory), and Development Monitoring (development appraisals, fund and bank monitoring, financial drawdown management, tenant monitoring, onsite works monitoring, and statutory compliance review).

Product overview

Nova Building Consultancy is a niche building and project consultancy providing surveying and project management services. The company operates as a single unified professional services firm rather than a technology product platform. The portfolio consists of three interconnected service lines: Building Consultancy Services (technical surveying and assessment), Project Services (project management and contract administration), and Development Monitoring Services (financial oversight and compliance monitoring). These services work together to support commercial real estate delivery from inception to completion across retail, industrial, office, PRS, hotel, data centre, and residential development sectors throughout the UK and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Consultancy Services
• Project Services
• Development Monitoring Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Core Five: London-based boutique building and project consultancy providing employer's agent, project management, contract administration and development monitoring to CRE clients. Directly comparable in size, service mix and client focus to Nova.
• BuildSurv: UK consultancy providing building surveys, technical due diligence, project management and contract administration across commercial real estate. Overlaps directly with Nova's three service lines and small-firm boutique profile.
• Malcolm Hollis: UK building consultancy specialising in technical due diligence, building surveys, project monitoring and dilapidations. Closest direct competitor to Nova, with overlapping services, similar CRE client base (funds, banks, developers) and a senior-led boutique delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Knight Frank Building Consultancy: Knight Frank's UK Building Consultancy practice covers TDD, project management, contract administration and development monitoring for CRE investors and lenders. Same client base and service categories as Nova, embedded within a larger real estate brand.
• Faithful+Gould (SNC-Lavalin / AtkinsRéalis): UK cost consultancy and project management firm providing TDD, employer's agent, development monitoring and contract administration. Competes with Nova on the same mandates, typically for larger schemes and institutional clients.
• Colliers Project Leaders (UK): Colliers' UK project management and building consultancy team delivers project management, contract administration and development monitoring. Overlaps with Nova's project services line but with broader geographic reach and greater scale.
• JLL Project & Development Services: Global CRE services firm offering project management, development monitoring, cost consultancy and technical due diligence at scale. Competes with Nova on the same mandates but with substantially larger capacity and global lender panel positions.
• Arcadis (UK Building Consultancy): Arcadis provides cost consultancy, project management and technical advisory across UK CRE. Overlaps with Nova's project services and development monitoring offerings within a much broader portfolio of design, engineering and asset advisory services.
• CBRE Project Management (UK): CBRE's UK Project Management and Building Consultancy practice delivers TDD, development monitoring and project management to funds, lenders and developers. Same service categories as Nova but at significantly larger scale with global reach.
• Cushman & Wakefield Project & Development Services: Global CRE consultancy offering building surveying, technical due diligence, project management and development monitoring across UK and Europe. Direct overlap with Nova's services, addressing funds, banks and developers but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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