When we ask, “Other than price, were there other factors that guided your decision?”, we often hear “No, the other company gave a competitive price for the same thing”. Though the client may not realise what “the same thing” means, this is a classic example of how the feeling of “saving money” powers a decision.
The final decision is ruled by how one “feels” about the information one receives. That decision is then justified by logic.

So, if we told you that we can estimate a clear dollar figure (at our fee proposal stage), of how much we can potentially help you save on construction costs, how would you feel? Would that figure (of how much you can potentially save) be of interest to you and your client?

A few days back, one of our clients told us that the dollar estimate would help convince their economic buyer about our competent services. He said that on their recent project, our Consulting helped them save “approximately $100,000 dollars” in construction costs. He further mentioned that this saving was achieved with our Verification Method JV3 Assessment, and it is a “no-brainer” to spend slightly more on JV3 in order to save hundreds and thousands during construction (compared to ‘inexpensive ‘ Deemed to Satisfy method, which can induce higher construction costs due to its various insulation and glazing stringencies). Now, which consultant will they choose, every time they think of “saving money”?

Will they feel pinched spending $2000 upfront for a JV3 assessment to save $100,000 in construction? Or will they save on DtS (half of JV3 costs) upfront, and end up spending $100,000 extra on construction?

If you would like to know more about how to choose the right consultant, contact us and we’ll send you a free PDF copy of “How to Select an Energy Efficiency Assessor”.

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Our QMS certification has a scope of “The provision of energy efficiency assessments and consulting”.

Procedure

An independent auditor from SAI Global inspected various elements of our QMS. This included the Quality Manual (Manual), Annual Internal Audit Report and Annual Quality Management Review.

The Auditor interviewed all available staff regarding their contribution to the operation and continual improvement of the QMS.

This audit had two objectives: (1)to determine continued compliance of our QMS with audit criteria; and (2)its effectiveness in achieving continual improvement and system objectives.

The audit determined that our management system has the ability to ensure we meet identified applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements relevant to the scope of certification.

We have scheduled our Transition Audit to ISO9001:2015 for late 2017. Because our complying QMS has been around for 14 years, this transition should be straightforward.

What is the value of using a Quality company?

In order to provide consistent, repeatable calculations, our QMS consists of:

• A Manual with an Objective to guide management and all staff
• Criteria consisting of: Timeliness, Accuracy and Report Presentation
• Annual Quality Management Review of the whole business
• Detailed Operational Procedures for Marketing & Sales, Office Administration, and Assessments
• Internal Audits – checking completed jobs for procedural compliance
• Client Quality Calls – how we performed compared to the expected outcome
• Records of non-conformances in the Criteria – identify the causes and how to prevent repeats
• Records of Customer Complaints and resolutions
• Employee Handbook for all business policies and procedures
• Five-year Business Plan

Our clients highly value our services because we understand the importance of delivering consistent results.

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