Project delivery
grounded in experience
Matthews & Roberts provides construction project delivery, CDM compliance, and health & safety consultancy across the UK. We work with clients, designers, and contractors who require experienced advisors rather than additional process.
Our work spans commercial developments, infrastructure, housing, transport, and data centres. The common thread: practical advice from practitioners who understand project realities and deliver governance that supports, not hinders, progress.
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A consultancy built on delivery experience
Matthews & Roberts exists to provide construction projects with experienced, practical advisory support. Not compliance theatre, but governance that genuinely improves outcomes. Not theoretical guidance, but advice from practitioners who understand programme realities and commercial constraints.
We are project managers, CDM specialists, and health and safety professionals. Our team has worked client-side, contractor-side, and within design organisations. This breadth matters because it means we understand how decisions in one domain affect project-wide delivery.
We operate across the UK, supporting projects from early feasibility through to completion and handover. Our clients include developers, local authorities, main contractors, and specialist subcontractors. The common requirement: trusted advisors who integrate with existing teams and deliver value, not additional bureaucracy.
UK-wide
Coverage
Multi-sector
Expertise
All roles
CDM Support
Led by people who remain operationally engaged
Our leadership team remains actively involved in project delivery. This isn't a consultancy where senior people only appear for tender interviews. The experience that established this firm continues to inform our client work every day.
"We established this consultancy on a straightforward principle: people advising on construction projects should have genuine delivery experience. Not just academic knowledge, but practical understanding of how projects succeed or fail."
Matthews & Roberts Leadership
Founding Principle
Technical leadership
Our directors hold professional qualifications in project management, CDM, and health and safety. More significantly, they've applied that expertise across diverse project types, procurement routes, and commercial frameworks.
Client relationships
Senior team members maintain direct relationships with key clients. When complex issues require experienced judgement, you speak to someone who knows your project and understands the broader context.
Team development
We invest substantially in developing our people. The quality of our advice depends entirely on team capability. Everyone joining Matthews & Roberts works alongside experienced practitioners from their first day.
What construction consultancy should deliver
Too much of construction consultancy has become disconnected from construction reality. Advice is provided by people who haven't had to implement it under programme pressure. Compliance becomes documentation for its own sake rather than genuine risk management. Governance creates parallel workstreams rather than strengthening delivery.
We believe there's a better approach. Where consultants are valued for their experience, not just their accreditations. Where advice is judged by whether it works on site, not whether it covers liability. Where the objective is genuine safety and project success, not merely the appearance of compliance.
Less of
- —Generic documentation disconnected from project reality
- —Consultants who audit from distance without context
- —Compliance as bureaucratic exercise rather than risk control
- —Advice that ignores commercial and programme constraints
More of
- Practical guidance from experienced delivery practitioners
- Integration with project teams, not parallel governance
- Compliance that genuinely improves safety outcomes
- Advice that acknowledges programme and budget reality
How we deliver project value
Every project presents different challenges, but our approach follows consistent principles refined through extensive delivery experience. These aren't marketing positions—they're the working methods that make our advice effective.
Understand context before advising
We invest time understanding your project, your organisation, and your constraints before providing recommendations. Generic advice serves no one. Effective guidance requires context.
Integrate with existing teams
We work within your established structures and processes. Our role is to strengthen your delivery capability, not to create parallel governance that duplicates effort and slows progress.
Provide proportionate guidance
We distinguish between material risks requiring immediate attention and minor issues that can be managed through normal processes. Our advice is calibrated to actual risk, not perceived liability.
Remain accountable throughout
We don't provide recommendations and withdraw. We remain engaged through implementation, available when questions arise, and accountable for the advice we've provided.
The result
Governance that enables delivery. Projects that maintain momentum. Clients who engage us repeatedly because our advice genuinely helps.
What we're here to achieve
To provide construction projects with experienced, practical advisory support that improves safety outcomes, ensures regulatory compliance, and contributes directly to successful delivery.
Safety outcomes
Not merely compliant documentation, but genuine improvements in how projects identify, assess, and manage construction risk.
Regulatory compliance
Meeting CDM 2015 and related requirements in ways that support project delivery, not merely satisfy audit trails.
Project success
Contributing to projects that complete on programme, within budget, and without the incidents that derail delivery.
For practitioners who value substance over process
Matthews & Roberts attracts professionals who want their work to have genuine impact. People who are frustrated by superficial compliance and want to deliver proper governance. Experienced practitioners who value competence over credentials.
We look for demonstrated expertise and sound judgement. Professional qualifications matter, but so does the ability to apply knowledge under pressure. We want people who can have difficult conversations when necessary, and who take genuine pride in getting things right.
In return, we offer meaningful work on significant projects, development opportunities alongside experienced colleagues, and an environment where good work is recognised and rewarded appropriately.
What we look for
Professional accreditations
Ready to discuss
your project?
Whether you need project management, CDM compliance, health & safety advisory, or cost management support, we're ready to help. Contact us for a straightforward conversation about your requirements.