How we work
A descent with marked stops
Every mandate is a descent with marked stops. You always know which stop you are at, what it costs, and what leaving now would mean. Nothing is billed before the second mark.
0 m
First contact
One sentence from you. A call inside 24 hours, or straight to a written note if that is faster. Nothing signed, nothing billed.
Free · same working day−4 m
Preliminary position
One page: what this actually is, the likely range of outcomes, roughly what it costs, and one recommendation.
Free · within 24 working hours−12 m
Scope and price
A proposal with a fixed price where scope can be drawn, or an hourly rate with a ceiling where it cannot.
Within 48 hours of the call−40 m
The work
Reporting on the schedule in the engagement letter, not on request. If the seabed turns out different from the sounding, you hear it the same week.
Fee ceiling always in writing