Abacus: Combining solid expertise with excellent service
Abacus is a trusted consultancy with deep sector knowledge and a proven track record in delivering complex, high-profile projects.
Abacus brings a clear commercial focus and a hands-on, solutions-led approach to every project, with particular expertise in the student accommodation, build to rent, and sport and leisure sectors.
Since 2007, Abacus has built strong relationships with clients across the public and private sectors, including leading developers, universities and local authorities. The team is known for its honest, no-nonsense style and its commitment to protecting client interests from start to finish.
Now part of the Contollo Group, Abacus contributes decades of experience to our wider national platform. Together, we’re shaping smarter, more efficient buildings, combining cost confidence with intelligent, low-carbon delivery.

Key strengths
- Deep sector knowledge in student accommodation, build to rent, and sport and leisure
- Rigorous cost planning, risk management and project leadership
- Trusted by long-term clients for honest advice and dependable delivery
- Strong focus on collaboration, integrity and commercial outcomes
Abacus projects
Sport England has worked with Abacus over the past 15 years and have consistently found they understand our business, provide us with reliable good quality information and can prioritise workload at short notice
The Contollo Group
We believe in the power of collaboration, innovation and a shared vision for success. Our family of companies brings together some of the UK’s most innovative and successful consultancies, each fuelled by its own specialist sector expertise and commitment to excellence.
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Abacus is a cost management consultancy that drives value for clients, helping to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Our updates and insights
Browse our collection of articles, updates and insights about how we are shaping the future of our built environment.
Apprenticeships and Training: Future-Proofing the MEP Sector
: As the construction industry continues to face a widening skills gap, apprenticeships are more important than ever because the future of MEP will be built by those who invest in people today.
Deyes High School: A Net Zero Carbon Learning Environment Now Complete
: Pupils are stepping into their fully completed, state-of-the-art school building as Deyes High School reaches completion.