Case Studies/Property Estimates & Approval Platform
Senior Consultancy Engagement

Property Estimates & Approval Platform
with Commercial Governance

A property management organisation needed a structured way to create estimates, route approvals, capture sign-off decisions, and evidence commercial governance.

Sector Property management
Engagement Senior consultancy
Platform Power Platform and SharePoint
Focus Estimates and approvals
The Challenge

The problem behind the work

Project estimates for maintenance, refurbishment, and facilities work were produced in inconsistent formats, stored in different locations, and submitted through informal email chains.

Leadership had no reliable view of which estimates were pending, approved, rejected, or awaiting commercial sign-off, and decisions were difficult to evidence after the fact.

Inconsistent estimates Estimate documents varied by creator, format, and storage location.
Email-based approvals Sign-off requests were tracked through email with no central status view.
Limited decision visibility Management could not see outstanding, approved, or blocked estimates without manual chasing.
No audit trail Approval, rejection, scope change, and comment history was not consistently recorded.
The Solution

What was delivered

A Power Platform estimates and approvals platform was delivered to manage the lifecycle from estimate creation through approval, rejection, sign-off, and reporting.

Standardised estimate creation

A structured form captured scope, costs, property details, timeline, and supporting information consistently.

Multi-stage approval workflow

Power Automate routed estimates to the correct approvers with notifications and escalation paths.

Sign-off and rejection tracking

Approvers could record decisions, comments, and conditions inside the system.

Central estimate tracker

A canvas app showed current stage, responsible approver, outstanding actions, and completion status.

Auditable history

SharePoint captured each submission, approval, rejection, comment, and timestamp.

Reporting dashboards

Power BI surfaced pipeline volume, bottlenecks, turnaround times, and outstanding work.

Outcomes

What changed

Consistent estimate quality

Teams create estimates using the same structure and required information.

Real-time pipeline visibility

Decision-makers can see the status of every estimate without chasing updates.

Full commercial audit trail

Every approval decision is timestamped and attributable.

Reduced manual admin

Notifications and workflow routing replaced manual follow-up.

Better governance

Commercial sign-off became a standard process rather than an informal email trail.

Management insight

Dashboards highlight volume, bottlenecks, and approval trends.

Delivered in a senior consultancy capacity. Organisation details anonymised.
Technology

Platform components

Power Apps (Canvas) Power Automate SharePoint Power BI

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