CHARTERED SURVEYING

22 Kings Street Passage, London W1

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calfordseaden's range of chartered building & quantity surveying services include:

 

Private finance initiatives (PFI)

We have technical advisors and project managers with PFI expertise currently working on a variety of PFI projects. As a multi-disciplinary practice, we are able to deliver technical services on many aspects of the PFI process and assist in the overall delivery of the project.

 

The range of services calfordseaden are able to offer to both public and private partners are summarized below:

 

Project Inception Stages

  • Housing consultancy
  • Assessment of building stock and condition including stock condition surveys, measured and full building surveys
  • Advise on existing and preferred maintenance strategies
  • Project management of the PFI process

 

Outline Business Case (OBC), Memorandum of Information & Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Stages

 

Advise and provide technical input into the preparation of the Outline Business Case (OBC) to include:

  • Option appraisals
  • Value for money
  • Risk allocation
  • Viability
  • Public sector comparator, including production of estimated build and whole life costings
  • Advise on housing, tenancy, programming and partnering matters
  • Advise and provide technical input into the preparation of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Memorandum of Information. Review and evaluate bidders responses to the PQQ

Interim Submission of Outline Proposals/Solutions (ISOP/ISOS), Invitation to Negotiate (ITN)/Tender (ITT) & Best and Final Offer (BAFO) Stages

 

Advise and provide technical input into the preparation of the ISOP/ISOS, ITN and ITT documentation to include but not limited to:

  • Design and performance criteria
  • Output specifications and availability standards
  • Risk allocation and evaluation of bids criteria
  • Bid requirements and any other relevant technical factors

To interpret the ISOP/ISOS, ITN and ITT documentation and assist the bidder with the delivery and provision of the following technical services:

  • Assessment of building stock and condition
  • Housing consultancy
  • Architectural design and space planning
  • Planning and conservation
  • Masterplanning and programming
  • Quantity surveying and whole life cost consultancy including net present value analysis
  • Maintenance strategies and costings
  • Facilities management including advice on preferred maintenance strategies
  • Project management and monitoring services
  • Service delivery plan covering all areas of the Partners full service responsibilities

Review and evaluate bidders proposals at ISOP/ISOS, ITN/ITT and BAFO stages using the following evaluation criteria:

  • Deliverability and fit for purpose
  • Overall design and aesthetics of the proposals
  • Compliance with the output specification and availability standards
  • Performance and service delivery proposals
  • Operation of the facility and Facilities Management proposals
  • Security, safety, special needs and diasbled considerations
  • Environmental impact
  • Project management
  • Total costings
  • Negotiate on behalf of and represent either party at the appropriate stages of negotiation.
  • Assist with the preparation of the Full Business Case

Implementation of Contract & Post Contract Stages


On awarding of contracts and at any time during the contract period, the following technical services can be provided by the practice:

  • Architectural
  • Building surveying
  • Clerk of works Services
  • Condition surveys and other building related services
  • Construction management and employer's agent
  • Contract management and contract administration
  • Cost consultancy
  • Health and safety consultancy (including CDM Coordination)
  • Master planning
  • Party Wall and Rights of Light Issues
  • Performance monitoring
  • Project management, monitoring and due diligence

 

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Project and technical audits

We are frequently instructed to carry out projects and technical audits as part of our overall service.

 

Typically these comprise a technical appraisal of the proposed accommodation, design and/or construction planning of a building or project, to verify that it meets the client's standards. This may involve verification of compliance with the client's brief, checking of designs against funder's specifications, current legislation and statutory requirements, Lifetime Homes Accessibility Standards, Building Regulation Standards, Secured By Design Standards, etcetera.

 

This process normally includes a critical appraisal of internal layouts or external design features, with suggestions given where there is room for improvement in terms of usability, user friendliness or ease of maintenance. Value engineering and Lifetime Costing Reviews and Assessments are also part of this process.

  

 

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Property taxation advice

The majority of Corporate Tax Payers miss opportunities when acquiring property or incurring expenditure upon premises because available Tax Relief allowances are not fully exploited. There is significant tax advantage by examining expenditure, but many purchasers are either unaware of the benefits or experience problems when making claims. In order to ensure that the value of allowances are maximised, we can: 

 

  • Examine the legal position affecting the claim - ideally prior to commencing work
  • Prepare appropriate documentation of the premises for future reference in negotiations with the Inland Revenue
  • Prepare a just appointment of expenditure in accordance with the relevant legislation and the requirements of the Inland Revenue but with the benefit of discretionary practices and extra statutory concessions that are available
  • Examine lump sum figures to maximum advantage. (Newly constructed buildings, particularly Design and Build projects, often provide insufficient details)
  •  Interpret case law to claim certain 'grey' plant items for tax relief

 

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Quantity surveying

Managing and controlling building contracts and costs including estimating and cost control, procurement and contract advice, producing tender documentation, managing the tender process and managing cost matters through to the agreement of the final account.

 

 

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Refurbishment

The refurbishment of properties often presents many difficulties, such as, access, identification of structural implications and programming. Our involvement in this sector includes projects ranging from single dwellings (including listed buildings) through to complex schemes for high rise blocks as part of stock transfers, estate action and regeneration projects.

We have extensive experience in working with residents in occupation and regularly liaise with them to minimise the inconvenience and disruption caused by the refurbishment of their accommodation.

 

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Research

Research is the cornerstone of all our services and we specialise in finding solutions to our clients problems through enquiries to local authorities and scrutinizing archive and historical records. Research has also allowed us to develop new software solutions and to provide the fastest possible, best informed service to our clients.

 

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Rights of lights

We offer advice on whether a Right of Light has been established, under the Prescription Act 1832 or by any other means. We also advise upon whether a proposed development will affect the Right to Light and by how much, using our specialised software.

 

We negotiate with adjoining owners to agree settlement of claims for damage or advise on the likelihood of obtaining an injunction against development as well as offering advice on the registration of notional obstructions under the Rights of Light Act 1959, to prevent a Right to Light from being acquired.

 

More information on Rights of Light.

 

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Schedule of conditions

As chartered surveyors, we regularly undertake schedules of condition for a variety of purposes including annexure to a lease, part of a party wall agreement or simply to record what is existing. Our schedules are formatted for ease of reference and are usually accompanied by photographs, sketches or video.

 

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Sunlight & daylight
These are not easements in the same way that a Right to Light is, but they are two of the many matters with which the Local Planning Authority (LPA) will concern themselves when considering Planning Applications. Development of land can result in significant changes to the amount of daylight and sunlight reaching windows and, in residential areas, sunlight to gardens. The LPA can insist on alterations to the proposed development if it considers these changes are too great.


If you know the maximum height and size of a building that can be constructed without affecting your neighbour's light, you can significantly increase your chances of successfully obtaining planning consent.

 

More information of Sunlight & Daylight

 

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Topographical surveys

We advise our clients on the various types of topographical surveys which may be required for a proposed development or an existing structure. These surveys provide the necessary information for a design to be accurately prepared.

 

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Urban regeneration

The Practice has a team dedicated to working primarily on regeneration projects. The Practice has a proven track record and continues to attract instructions on large scale and multi-faceted urban regeneration schemes, some of which have a high profile particularly within the Social Housing sector. The regeneration team was set up in recognition of the requirement for projects to be carefully managed by professionals with the appropriate skills and depth of experience necessary to ensure their successful delivery.

 

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Value engineering

We compare and assess design solutions against our client's value systems to secure the best possible value for money in terms of safety, performance and delivery targets. Our service eliminates unnecessary costs within design and ensures that the optimum building solution is achieved.

 

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