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project management
Our range of project management services include:
Our project managers perform the role of contract administrator under many forms of building contracts. They will monitor quality, costs and program schedules together with issuing contract instructions, agreeing variations and final accounts.
We act as expert witness and advisor in all areas of building contract disputes. Our adjudicators and arbitrators have considerable experience in, for example, dispute resolution and professional negligence claims.
Our project managers provide competent technical advice in the investigation, identification and remediation of defects to all building types. Our expertise extends to offering advice in defect dispute resolution.
We can provide from initial inception, development appraisals utilising our extensive experience of various building forms and using internal historic and externally published cost data information. Through cost planning and value engineering, we will provide cost advice to assist the design and construction of the project within the client's budgetary constraints.
Tenants who occupy a building on completion but are not a contractual party to its construction or refurbishment can benefit from our development monitoring service. We will make regular site visits to ensure that works are carried out in accordance with the contract documents and submit regular reports covering progress, variations and budgetary matters. We assist tenants and funders by ensuring that adequate contract documents are in place, including warranties and bonds. We can act as technical auditors covering all aspects of building construction related work with an emphasis, but not exclusively, on design specification and cost.
We have extensive experience in acting as employer's agent for many of our clients dealing with design and build schemes, ranging from small individual projects to multi-million pound consortia developments. Our expertise and flexible approach allows us to tailor the service we offer to each client.
Our partnering team advises on the different approaches, contract routes and procedures that partnering can take. The team is actively involved in facilitating workshops and advising clients on all aspects of partnering. We have adopted the following policy:
"calfordseaden will positively promote the benefits of construction partnering and, as a minimum on all projects, promote the use of the Construction Industry Board's partnering pact model"
We are involved in projects where a full-partnered approach has been adopted. Many of these have been instigated and procured via the partnering route with construction and design partners being selected on a best value basis in line with 'Egan' recommendations and the latest European Construction Institute guidelines.
We are committed to adopting the 'Egan' principles and are always prepared to work with our partner clients, constructors and design consultants to deliver performance improvements and meet the mutual objectives at the heart of the partnered approach.
Project management and co-ordination
We have extensive experience acting as project managers and/or co-ordinators for many of our clients dealing with projects ranging from small individual to complex multi-million pound schemes.
Our expertise and flexible approach allows us to tailor the services we offer to suit our clients' individual requirements. This can range from the full design and contract administration of projects in house, through to appointment and co-ordination of external design consultants.
Our project managers provide a single point of responsibility for clients to define their requirements in terms of project specification, time and budgetary constraints. We will manage and co-ordinate all parties on behalf of the client and deliver a quality building on time and within budget.
Our team of regeneration experts focus entirely on urban regeneration projects. One of their main roles is to pass on their knowledge and skills, internally and to our clients, sharing information with all pro-active parties.
For many years we have actively been involved in raising deteriorated housing stock to a decent standard. Our proven record has meant we have been appointed on numerous large-scale and multi-faceted urban regeneration schemes.
Our housing consultants have specific expertise in urban and estate regeneration and work with housing organisations to identify social and physical problems and possible solutions. We recognise that having the necessary skills and experience to ensure successful procurement and completion is an essential part of the investment required on schemes of this nature.
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 more effective and better quality buildings are constructed.