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Services

Employer’s Agents (Design & Build)

Feasibility advice

Providing a full quantity surveying cost planning and estimating service including providing option appraisals and undertaking value engineering studies.

Procurement of survey and site investigations

Identifying the need for site surveys and site investigation work, obtaining competitive quotes from specialist survey companies, making recommendations and overseeing the work itself.

Standard Employer’s Requirements

Consulting closely with clients and producing a standard set of ‘Employer’s Requirements’ that can be utilised on all projects, thereby providing consistency both in terms of contract requirements and specification.

Bespoke Employers Requirements

Understanding the specific needs of a particular project by liaising closely with the client and their other appointed consultants to produce a project specific set of ‘Employer’s Requirements’ to be used for tendering and contract purposes.

Contract management

Taking the role of ‘Employer’s Agent’, effectively acting as a Contract Administrator, chairing and producing minutes for all meetings and issuing all necessary contract instructions and certificates as required under a design and build contract.

Design compliance audits

Undertaking checks on drawings and specifications to see that they comply with the Employer’s Requirements, including setting up a formal commenting procedure to create an audit trail of decision making.

Housing Quality Assessments (HQI’s)

Preparing the necessary HQI assessments for contracts involving affordable housing to see that they achieve the desired scores.