Carter’s Building Consultancy offers employers agent and contract administration services to all clients who are constructing new projects via design and build or traditional building procurement.
Having contracts in place provides security for clients and contractors alike, it also helps promote cost certainty. We can undertake pre and post contract management duties within the project, inline with the Construction Design Management Regulations 2015 (CDM).
Carter’s Building Consultancy (CBC) can act as Principal Designer to mitigate any potential risks prior to commencement of work onsite. Value for money and your budget is a number one priority for us. We recommend, and help you manage, a procurement method to suit your project needs. This will include a highly detailed design and specification, including a schedule of works where everything is itemised to remove any prospect of doubt. This competitive process, supported by a full list of client requirements helps achieve best value and cost certainty throughout the duration of the project.
Scope of Services
CBC’s appointment triggers this full menu of professional services:
- client design meeting;
- production of a design programme that shows each design stage and anticipated construction start date;
- a detailed Schedule of Works to support the tender process;
- preliminarily tender documents;
- a Preambles Document for tender (workmanship standards and quality control);
- compilation of all drawings from in-house and sub consultant teams. Any changes to construction drawings (in the CBC proposed plan) correlate back to the Schedule of Works;
- sending detailed specifications out to tender with four to five preferred contractors. Meetings with contractors onsite to establish clear understanding and;
- tender analysis and reporting.
Carter's can undertake onsite contract administration including issuing of JCT contracts.
Scope of Contract Administration Services
Provision of a building surveyor and lead consultant who supports the design and project management service.
The building surveyor appointment is provided in accordance with the RICS Conditions of Engagement for building surveying services, building works stages E to H.
As Project Building Surveyor and Lead Consultant we would be responsible for the coordination and management of the Design Team, and thereby the appointment extends to include the provision of specific project management services.
This will include, but not be limited to the following duties:
- instigate an asbestos refurbishment and demolition survey, including site visit;
- production of tender documents including a JCT contract;
- attending pre start and progress meetings;
- contract administration duties for the contract period including the issue of instructions, payment certificates and minutes;
- quality monitoring of the works – one site inspection per week during the course of an anticipated 10-week construction programme;
- compile information for the CDM Health and Safety file ready for the contractor to issue on completion;
- sign off inspections;
- agreeing of final account and;
- defects liability period inspections.
Please get in touch with CBC to see how we can help with your employers agent and contract administration.
