We provide a full design and pre-construction service. The key to our successful project track record is collaborative working. Our clients get extra value from us when we are involved early in the project, so we can support them by offering an affordable, quality and compliant design solution.

Our design and pre-construction services include:

Design management

• Manage and administer the design including approvals and information flow
• Manage, co-ordinate and integrate the work of the design team including specialist designers and subcontractors
• Establish structural grid and floor levels
• Check the progress of design information released to suit the agreed programme
• Scrutinise and comment on subcontractors and specialists design and coordinate comments from others
• Liaise with the Design Manager to ensure the design production is programmed to allow sufficient time for cost checking, buildability issues and compliance with the project brief, employer approval/amendments and procurement of subcontractors/ suppliers
• Establish and monitor procedures for ensuring that the design is in accordance with the cost plan and liaise with the Senior Quantity Surveyor to monitor finances
• Establish and maintain contact with Statutory Service Providers to ensure their requirements are taken into account and communicate to design team

Quality checks

• Liaise with and obtain statutory approvals from the relevant authorities and agencies (where applicable)
• Ensure the design team fulfils its obligations as required by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Carry out risk analysis of the design as it progresses
• Issue details of residual design risks to our clients
• Our Aftercare Manager gains feedback on our projects, ensuring that we continually improve the way we work

3D models and BIM tools

At the cutting edge of our industry, we utilise 3D models and BIM tools (SiteDesk) as required, to enhance our management processes. By using these tools, 3D reviews enable the team to share information so that issues raised directly link to and can be referred to on 3D models. Here are just a few of the main advantages:

• Time saved through increased speed of delivery
• Fewer errors due to better co-ordination
• Decreased costs
• Greater productivity
• Higher quality of work

BIM allows the creation and use of co-ordinated, digital information for:

• Design decision-making
• Production of high-quality construction documents
• Performance predictions
• Cost estimating
• Construction planning
• Managing and operating the asset

We have been a specialist civil engineering company for the past 20 years. Our team are highly experienced in delivering a wide range of civil engineering projects. We use our technical experience to de-risk projects and develop value solutions to save money and bring programme certainty.

Our Civil Engineering services include:

• Roadworks
• Earthworks
• Concrete structures
• Utilities
• Basements and retaining walls
• Hard standings
• Complex infrastructure projects
• Drainage

We have broad experience and skill sets across our team. This means that we can carefully plan and select your Project Team and lead Project Manager based on the specific requirements of your project.

You’ll find our team experienced in public and private infrastructure and a variety of build contracts. We have civil engineering specific experience having delivered complex civils projects for a range of clients such as National Grid, SSE, Lee Valley Park Authority, Centrica and many others.

Our established successful processes enable us to manage multiple, complex projects delivering: 

• Service delivery plans based on the brief and specific requirements
• Internal and external resources (supply chain) to meet our obligations
• Infrastructure including premises, plant, equipment, staff and operatives
• Agreed processes to facilitate the delivery, including quality, health and safety, environmental management processes, commercial and budget control and risk identification and control
• Contractual arrangements
• Pricing exercises required under the project
• Negotiations of Terms and Conditions

Delivery phase

During the delivery phase we ensure compliance with the plan, through regular audits and monitoring. These reviews assess measurable progress against the outputs including reviewing progress to programme, commercial, safety and production of information.

Project completion

At completion of the delivery phase, the delivery team holds a closedown meeting with our client’s Leadership Team to review performance and identify lessons, best practice and knowledge to share across our business.

Our aftercare service ensures that we handover projects with the required information. Your project Aftercare Manager is responsible for implementing our aftercare process.

Our project aftercare service includes:

• Planning of the project handover
• Training user staff and maintainers
• Post completion evaluations.

Your project Aftercare Manager will also be the single point of contact for notification, investigation and rectification of all defects.

Continuous improvement is of the utmost importance to our team. One of our four values is ‘Be experts’ and we fulfil this value by continuously reviewing and improving what we do.

After each project, we have a close out meeting with our client’s team to see what worked well and what we could improve on. This is shared with the business, so we can continually improve our processes and the way we work.