Project Management

As Quantity Surveyors will often act as a Project Manager on behalf of the client to include the responsibility for the selection, management and coordination of the resources needed for the construction projects. We often become involved in the long term operation of a building providing our clients with expert advice.

Our approach to every project is very simple. We provide Project Management expertise, which is tailored to respond to our Client's specific needs.

Financial management is obviously crucial but the complexity of modern construction is such that the client can be overwhelmed by the number of consultants and other specialists involved and reporting to him, often in unfamiliar terms. The appointment of a Project Manager can greatly ease the burden by providing a single link with the construction team. Chartered Quantity Surveyors are particularly well qualified by training, experience and above all by their overall knowledge of the whole construction industry to act as Project Managers.

Our key Project Management services can include all or parts of the following:

Understanding and developing the Client's Brief

Developing a Project Execution Plan

Contract administration

Project procurement strategy and advice

Procurement of consultant and contractors

Establishing the team

Project planning

Developing and maintaining project controls

Drafting agreements and contracts

Budget and cost planning

Developing and providing management reports

Advising on procurement strategies

Developing collaborative working arrangements

Benchmarking and key performance indicators

Managing the supply chain

Controlling change

Value management and engineering

Analysing and managing risk

Commissioning and handover strategies

Move management

Regulated by RICS

Paul Weston

Quantity Surveying & Project Management