Planning & permits
Applications, discharge of planning conditions and the information your environmental permits need, such as fire prevention and environmental management plans.
Client-side construction · On retainer
You don't need another consultant.
You need your building programme sorted.
We become your construction department: chartered construction managers who run your capital projects from your side of the table, from first idea to final account, for a fixed monthly fee.
Sound familiar?
Most businesses with a building programme don't have a construction department
- “We've got a capital budget approved and nobody inside the business to spend it properly.”
- “Our operations manager is running three building projects on top of the day job.”
- “Contractors send invoices and we're not sure what we're actually paying for.”
- “The board keeps asking where the money's gone and when the new building will be ready.”
- “We've got planning conditions, surveys, designers and power upgrades, and no one pulling it together.”
What we take off your plate
Everything between “we need a new building” and the keys
Surveys & investigations
Site investigations, GPR and topographic surveys, 3D scans, drainage CCTV and buried-service investigations, commissioned and coordinated before anything is designed.
Design management
Architects, structural engineers and M&E designers briefed and coordinated, with layouts for plant, cranes and processing lines that work with your operation.
Power & utilities
HV and LV upgrades, new supplies, meters and supplier queries handled, so the building has the power it needs on the day it's needed.
Tender & contracts
Packages tendered properly, contractor pricing and methodology reviewed, design and build contracts placed, and purchase orders raised before work starts.
Delivery on live sites
Groundworks, slabs, drainage, new sheds and office refurbishments delivered around a working operation, with regular site meetings and clear actions.
CDM & health and safety
Construction Phase Plans, RAMS reviewed before high-risk work, duty holders in place, and a complete Health and Safety File at handover.
Payments & finance
Applications checked against the last certificate, invoices matched to orders, and a monthly payment run your finance team can approve with confidence.
Handover & final account
Completion certificates, early occupation where it helps the business, retentions, O&M and H&S files, and a final account agreed without a fight.
How it works
Up and running in weeks, not months
- 1Get the full picture
We find out what's already committed: orders, contracts, invoices, promises and planning conditions.
- 2Set up one system
One register for every package and payment, one filing structure, and agreed rules on who signs off what.
- 3Run the programme
We manage the designers, contractors, surveys and utilities, attend site and chase what's holding things up.
- 4Report every month
Your board and finance team get one clear update: what's done, what's due, what it's costing and what's next.
Every month
What the retainer gets you
- A chartered construction manager who knows your sites, people and budget
- Site visits and progress meetings with designers and contractors
- Every valuation and invoice checked before it's paid
- A monthly payment schedule for finance: what's due, on which order, and why
- A live decision register, so nothing relies on memory
- A ten-minute board report: progress, cost, risks and next steps
Questions we get asked
How is a retainer charged?
A fixed monthly fee agreed up front, based on the size of your programme and how much time it needs. No percentage of contractor prices, so we have no reason to let costs creep.
Do we still need a project manager from the contractor?
Yes. The contractor's project manager runs their works. We run yours: the brief, the budget, the designers, the approvals and the money.
Can you take on the contract yourselves?
Where it suits the job, we can deliver work directly with our own trusted subcontractors, so you have one point of contact and one programme.
What size of programme is it for?
Typically businesses with one or more sites and a rolling programme of building work, from a single new building to several projects running at once.
Not ready for a retainer?
Use us project by project
The same team can run a single project, put one package out to tender, check a contractor's valuation or produce a set of drawings. And everything else we do, from fit-outs to fire safety and health and safety, is still here.
Talk to us
Got a capital programme and nobody to run it?
Call 01274 010416 or email us. We'll come back quickly with how we'd help and what it would cost.