Construction Management is a highly flexible, professional service that provides the effective procurement and delivery of your construction project – from planning, delivery and beyond. Unlike other procurement methods, the client retains greater involvement and control of their project with construction management.
Construction management ensures that a project is delivered on time, within budget, safely and adheres to required standards and specifications.
What does construction management involve?
Construction management is about coordinating and overseeing all aspects of a project and liaising with everyone involved such as; owners, architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers. The client takes on a professional team to manage individual contractors and suppliers, instead of hiring just one contractor to carry out the entire project.
Construction management contracts are ideal for large-scale construction projects such as industrial facilities, commercial properties, transportation infrastructure, and other capital projects.
What are the overall benefits of Construction Management contracts?
The main benefit of construction management is that it naturally organises workflows to ensure the project planning and execution goes to schedule and budget.
Other benefits include:
- A professional team to help you through the decision making process
- Greater control over the outcome of your project
- A collaborative delivery team
- Buying gains that would otherwise be enjoyed by a contractor
- Ability to directly appoint specialist trade contractors
- Flexibility over the appointment of all trade contractors
- Efficient project programming including activities that reduce the project timeline
- No reliance on a single contractor which is particularly important in uncertain economic times
- Direct engagement with the design team
- Creation of local supply chains
How is construction management different from Design & Build?
Design & Build contracts have traditionally been the more common choice for projects in the construction industry. However, that is quickly changing and construction management contracts are now becoming much more preferred. This may be down to inflation and the high costs and uncertainty around the construction industry as a whole.
While they are both still widely used, they differ significantly in their structure, allocation of risks, and project management approaches.
Design and Build contracts are comprehensive agreements that incorporate both the design and construction aspects of a project. This contract type places the responsibility for both the design and construction on the contractor. The contractor provides a fixed lump sum price for the completion of the project, incorporating both design and construction costs. This can sometimes mean that the contractor assumes greater risk, including design liability, potential cost overruns, and delays.
Construction Management contracts mean the client employs a construction manager to oversee and coordinate the entire project, while the individual trade contracts are entered into directly between the client and the subcontractors. Unlike in Design and Build contracts, the client enters into separate contracts with individual trade contractors for the execution of specific works packages. The construction manager is engaged early in the design stage, working collaboratively with the design team and providing input during the development of the project. There is far more cost transparency in terms of cost breakdown and involvement in selecting contractors.
Are you looking for an innovative company to manage your next construction project? Our team at CQS Solutions are on hand to help you through every aspect of initial plans, through the progress of the project and even afterwards.