Technical consultancy and management
9 services
What you contract when the project is already moving and has to be held together: finding out whether the numbers work before anything is drawn, carrying the permit application, buying with prices compared, and checking that what gets built is what was contracted. Every strand ends in a document: a study, a report, a signed minute. Nothing is left as a spoken agreement.
What this strand covers
- Site supervisionTechnical management and site supervision of building works and maintenance programmes
- Planning, control and technical supervision of preventive, corrective or refurbishment works. Covers regulatory compliance, documentary traceability and quality of execution, with technical reports, contract follow-up and resource control.
- Project managementEnd-to-end management of architectural and property projects
- Overall coordination of a project from inception to handover. Brings together technical, administrative and financial management to meet scope, cost, time and quality targets, working to established project management methodologies (PMI, ISO 9001, ISO 55001).
- Procurement and contractingTechnical procurement, contracting and site supply management
- Planning, assessment and control of the purchase of materials, equipment and specialist services. Includes technical review of specifications, supplier analysis and documentary traceability of deliveries, to keep costs down and quality up.
- Feasibility studiesTechnical, financial and sustainability appraisal of property projects
- Feasibility studies (technical, constructional, financial and environmental) that establish whether a project stands up before anyone commits to building it. Decisions get made against costs, risks, programme, return and sustainable performance.
- Building inspectionBuilding inspection and defect diagnosis
- An on-site inspection of an existing building to establish its condition: a record of the damage, the likely cause, an opinion on whether it is safe to occupy, and a report listing the work in order of priority. This is what clients hire after an earthquake, before buying a property, or when a commonhold needs an independent opinion. Structural integrity is signed off by a civil engineer, the professional the law reserves that signature for.
- Technical consultancyTechnical consultancy for construction and refurbishment works
- Technical and administrative support during new build or refurbishment. Includes review of designs, programmes, budgets and construction processes, to keep the work compliant, well built and efficient.
- Compliance auditCompliance auditing and management of technical and regulatory risk
- Independent assessment of technical, legal and regulatory compliance on works or contracts. Includes risk identification, documentary review and on-site verification, for transparency, conformity and continuous improvement.
- Building auditTechnical and post-occupancy auditing of buildings and property assets
- Assessment of how a building in use is actually performing. Looks at defects, maintenance condition, energy efficiency and associated risks, and sets out plans to improve both the fabric and its operation.
- Permits and planningTechnical applications, permits and liaison with urban planning authorities
- Management of the technical and administrative processes needed to get a project approved, amended or regularised. Includes liaison with the curadurías urbanas (the licensed private offices that issue building permits in Colombia’s larger municipalities) and with regulators and planning reviewers.
The exact scope is set out in writing in the proposal, with what is included and what is not.
Tell us about your project and we will tell you what it involves, before quoting.
The first call is free and lasts 15 minutes. You come away knowing whether we can help and what it would involve.