Service 02
Design management
Getting from your brief to a coordinated, buildable set of documents — with the right designers engaged, decisions made on time and the design kept tied to your budget.
What’s included
A design team that works as one.
Design brief
Translate what you need into a clear, written brief the design team can work to.
Consultant selection
Scope, price and appoint the architect, engineers and specialists your project needs.
Design program
Milestones for concept, developed design and documentation, with your sign-off points.
Coordination
Run design meetings and resolve clashes between disciplines before they reach site.
Cost alignment
Check the design against budget at each stage, with value management where it’s needed.
Buildability review
Contractor-side experience applied to the drawings, spotting problems before they’re priced or built.
Approvals coordination
Keep the design aligned with planning, certification and authority requirements.
Documentation review
Check drawings and specifications are complete and consistent before they go to tender.
How it works
From brief to tender-ready.
- 01
Brief
Agree what the project must do, what it should cost and when it’s needed.
- 02
Concept
Appoint the team and test early options against the brief and budget.
- 03
Developed design
Lock in the key decisions, coordinate disciplines and secure approvals.
- 04
Documentation
Review the final set for completeness and buildability, ready to tender.
What you receive
Decisions recorded, design under control.
A clear trail of what was decided, when and why — so the design you approve is the design that gets priced and built.
- Written design brief
- Consultant scopes and appointments
- Design program
- Meeting minutes and decision register
- Design review comments at each stage
- Tender-ready documentation set
Questions
Common questions.
Do you do the design yourself?
No. I manage the designers on your behalf. Your architect and engineers remain responsible for the design itself.
My design is already under way. Can you still help?
Yes. Start with a review of where things stand, then step in to coordinate the remaining stages.
What is a buildability review?
A practical check of the documents through a builder’s eyes — looking for gaps, clashes and details that will be hard or expensive to build, while they’re still cheap to fix.
Talk through your project.
A short conversation is the best place to start — no obligation.