We will help you set the foundations for delivering high quality houses.
We believe the key ingredients for a successful product delivery are…
- Site management
- Design information
- Subcontractor communication
- Inspections
Ensuring adherence to design, looking at technical detail and effective communication with sub-contractors along the journey to completion are all part of what we do.
Site managers and their teams need to be selected for the appropriate experience and skills to suit the project. Under the current conditions of skill shortages in the house building industry, it is unfortunate that often the experience of site teams is inadequate for the project they are appointed.
Some of the common problems the house building industry is faced with in the current climate of high demand and skills shortage can be:
- Managers without previous experience on offsite manufactured systems, are appointed to manage OSM projects.
- Managers used to manage sites with repetition of standard product are appointed to manage bespoke projects.
- Managers’ promotions are accelerated without the appropriate training and experience in key elements of the construction operations.
When the above are unavoidable, putting in place measures to mitigate risks is a duty for any responsible business.
- We can advise and help design appropriate inductions to identify areas of weaknesses.
- We can provide advice on suitable training and management support to strengthen these areas.
For the success of the project it is critical that the site management and commercial teams understand the project constraints, the design criteria, the design briefs, the planning conditions and statutory requirements of a project.
In addition to having a comprehensive understanding of the level of information available, it is important to understand how to access it and finally, have clarity on the lines of communication and support when additional technical information is required.
We can support your growing business by helping you develop the appropriate process content to suit your operations:
- Design information handover process and project brief
- Design change management
- Design feed-back process
- Presentation format
Comprehensive subcontractor brief is key to a smooth collaboration for the delivery of the project.
How is the subcontractor scope of works developed? How does your business communicate the expectations of your the quality standards? What is the experience level and training your subcontractors should have for the works they are appointed?
- Are you concerned about poor construction quality and loss or reputation?
- Is your main target to reduce after sales costs?
- Do you feel you need to introduce better control of additional payments and variations?
There are a number of tools we believe can help your business.
Subcontractor induction modules, pictorial guides to suit your business quality requirements, subcontractor scope of works are some of the means to communicate with clarity your business expectations.
WE can bring our experience and work with you to develop information in formats and style suitable to your audience, to help communicate your preferred methods of working and quality standards adopting your company’s specification.
We use our tailored inspections to review the effectiveness of the inspection regimes in place.
Our inspections will not only assess the workmanship and compliance with industry standards, but we will investigate the design solutions, the quality of design information and specification, we will risk assess them and provide appropriate mitigation advice where necessary.
Read all about our inspection services in our site inspection & project audits section.
