Services
Advocacy and representation
Client and Project representation at outward facing events incuding stakeholder consultation, planning hearings and industry events.
Architect selection
Procurement strategy, selection criteria (including design competitions where appropriate), evaluation of submissions, interview facilitation, reporting.
Auditing of design personnel
Support for recruitment of design personnel, and performance monitoring
Benchmarking
Establishing a set of quality benchmarks and precedent projects to inform client decision making, with visits if necessary
Board reporting
Providing reports for private and public boards to support client accountability and project audit
Brief writing
Understanding, synthesising and communicating project requirements in strategic and detailed briefs
Business planning
Design related input to client business plan
Client team coaching & mentoring
Individual or team coaching sessions, scenario planning and 'lessons learned' workshops
Design competition strategies
Advice on the use of design competitions as a means of design team selection or idea generation. Oversight of design competitions, including interface with specialist competition facilitators. RIBA Competitions service. Malcolm Reading Consultants.
Design evaluation
Independent evaluation of the design against briefing requirements at key stages
Design review
Review of design work at key milestones; challenging, questioning and encouraging the highest quality project outcomes
Design review governance
Advice on design review processes, design gateways for cost certainty, and design panel procedures
Design risk governance
Identification of risks to cost, programme, quality and sustainability plans arising from design activities
Design risk mitigation
Provision of framework for early and ongoing design risk mitigation, defining priorities and reducing the potential for loss
Design strategies
Identifying areas where design strategies are required to ensure project compliance
Design Team procurement
Advice and support for procurement of other consultants and specialists
Employer Information Requirements for Data
Target setting, prioritisation and early decision making strategies on digital and data topics such as software platforms, definition of levels of detail, data outputs for building systems management; co-ordination of early inputs to Employers Requirements for Data
Establishment of Value Drivers
Using innovative industry tools to enable value-based project decisions, for transparency and rigour.
Facilities Maintenance & Operations
Briefing strategies for building operations and facilities maintenance to inform early stage design decision making. Liaison with operations stakeholders, identification of any need for inputs from shadow operators.
Marketing materials
Support in the devlelopment of marketing materials including input to key messaging and content review
Peer review
Independent review and challenge
Post Occupancy Evaluation and ‘Soft Landings’ briefing strategies
As part of our offer, we have access to specialist consultants offering a full POE and soft landings services
Professional scope, deliverables and fee advice
Definition of required consultancy services, scheduling of design deliverables, advice on fee structures, fee benchmarking
Project roles and responsibilities definition
Definition of project roles and detailed description of responsibilities, avoiding gaps and eliminating overlaps.
Specialist support
Identification of specialist design elements. Scoping, sourcing and engagement of specialist designers.
Stakeholder engagement and processes
Translation of complex building issues for stakeholders; oversight of stakholder engagement plans
Sustainability briefing
Application of sustainability workbook to create a framework for target setting and robust decision making
Sustainability Strategies
Target setting, prioritisation and decision making on sustainability topics inculding Whole Life Carbon, Wellbeing, Water Cycles and Social Value; formulation of Employers Sustainability Requirements
Team communications support
Creation of simple communication structures which reflect project governance arrangements, roles and responsibilities.
Technical compliance & governance
Identification of codes and standards which will govern a project, oversight of compliance and quality control regimes.
Tender review
Impartial advice and an 'extra set of eyes' on consultant and contractor proposals.
Work Winning and Bidding
Support for major pursuits including input to work winning strategies, bid content review, presentation rehearsals and critical friend.