How to Rectify Poor Building Work Experiencing poor building work? Building is an exciting process, but if you start to experience problems with your builder than it can also be very stressful. Most smaller projects can be dealt with by having a chat with your builder and agreeing a way forward. But if things are…
Renovating a Grade 2 Listed Building Planning a Victorian or Edwardian house renovation? Renovating a grade 2 listed buildings is a fascinating process and highly rewarding. But can also be stressful and complex. In this blog, we have advice from Allister Godfrey. Allister is an architect who is working on one of our projects.…
What is the impact of Covid-19 on residential building contracts? In this blog CLPM’s Quantity Surveying team explore how Covid-19 is impacting construction works in the residential building market, and how we are advising and supporting our clients through this difficult time. Covid-19’s impact on Contract Administration The role of the Contract Administrator has always…
Covid-19 Temporary Building Site Closure Procedure Extending or renovating your home and worried about how Covid-19 will affect your building works? As the Covid-19 situation develops and social distancing measures continue, unfortunately some building sites may be forced to close temporarily. If this happens to your building project it’s very important to ensure that this…
Are you renovating a house on a budget? House price growth slowed across the UK in 2019. In London and the home counties prices remained static and this trend is expected to continue into 2020. Home improvements are still a wise financial investment. However, market conditions mean it is now even more crucial for you…
How to Build a Sustainable Home Part 1: Fabric Planning to create a sustainable house for your family to live in? Whether you’re building an energy efficient home from scratch, or carrying our eco-friendly renovations. You need to begin by considering the fabric of your building. The way your new or existing property is constructed…
There is no excuse for poor workmanship, but our building project managers come across it all the time. We work with a number of property developers on a regular basis, and often asked by them to oversee the refurbishment and redevelopment of large, older properties. Poor workmanship is often found in these kinds of buildings.…
Challenging and preventing bad building work is an important aspect of our project management service here at CLPM. We’re often asked by potential clients what value we think an independent construction project manager brings to a building project. We think helping to prevent poor building work happening is an important part of our work. Every…
With Christmas on the horizon, have you thought about what this means for your building site over the Christmas shut down? Here at CLPM we’re independent construction project management experts. Our team of seven building project managers are all highly experienced professionals. Between them they project manage construction projects of all types and sizes across…
Planning a major building project? Then you’ll need to make sure you’ve got the right insurance for building works. While most of us understand the need to insure our homes, and buy annual building and contents cover, not many home owners realise that they may also need need extra insurance for building works. Your Insurance for…