Construction Project Management – A Day in the Life of an Operations Director My name is Charlie Laing, and I’m both a director and the Construction Project Management Operations Director of CLPM Ltd. I live in beautiful rural Berkshire with my wife and our 3 teenage children, plus…
Construction Site Safety in the Christmas Shutdown Building sites can be dangerous places and are especially vulnerable over the Christmas shutdown. Good project managers will make sure your builders manage the risks if your site is unoccupied this December, here are a few or our safety tips. 1) Check for any potential risks on your…
Stay sane while enjoying your build. Nicky Bryden, CLPM Director, has seen all manner of building excitements during the past seven years. Being at the helm of ClearPlan project management with her husband, James and now as part of CLPM. In this blog, Nicky offers some sage advice for those who are about to embark…
DO YOU NEED A PROJECT MANAGER? Your family is growing. You need more space but don’t want to move. You decide to extend your home. A new kitchen would be nice. Maybe a wrap-around extension with bi-fold doors and a new patio. The bathroom is looking a bit tired too. Might as well fit…
Take the pain out of building your own home We are often asked what it is we do that adds value to a customers new house build that they can’t do themselves. CLPM want to help you take the pain out of building your own home. If you think about the process of building…
Construction Jack Of All Trades Or Master Of One? One question we are often asked is why don’t we offer design and construction alongside project management as an all in one service? Are you really construction consultancy experts? We feel as Construction Consultancy Experts we need to be very rich in our knowledge of…
Surviving Your Building Project – saving your relationship & sanity Every year, thousands of couples take on home improvement and renovation works. For many the story is the same. What starts out as exciting and challenging becomes stressful, exhausting and a constant source of friction. CLPM want to ensure you come away surviving your…
Health issues with wooden pellets releasing carbon monoxide. The Churches Legislation Advisory Service have issued the following statement about wood pellets. The Health and Safety Executive has issued a Safety Notice Risk of carbon monoxide release during the storage of wood pellets. For the attention of users, installers, maintainers and distributors of wood-pellet boilers…
Construction Project Management. Is it a luxury? Is Building Project Management a luxury? I read a quote at the weekend from the head of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hyde Park. It said: “Luxury is realised when service is intuitive and goes beyond obligation.” I’d like to look at this from two angles: 1.…
Are you in control of your homes sustainability? CLPM’s Sustainability Guru Tony Duffin gives us his views. Get in control of your own homes energy usage and tariffs. Do you trust the quality of vegetables from your own back garden over those bought from a supermarket? Do you support fair trade products because you…