Home Extension Advice : Use a Construction Consultant

If you are undertaking a large project, using an independent construction consultant for your extension can offer several benefits and ensure that your project runs smoothly. This blog Home Extension Advice : Use a Construction Consultant outline some reasons why hiring a construction consultant for your extension can be a good decision.

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Expertise and Knowledge:

Construction consultants bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the project. They understand building regulations, construction techniques, planning and industry standards, which can help you avoid costly mistakes.

Project Management:

A construction consultant can help manage the entire project, from planning to completion. This includes coordinating with contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders, as well as overseeing the timeline and budget.

Cost Management:

Construction consultants can help you manage costs by providing accurate estimates, advising on cost-effective materials and methods, and negotiating with contractors on your behalf.

Quality Assurance:

They can ensure that the work meets your expectations and adheres to quality standards. They can also perform inspections and identify any issues early on to prevent costly repairs later.

Risk Management:

Construction projects can involve various risks, such as safety hazards and legal issues. A CDM Principal Designer construction consultant can help you navigate these risks and ensure your project complies with all relevant regulations and codes.

Access to Resources:

Construction consultants often have a network of trusted contractors, suppliers, and professionals that they can recommend for your project. This can save you time and effort in finding reliable resources. They will also know who to trust, and who not to work with.

Objective Advice:

Since they work for you, construction consultants can provide unbiased advice and recommendations to help you make informed decisions throughout the project.

Communication:

They can act as a liaison between you and the construction team, ensuring clear and effective communication throughout the project.

How can CLPM help?

Overall, hiring a construction consultant can help you save time, money, and stress while ensuring that your extension project is completed to your satisfaction. Here at CLPM we have a team of experienced construction Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors who will work with you to draw together all of the relevant details about your project.

Our Services

Budgets

If you need construction cost information to help understand how much money you will need to allocate to your building project, we can work with you and your architect to provide a cost analysis to inform your design, right from the initial concept drawing stage.

We can carry out construction cost modelling to compare the effect of using different build routes too.

Tender

Also we can produce the tender documentation and organise the tender process. Analyse the returns and help you choose the most appropriate build team for your project. Do you want to use a single, main contractor, or would you prefer to carry out the build using a series of tradespersons or suppliers – or perhaps a mixture or both?

CLPM can help you decide how to carry out your construction works. Once you have decided on the best way forward, our team can help you to prepare a shortlist of local builders or suppliers to approach– and then organise the whole competitive tender on your behalf.

Contract Administration

You can benefit from CLPM’s unique dual approach to construction Contract Administration services. CLPM’s Quantity Surveyor will provide your project with financial knowledge and expertise in contractual law. Your Project Manager will focus on driving your project forwards – resolving any issues or queries, challenging progress versus programme, checking the invoices for payment and inspecting your build team’s work.

Appointing CLPM

Whilst appointing a construction cost expert like CLPM may seem to add an additional cost to your project. It is more likely that you will save our tender fees several times over by getting more accurate, competitive tender returns. This helps by avoiding the often ‘unforeseen’ additional variation costs at the construction phase.

We go through the importance of contracts and an explanation of the onsite variations reports in our other blogs on Home Extension Advice.