Overview

Client: Developer Sector: Mixed use - Primarily Residential Project: New Build, 340 apartments, 6 retail units Value: £55,000,000 construction Procurement: Design & Build Contract: Bespoke Contract Start on site: 1st June 2019 Completion: 1st August 2021

- The larger window types have been reduced in size due to the limitations of the VE manufacturer’s profiles / system.

- The ironmongery for the external doors cannot be provided in brushed stainless steel, they have proposed chrome.

- The previous window manufacturer had proposed stacked windows to achieve the desired aesthetic. The subcontractor has replaced this with a curtain walling profile as the VE windows profile cannot be stacked.

Scenario Questions:

1. Advise the contractor on the process of changing the Employers Requirement’s in a design & build project.

2. Review the potential consequences of changing the size of windows at this late stage?

3. The client feels they are getting an inferior product, what are the options the contractor has to resolve this situation?

4. Who should cover the increased cost of the curtain walling? Appointed by repeat client for mixed use residential project (2015).

Gained planning permission consent (2016).

Two stage tender process including value engineering. Contractor appointed.

Part of the architecture team novated to the contractor.

7 months into Stage 5, work on superstructure progressing. (2020)

QS team reviewing packages of subcontractor work.

Fig.1 Scenario background