(SCOPE OF SERVICE) RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
Arabi Bello and Associates recognizes the need for projects to be managed, planned and carefully monitored, both during the precontract design period and the post contract construction works in order to achieve the prescribed project objective. Our typical project management service could be classified into five stages, namely:
INCEPTION STAGE
- Define and determine project objective and evolve a skeletal brief and programme priorities.
- Define project management brief.
- Define the required level of client involvement.
- Set out the detailed client requirements in respect of approvals.
FEASIBILITY STAGE
- Examine the clients’ proposal.
- Develop the clients brief.
- Establish project technical feasibility.
- Prepare a preliminary total project programme.
- Assist the design consultants in obtaining statutory approvals.
- Monitor the preparation of preliminary drawings/specifications.
- Establish all detailed insurance requirements.
- Obtain a preliminary budget from the quantity surveyor.
- Consult with the design team until an optimum scheme is produced in conjunction with the design team.
- Prepare a feasibility report and obtain clients approval.
- Receive and process consultants fee accounts.
PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE
- Advice on the selection and appointment of a contractor.
- Set up project management structure/team.
- Define responsibilities and line of communication of all parties.
- Produce and monitor a computerised critical path network for design Monitor the development of designs/specifications.
- Monitor budget and obtain a pre-tender estimate from Quantity Surveyor.
- Obtain outline planning permission approvals.
- Co-ordinate the compilation of all contract documents by the design team.
CONSTRUCTION PHASE
- Obtaining through the supervision team, the contractors’ schedule for materials/human resources for proper monitoring throughout the project execution period.
- Obtaining and monitoring of critical path network of the construction period by the supervision team.
- Monitoring of progress of works by the supervision team through regular site meetings and site reports.
- Coordinating supervision team’s inspection of works on site at all reasonable times.
- Monitoring of payments through proper issuance of interim payments to contractors/suppliers.
- Preparation of regular site progress reports to update client.
COMPLETION
- Instigate all pre-commissioning checks.
- Monitor the completion of the final account.
- Obtain certification that adequate operational commissioning has been complete and test certificates received.
- Obtain all necessary operating manuals and a built drawings.
- Ensure the works are monitored during the defects liability period.
- Monitor design teams preparation of a schedule of planned prevention maintenance and advice on the necessity of a maintenance contract for essential plant and equipment
- Advice the client on the validity of the architects or engineers’ issued certificates of practical completion.
- Advice the client on the validity of the issued of final certificate.