Design management
Providing bespoke design management, seamless coordination and optimisation for projects
We provide our clients with a bespoke design management service, offering seamless coordination, integration of technical expertise, and early anticipation of challenges and risks to deliver optimum outcomes. You can focus on exceptional design.
Current complexities
We know that in response to global challenges and technological advancements, projects have become increasingly complex. Today, sustainability goals and regulatory standards are ever more critical and there is a pressing need for more rigorous processes.
To address these complexities, design teams must include a diverse range of disciplines, consultants, advisors and specialists who respond with creative, forward-thinking solutions. Our design management team has a thorough understanding of the design intricacies across these disciplines, and we play a pivotal role in managing multidisciplinary teams. 海角视频 is uniquely positioned, not only to provide engineering expertise, but to take on project and design management responsibilities 鈥� enabling architects to concentrate on what they do best.
The 海角视频 design management team are a project lynch-pin. They have the ability to sort things out quickly, a professional, reliable service.
John Edwards – Laing O’Rourke
A legacy of design management
Our design management consultants understand complex buildings and has the in-depth technical knowledge to bring people together to solve problems. This supports architects and designers to focus on their core capabilities, while we take care of the rest.
We overlay planning, process, coordination and quality assurance with the strong technical skills of our engineering teams, integrating the expertise of disciplines to address complex challenges. By recognising when and how to harness the knowledge of some of the world鈥檚 finest engineering and technical minds, we deliver optimum solutions to our clients.
As an interdisciplinary practice, we are able to identify interdependencies between disciplines and use this to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of our client鈥檚 projects. We facilitate seamless coordination and draw upon the immediate expert knowledge of our people for optimal project outcomes, anticipating challenges early on, so that we can predict and mitigate project risks.
Bespoke design management approaches
Our global presence and extensive experience offer valuable insights, particularly regarding local sensitivities. Whether advising on cultural competencies or regulatory landscapes, our strategic and tactical advice guides our clients through the successful delivery of world class projects, navigating complex relationships and realising fundamental project goals.
We recognise the unique requirements of each project, necessitating bespoke design management approaches. Our flexible framework for defining our scope accommodates these diverse needs.
design management
- Day-to-day management of design team
- Manage kick-off, client and design team meetings
- Prepare and monitor project execution plans
- Define design management plans
- Establish communications management plans
- Define and prepare quality management plans
- Facilitate coordination workshops and monitor any issues
- Facilitate risk workshops and manage design risk registers
- Monitor and track sustainability requirements
- Establish and implement change control procedures
- Monitor for scope gaps and scope creep
- Support value engineering throughout design progress
- Support logistics for international client meetings
Planning and reporting management
- Prepare and coordinate master and design programmes
- Prepare and monitor design deliverable schedules
- Manage and prepare requests for information
- Prepare information release schedules
- Produce monthly progress reports and weekly dashboards
- Manage workflows for client approvals
- Establish and manage early warning notification procedures
- Manage contractor tender queries and responses
- Prepare and contribute to post occupancy evaluation feedback
- Prepare trackers for specialist surveys and investigations
海角视频 are definitely one of our go-to consultants
feedback from Design Management EVP for KSA Vision 2030 Gigaproject
CONTRACT management
- Lead and advise on scopes and best practice
- Prepare design responsibility matrices
- Manage change control process
- Prepare tender documents and review proposals
- Establish and monitor procedures for invoicing
- Collate information for supporting invoicing
- Provide assistance with claims and assertions
- Support value engineering processes
- Manage value engineering processes
Quality management
- Prepare schedule of requirements from client鈥檚 brief
- Review compliance at each work stage
- Monitor deliverables and review against scope
- Monitor client comments and manage responses
- Manage building regulation applications and planning permissions
- Monitor, collate and track key decisions made
- Monitor comments relating to statutory approvals
- Manage stakeholder and user group engagement
- Manage lessons learnt processes
What we do goes beyond processes, administration and tools. This is about people, relationships, and a unique understanding of what it means to deliver complex projects. Our team members know how to get your project over the line successfully – we offer meaningful strategic advice to our clients based on real world experience.
Lloyd Baker, Director, 海角视频
