All Procurements costs articles – Page 2

  • Features

    Procurement update

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    During the boom, clients turned to frameworks just to get firms to do their work. In the recession, many are asking if they’re still needed

  • Features

    Building handover: how to give tenants a Soft Landing

    2009-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Well, that was the project team’s traditional attitude to the client once its building was finished. The Soft Landings framework straps them together until all the problems are resolved

  • David Mosey
    Comment

    It’s just too sad to be single: Single-stage tendering

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Why would any client want to revert to the old method of single-stage tendering when life with two-stage tendering is so much clearer, simpler and cheaper?

  • Single-stage tendering is not incompatible with good architecture, as Haworth Tompkins’ Young Vic demonstrates
    Features

    Procurement: Single-stage tendering

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon sets out the pros and cons of the single-stage strategy and offers some guidance on how clients and contractors can use it successfully

  • The Apple store on Regent Street, central London – a good example of a high concept fit-out
    Features

    Procurement: Retail delivery

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    The successful fitting out of a major retail scheme owes a lot to effective retail delivery management. Simon Rawlinson and Nick Clare of Davis Langdon lift the lid on the processes involved

  • Key differences and similarities between competitive dialogue and negotiation
    Features

    Procurement: Competitive dialogue

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    If your client’s public-sector scheme needs bidder input during procurement, then competitive dialogue is likely to be the best option. Now that some projects have been let using the process, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the lessons learned

  • Develop and construct was used on Oundle School's £7.9m SciTec Centre in Peterborough by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Willmott Dixon
    Features

    Procurement: Develop and construct

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon describes a new twist to this procurement route that combines elements of two-stage tendering and collaborative working

  • Penoyre & Prasad’s Green Wrythe Lane primary care centre in Carshalton, Surrey, was completed under the NHS’ LIFT framework
    Features

    Procurement: Frameworks

    2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Frameworks are increasingly prevalent in UK construction, but what should clients consider when building long-term relationships? And what should suppliers consider before signing up? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reports

  • A target price contract has helped control costs on the £4.2bn Heathrow Terminal 5
    Features

    Procurement: Target price contracts

    2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

    In today’s overheated market, clients need all the help they can get to deliver good-value, low-risk projects. Some clients are turning to collaborative working – and contracts such as the NEC – to provide an extra incentive. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the issues

  • Cladding delays on the Willis building meant the top five plant room floors had to be temporarily wrapped in plastic to keep the job on programme
    Features

    Procurement: Building services

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The design and installation of building services needs careful management if a project’s M&E is to be delivered successfully. Simon Rawlinson together with Barry Nugent and Andy Dedman of Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall look at best practice in this specialist area of procurement

  • Design and build is now used on complex projects, such as Foster’s Bishop’s Square
    Features

    Procurement: Employer’s agents

    2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Many cost consultants and project managers have extended their involvement on projects by acting as the employer’s agent – a job that introduces a wide range of responsibilities. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the role

  • Hopkins Architects’ Evelina Children’s Hospital
    Features

    Procurement: Public sector projects

    2006-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Public sector procurement methods are often criticised for excessive red tape, but on complex projects their effective use is vital to success. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon investigates

  • The flexibility of construction management was an advantage in the highly complex Time and Space planetarium project in Greenwich Park
    Features

    Procurement: Construction management

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Even in these risk-averse days, some hands-on clients still prefer the construction management route. But would more schemes benefit from the CM approach? And how should clients organise themselves to get the best results?

  • Building work on Foster and Partners’ Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London was carried out by contractor Exterior after a two-stage tender
    Features

    Procurement: Two-stage tendering

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    In the second of our procurement series, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at two-stage tendering and how to get the best out of the early appointment of the contractor