Post Tender & Client Meetings
The final step is a meeting with the client and/or clients superintendent. If the client asks to meet the contract team who will be running the project things start to get really exciting.
Strategy – I often suggest that an estimator in these meetings is better not to be there. The reasoning is if the client asks any financial queries – it gives the team an...
Estimating Records
When you win a tender the client doesn’t give you any information however if you lose the client will normally tell you where you lost the bid. Warts and all.
Keep records, talk to subbies, consultants and get every piece of Intel on the winning bid. “Don’t get mad – Get even by winning the next tender”.
The cost of tendering is normally...
Contracts Handover
The funny thing is just before you actually get the award – I always get the feeling that industry has already got a good idea of who won the project prior to the actual award of the project.
You go through the motions and then out of the blue – you start getting quotes that were submitted to other builders who are out of the race. Time goes on and you...
The Evolution of the Design Manager in Australia
MY PERSPECTIVE
Before I talk about Design Managers and indirectly Architects, I thought I should give you a point of reference so anyone reading this article as I freely admit that my views are from a subjective point of view. What you need to know is that my first hink i am a builder
My career has taken a few “left and right” turns over the years but I...
Design Managers Role Description
“Design Managers often have a background in Construction or Architecture, but I have met many great DM with left of field experiences and qualifications as well”.
WHAT IS A DESIGN MANAGER
It is a specialized and suitably qualified person who has the experience to manage and procure the design phase of the building process and also could be used to...