Employer's agent and contract admin

01Costs fixed before anyone starts

The scope and the cost for each home are agreed open book before any work begins, so the money goes where the survey said it should. We act as Contract Administrator for the landlord: we write the scope, run the contract, value the work and sign it off.

02Eight stages, each with a gate

A programme runs through eight stages, numbered zero to seven. Each stage has a gate, and the gate is satisfied on evidence before the next stage begins. Payment applications are tied to gate sign-off, so a failed quality check holds the payment. The contractor knows from the start what has to be shown, and when.

03With residents at home

We run the works with residents living at home throughout. The work is planned around them, checked as it goes and signed off home by home, with the evidence behind each sign-off kept on the property record.

04Principal Designer on the same job

On the same programme we can be appointed Principal Designer under CDM and under the Building Regulations, as two separate appointments. Our inspection is independent of the installation: the contractor builds it, and we check it against the design and the specification.