Project Management

CDM 2015 placed the bulk of construction safety duty on the principal contractor. On a busy housing scheme that obligation lands in many places at once. Method statements need to be live, not filed. RAMS need to reflect what is actually being done on site this week,...

On most new build sites, the trades are organised by package. Groundworks, scaffold, brickwork, roofing, fall protection and external works each have their own subcontractor, their own programme and their own definition of finished. The places where one package ends...

Safety performance across a contractor's portfolio is not measured on any one site. It is measured across every site, every week, over years. The Globe Group's recorded 449,280 accident-free hours reflects performance across multiple concurrent schemes, four operating...

On any scheme of meaningful size, the developer or principal contractor faces a procurement choice. Award each specialist package to a separate single-discipline contractor, or award multiple packages to a multi-discipline group that can deliver several disciplines...

Procurement teams running pre-tender qualification on a major scheme spend a significant portion of their time validating contractor accreditations. For each shortlisted supplier, the team is verifying that current certifications are in place, that they cover the...

Repeat business in construction is rarely about price. Developers and principal contractors do not return to a contractor because they came in cheapest on the last scheme. They return because the contractor delivered, documented, and handed over without creating...