Case Study — Fire Remediation Confidential – Cardiff: Multi-Block External Facade Remediation
Quantity Surveyor, Employer’s Agent and Project Manager for external facade fire remediation works across a multi-block residential development in Cardiff, during the construction stage of a JCT Design and Build contract.
The challenge
Fire-safe facades across a multi-block estate
This confidential scheme is a waterfront residential development in Cardiff made up of several apartment blocks. As part of the wider programme of building safety remediation, the external facades needed upgrading so that the buildings meet current fire safety standards.
The works were delivered from scaffolding across multiple elevations of a busy waterfront site, with residents living alongside the works. That called for careful planning of access, logistics and environmental controls, together with tight control of cost, programme and quality.
Delivered by Ollie Thompson MRICS in a previous role at Rider Levett Bucknall.
Project facts
At a glance
Quantity surveying, Employer’s Agent and project management services during the construction stage of external facade fire remediation under a JCT Design and Build contract.
Stage
Construction stage (RIBA Stage 5)
Location
Cardiff, Cardiff
Sector
Fire remediation, residential
Contract
JCT Design and Build
Our role
Quantity Surveyor, Employer’s Agent and Project Manager
Scope
External facade upgrades to achieve fire compliance
Buildings
Multi-block waterfront apartment development
Facade contractor
Topek Southern
Fire engineering
PRP
Our approach
Cost, contract and delivery control on site
Mobilisation
Reviewing the contractor’s programme, logistics and construction phase plan at the start of works, with resident safety and access agreed before work began.
Contractor’s Proposals
Checking the contractor’s design submissions and technical queries against the Employer’s Requirements and the fire strategy.
Employer’s Agent
Administering the JCT Design and Build contract for the client: issuing instructions, managing notices and protecting the client’s position.
Valuations & Payment
Regular valuations and payment notices, so the contractor was paid fairly for work completed in line with the contract.
Change & Cost Control
Assessing variations and hidden conditions uncovered once the facade was opened up, with regular cost reports to the client.
Project Management
Coordinating the contractor, fire engineer and building control, with resident safety and communication at the centre of a live site.
The outcome
Safer homes in Cardiff
Roles, one team
Quantity surveying, Employer’s Agent and project management combined, giving the client a single, joined-up point of contact.
Design and build
Design responsibility for the new facade sat with a specialist contractor under a JCT Design and Build contract.
Fire compliant facades
External walls upgraded so the buildings meet current fire safety standards.
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