Project Managers
Project managers in this category run building works on historic properties: assembling the team, procuring contractors, agreeing the contract, and then controlling programme, cost and quality through to completion. Conservation projects diverge from ordinary construction in ways that reward experience. Scope changes once fabric is opened up, specialist trades are booked months ahead, grant and consent conditions carry their own reporting, and phasing has to work around occupation, weather and access. Some of those listed act as contract administrator or employer's agent; others provide client-side oversight alongside an architect or surveyor.
What this category covers
- Procurement, tendering and contract selection for heritage work
- Programme, phasing and coordination of specialist trades
- Cost control, valuations and change management
- Discharge of consent, grant and funding conditions
- Client-side oversight and contract administration
Aspectum Chartered Building Consultancy
PROFESSIONAL MULTI-DISCIPLINERY BUILDING CONSULTANCY: Serving South and West UK, this consultancy provides ...
Chana Projects Limited
Chana Projects is an independent construction, heritage and property consultancy based in ...
Dobanti Chartered Surveyors
Dobanti Chartered Surveyors is an independent, RICS-regulated surveying practice based in Tunbridge ...
Orange Property Group
Orange Property Group is a Brighton construction company with three divisions: construction, ...
Synergy (Construction Consulting) Limited
Synergy (Construction Consulting) Limited is a chartered construction consultancy offering both professional ...
Whitworth
Whitworth are chartered architects and chartered surveyors with conservation-accredited partners, offering a ...
Running a conservation project well
Budget for what you cannot see. Opening up a historic building reliably reveals more work than the survey predicted, and a contingency that would be generous on new build is usually thin on a repair contract. Ten to twenty per cent is a common starting point, and a phased scope helps absorb surprises.
Sequence around the fabric. Getting the building watertight comes first, because every other trade suffers if it is not: roof, rainwater goods, and external walls before internal finishes. Lime work needs the right season, and specialist trades book out well in advance.
Keep consent conditions visible. Consents and grants come with conditions on recording, materials, sample panels and approval of details, and discharging them late holds up completion or, worse, produces work that has to be redone. Track them alongside the programme.
Choose the contract to suit the uncertainty. Fixed-price lump sum works when the scope is genuinely known; on repair-led projects, schedules of rates, provisional sums and measured work are often fairer and produce fewer disputes than pretending the scope is fixed.
Questions to ask
Do I need a project manager as well as an architect?
On small projects usually not, since the architect or surveyor typically administers the contract. On larger, phased or grant-funded works, or where the client cannot be on site regularly, a separate project manager keeps cost, programme and conditions under control.
How much contingency should a heritage project carry?
More than new build. Because scope changes once fabric is opened up, a contingency in the region of ten to twenty per cent of the contract sum is a common starting point, and higher where the building is in poor condition or little is known about it.
What usually delays conservation projects?
Availability of specialist trades, weather-dependent lime work, late discharge of consent or grant conditions, and additional repair discovered on opening up. Most are foreseeable, and a realistic programme allows for them rather than assuming a clear run.
All 9 businesses listed under Project Managers
- AMS Surveys Merseyside
- Aspectum Chartered Building Consultancy Devon
- Chana Projects Limited Warwickshire
- Cooper HBC Kent
- Dobanti Chartered Surveyors Kent
- Heritage Matters Warwickshire
- Orange Property Group East Sussex
- Synergy (Construction Consulting) Limited Greater London
- Whitworth Suffolk
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