Successful delivery of a construction project depends on the quality standards defined in the scope of work of a construction contract. The quality management a construction company provides is therefore paramount to fulfilling contractual obligations to meet quality standards. Project specifications generally define project quality standards and so form part of the contract between a client and... Source ..read more

UK construction stakeholders face a productivity conundrum, with multiple challenges and opportunities at stake. This was highlighted in our recent article “Key UK productivity challenges and opportunities.” UK house builders do not escape unscathed by productivity issues during the widely acknowledged current UK ‘housing crisis’. UK house builders vary from self-builders... Source ..read more

UK housing associations are generally charitable, non-profit making organisations. They provide low-cost social, or affordable housing (including houses in multiple-occupation). According to the NHF, they create 29% of new housing in England. Although independent they are state regulated and often publicly funded. They may act as developers and/or clients and even contractors and procure in... Source ..read more

Are you finding yourself spending hours tracking defects and reporting them to the right person? If you are seeking to have a better way to complete your projects on time and under budget, then a better management of defects is a place where you can start. I will show you a way how to save time on punch list managements using an app because you know as the old saying goes “time is money”. Source ..read more

For years property and construction management and in particular ‘snagging’ or defect management has been a tedious task. Traditionally using a paper-based process has been used with printed drawings where snags are highlighted one-by-one on paper with handwritten notes. At the end of the day, all data has to be tranfered to a computer and then passed to the right stakeholders... Source ..read more

Choosing the right construction management software to meet specific needs is not always an easy task for a company. The construction field has specific constraints that need an appropriate response. Here we offer you a few tips to help you with your choice. Before choosing your construction management software solution, you should define your needs so to precisely identify features that... Source ..read more

The Construction Management process is often defined as the overview of a project from early design stages through to the implementation and completion of the project, with the end goal of achieving customer satisfaction and build quality accumulated from effective management. A clear process helps organisations to successfully understand how work processes are linked to one another and how they can take advantage of higher levels of efficiency, achieved through an on-going learning process and identification of innovation opportunities within the management process. So why is it so important ..read more

More than a year later after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the inquiry continues, with people still asking how a disaster of this severity could ever have occurred. Meanwhile, a new Green Paper on social housing has been released recognising that while there is a problem, it fails to acknowledge there is still a shortage. With almost 1.2 million people on the waiting list for social housing, the number of council homes in the UK has slumped to a record low. Experts predict the need for 70,000-90,000 new homes a year to meet the housing crisis in England alone, with only 6,000 built in 2017. With ..read more