Because we join at design stage to advise on buildability, programme, value engineering and risk, we can carry all that knowledge into delivery as one team. That means the sooner we start, the better the value we create.
By being involved from the design stage on, we can use value engineering to deliver the best value for every client at every stage of every job without compromise.
Our early involvement means we can take the risk out of a project before the first spade goes into the ground. And it also means we can control costs and get the sequencing right – adding value at every point.
Two-stage tender and ECI lets us bring real site knowledge to the table while the design is still forming. We test buildability and firm up cost and programme and surface risk early, so clients can make decisions with confidence and delivery starts on solid ground.
Bruderer UK appointed McPhillips as principal contractor under a JCT 2016 Design & Build contract to deliver a 10,000 square metre bespoke…
Read case studyWe give you practical, costed advice on how to build better which protects the programme and the budget without compromising the brief.
We review the design, suggest ways to save cost or time and value-engineer the specification where it adds up – always measured against the outcome the client needs. That means we deliver schemes which are easier to build and offer better value but deliver in just the way the client wants.
Every decision we make is based on whole-life cost and carbon, not just the capital price. That means the building performs long after handover.
We look beyond build cost to consider how the building will run, be maintained and perform over its whole life. By getting involved early on materials, fabric and services, we can balance capital cost with whole life value to cut both embodied and operational carbon on the road to net zero.
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Built for the long term.
What a project leaves behind matters just as much as the building itself. That’s why we set clear social value targets at the start of every contract — including local jobs, training, supply chain spend and community benefit — and report against them throughout.