Case Study

Question 1

What contract was used on your project

Answer 1

Single Stage JCT design and build with selective tendering

Question 2

Why is did you use Selective tendering

Answer 2

Due to the Client request to use their framework, we asked to procure outside of this but were told to proceed within the framework

Question 3

Why did you use Design and build

Answer 3

Design and build provided the benefit of cost certainty and time efficiency which the client wanted to focus on

Question 4

Why Single stage over two stages, what were the advantages

Answer 4

Two-stage did not provide cost certainty as early as the single-stage and two-stage had a slightly longer total duration and therefore I saw it fit to use Single-stage for these two points

Question 5

What did you use to make your decision about the procurement decision

Answer 5

I used the Clients goals and objectives and weighed up the different options and chose a route which provided them the best match

Question 6

What would you have done if your client did not want to use your suggestion?

Question 7

Was your client happy

Answer 7

the Client agreed with my recommendation and proceeded through to tendering

Question 8

what happened next? (procurement selection)

Answer 8

I reviewed the returned tenders and provided my client a report using their scoring matrix to choose a preferred contractor

Question 9

How does D&B provide good quality?

Answer 9

I created a robust set of employer requirements, which fulfilled the design aspirations of the Client and the design team, which matched the Post covid hybrid working model of office space

Question 10

How does D&B provide cost certainty

Answer 10

The contractor prices the contract a fixed price lump sum contract.

Question 11

How does D&B provide time benefit

Answer 11

Due to the overlapping of design and construction, the overall programme is reduced compared to traditional procurement

Question 12

Why Single stage if the project was complex

Answer 12

Due to Design and build the ability for the contractor to provide benefits of both build ability and methodology is provided, which can be provided within D&B single stage

Question 13

Would a PCSA process not aided this project

Answer 13

Yes, a PCSA could have provided benefits for the project however, due to the reduced cost certainty and extended programe I suggested a single stage to meet my client’s goals

Question 14

What is JCT

Answer 14

Joints Contract tribunal

Question 15

What was your CAT A budget? what was included?

Answer 15

It was £41/ft² therefore £2,576,398

Question 16

What was your shell and Core Budget before and After

Answer 16

Before it was £195/ft² and after £220/ft² so £19,591,000

Question 17

What is the build-up to your floor realignment cost?

Answer 17

the additional £2,360,000 includes costs for removing the floors designated and also attaching the new floors to the envelope of the building and the core and with the increase to the NIA the CAT A allowance increased by C.£110,000

Question 18

How do you achieve BCO accreditation ? Why does this provide better sales and rental values?

Answer 18

The design team were working together to make sure that the specifications which they were creating included items which ensured that aspects of the project met the criteria of

Question 19

Why was the contingency based on a percentage?

Answer 19

Due to the early stage in which we created this budget, we took from different sources to provide a contingency budget, including bench marking from other projects of a similar nature with complex facade retention and floor jacking.

Question 20

what is value engineering?

Answer 20

an essential construction concept that helps reduce costs and ensure a project is completed within budget

Question 21

What is RIBA stage 2?

Answer 21

Concept design: design team develops architectural concepts that align with project brief and scope

Question 22

What did the contract include for errors or ommisions given this was a public project? Alternative 1 or 2?

Answer 22

this was not a public project, the Client was a public entity however it was a privately funded project and therefore they use Alt 2

Question 23

What was the contract sum? Case study

Answer 23

Apprx 25m

Question 24

-Did you not consider Construction management?

Answer 24

No because my Client did not want the risk nor the direct responsbility

Question 25

-Can you give me some of the risks of the project? Case study

Answer 25

facade retention, floor alignment and jacking, updating existing structure

Question 26

What is assessed in the first stage of a two-stage tender??

Answer 26

Prelims, OHP and on oncosts

Question 27

-What would you suggest if the packages came over budget your process?

Answer 27

-Check prov sums and lump items
-Ensure contractor has understood the scope of works.
-See if some work was required
-Try and fix higher costs early.

Question 28

What is the risk of lack of competition?

Answer 28

if the tenders knew that the people tendering the job either didnt want the job or werent suited to the project they would inflate their bids therefore their would not be proper competition for the bids

Question 29

-Can you give me the contents of your tender analysis report?

Answer 29

The background to the contract.
The scope of the contract.
Pre-qualification criteria.
The tender evaluation criteria.
Reasons for rejection of unsuccessful tenders.
Reasons for the recommendation.
A summary of any post-tender negotiations.
Comparison with the pre-tender estimate.
Any implications for the project.

Question 30

What is value management

Answer 30

a creative, problem-solving. process that uses a methodical approach to include the. necessary parties and, working together, achieve the. best solutions for value from construction