SCG Construction & Maintenance Services

Construction team:

Our construction team are well trained professionals with the ability to deliver complex and detailed building projects from small refurbishment to large new builds.

Site management:
Contract managers
Site foreman
Quality control officers

Trades:
NIEC Electricians
Carpenters
Bricklayers
Plumbers & CORGI registered gas engineers
Shop fitters

Project Management :

Our primary objective is project delivery. Providing leadership and control through all project management stages from Inception to Completion.

Our experienced Project Management team deliver the following key skills and services:

• Co-ordinate project team during the preparation of the design brief. Clarify the design brief as necessary during design development. Incorporate any changes and obtain authorisation.
• Develop co-ordinate and report scheme design proposals to Client.
• Report preferred components, drawings and specifications and obtain approval. Organise amendments, if required and submit final proposals for approval.
• Establish meetings structure and timing. Lay down procedure for convening, chairing, attendance, function, frequency and responsibility for recording of meetings and distribution of information.
• Monitor communications and distribution of information.
• Liaise with the Client, the agents and solicitors in agreeing the terms of agreement for lease.
• Agree reporting and recording procedures with all project team members.
• Organise and chair all principal meetings.
• In conjunction with the project team, prepare and maintain a master programme from concept to completion to record principle activities and identify critical dates. Verify and incorporate other relevant programmes for production of detailed design information. Monitor progress.
• Advise of all changes, recommend appropriate action and obtain authorisation.
• Ensure in conjunction with the project team, the principle contractors’ programme, seek clarification of contractors programme if necessary, and incorporate these into the master programme.
• In conjunction with the project team prepare and maintain a master cost plan. Advise of any alterations required and obtain authorisation for changes.
• Report at regular intervals the forecast of final costs, including costs of variations and the cost implications of extensions of time and forecast completion dates.
• Ensure that the design team prepare final account and agree settlement.
• Decide with the design team the procurement procedure for the selection of contractors. Decide on the type and form of contract. Monitor Consultants in the preparation and assembly of tender documents.
• With the design team, prepare a list of tenderers, conduct interviews, if required, and obtain approval.
• Arrange with design team tender analysis; obtain clarification of ambiguities and prepare tender report. Arrange to interview tenderers if required. Prepare tender award recommendation and obtain instructions.
• Arrange for orders to be placed for long delivery components.
• Advise of any works to be carried out under separate direct contracts.
• Co-ordinate the design team to ensure the provision of information to contractors in an appropriate timescale.
• Ensure that variations and instructions are issued on time and correctly circulated.

Cost Consultancy (quantity surveying) :

Our primary objective is to provide exceptional value for money. Providing cost advice and full cost control at all project stages from Inception through to Completion.

Our experienced Cost Consultancy team deliver the following key skills and services:

• Attend meetings called by the Client to progress any aspect of the project.
• Provide cost advice on housing options during project feasibility stage.
• Provide more detailed cost advice during scheme design stages preparing budget estimates and cost plans as required.
• Progress cost information in sufficient detail to obtain relative approvals.
• Advise and liaise with the design team on procurement methods and procedures. Implement the procurement process.
• Advise & prepare implement on all contract documentation.
• Advise, prepare and implement on all tender documentation.
• Prepare a tender report and advise proposed contractor.
• In conjunction with the design team, engage in active value engineering as design develops through each project stage.
• Advise on all other commercial issues including insurance, taxation, life cycle costing, and future maintenance costs.
• In conjunction with the design team, engage and implement change control procedure.
• In conjunction with the design team, engage and implement risk control procedure.
• Ensure all correct commercial procedures are implemented and adhered to.
• Maintain cost planning, management and control during construction period.
• Identify all costs associated with design changes, contract awards and client changes.
• Prepare regular commercial reports as required.
• Engage in all contract administration services and prepare contract documents, bonds, etc.
• Measure, provide and agree valuations of works all executed.
• Advise on issue of completion certificates.
• Agree all final accounts with all contractors and obtain approval.
• Prepare final commercial statement and final elemental cost plan

CDM co-ordination :

Under the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007, a CDM Co-ordinator must be appointed by the client for most commercial construction projects.

We have experienced management personnel from consulting backgrounds, who provide a detailed understanding of any health and safety issues and relevant legislation which are all essential for effective CDM Co-ordination.

The notification of the project to the Health & Safety Executive (F10). Advise the Client representative and their team on duties under the CDM Regulations, on competence of designers and contractors and allocation of adequate resources for Health & Safety matters.

The preparation of the Pre-Construction Information Pack, and of the Health & Safety file for issue to the client at handover. Review of tenders from a Health & Safety perspective.

Monitoring design changes and the development of the Health & Safety Plan on
site, with monthly reports on these issues to the team.

The Health & Safety Executive website is at www.hse.gov.uk for more detailed
information.

Electrical, Control:

Our Control and Electrical Engineering Dept have expertise in all aspects of electrical engineering, process control, instrumentation systems and process automation across all market sectors. Either as part of a project team or as stand-alone disciplined engineers SCG Construction & Maintenance Services can provide full support to our clients. Our capabilities include:

• Feasibility, Front End Studies & Costings
• Site survey of Electrical Systems, installations and infrastructures
• Electrical distribution detailed design LV / HV
• Preventative maintenance schemes
• User requirement specification
• System Functional Designs Specification
• Risk Assessments
• Site Engineering Management and Project Commissioning.
• Fully automated schemes for process operations.
• Site Alarms system and link up to Remote Telemetry Units (RTU).
• Site wide, power generation schemes and maintained power supply system for critical plant items.

Building Surveying:

SCG Construction & Maintenance Services condition surveys can be used across the country by the public and private sector, reporting:

• Current building condition
• Costs to bring up to standard
• Future planned maintenance costs over a chosen period
• Recommendations, concerns, further action
• Data provided for existing property/facilities management systems and data inputting

The Reports:

• Budget Costs – We also provide full budget costs so that you can program any necessary remedial work. Full Summaries also included.
• Digital Photographs – We take photographs showing selected non compliant items so that the problems can be more easily understood.
• Risk Assessments – We can include a Risk Assessment so that hazardous areas can be prioritised.
• Priority Rankings – We include rankings for each item requiring remedial action covering: (1) Urgent, (2) Essential, (3) Desirable and (4) Routine Works

Elements Covered

Elements covered in the survey are as follows:

Our CAD Services include:

A full range of computer aided design and drafting services including architectural, structural, residential, mechanical, assembly, civil and construction.

We have a lot of drafting / design experience with both 2D and 3D modelling. We can provide a 2D or 3D model to you with different views for enhanced clarity.

We cater to the needs of smaller clients who don’t need to hire a full time designer. We also assist architects and engineers who need professional looking drawings but don’t have the resources to provide them

We provide a wide range of design services in a variety of construction disciplines including high power electric, fibre optics, drainage, wet & dry utilities.
Our CAD Services include:

• 2D and 3D Modelling
• Structural Drawings
• Drawing Conversion
• Shop Drawings
• Pre-Construction Drawings
• Permit Drawings
• Final Construction Drawings
• Engineering Drawings
• Fabrication Drawings
• Residential House Plans
• Preliminary Drawings and Sketches
• Engineering Drawings

We can provide drawings in electronic format (dwg, jpg, dxf, pdf, etc.) or hard copies (paper) as needed, up to E-size plots.