Specification/Tender/Project Management

Service Description

When it comes to upgrading or installing lifts, escalators, or other vertical transportation systems, making the right decisions at the tender stage is critical. At Davies & Davies Consultancy, we guide you through the entire process—from defining your requirements to overseeing final installation. The tender exercise, which involves the process of inviting and evaluating offers from different contractors or suppliers, ensuring that the selection is based on a thorough assessment of quality, cost, and project-specific criteria. This exercise includes the preparation of tender documents, the invitation to tender, evaluation of submissions, and the selection of the most suitable contractor. Project management, which encompasses the planning, initiating, executing, monitoring, and closing of the project. This involves coordination among various stakeholders, resource allocation, scheduling, cost management, quality management, and risk management to ensure that the project objectives are met within the defined constraints of scope, time, and budget. CDM (Construction Design and Management), which refers to the regulations governing the roles and responsibilities of various parties involved in the construction process, ensuring health, safety, and welfare throughout the lifecycle of the project. This includes the preparation of the Construction Phase Plan, ensuring that risks are adequately managed and that all parties are informed of their duties. The role of the principal designer, who is responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring health and safety in the pre-construction phase, ensuring that designers carry out their duties appropriately and that health and safety considerations are integrated into the design. Progress meetings, which are regular meetings held to review the status of the project, discuss any issues or risks, ensure milestones are being met, and track the overall progress against the project plan. These meetings facilitate communication among the project team and stakeholders, providing a platform for decision-making and issue resolution. Commissioning data, which includes the collection and documentation of all necessary information to verify that the installed systems and components are functioning as intended. This data encompasses all the tests, adjustments, and verifications required to confirm the project’s compliance with the performance specifications and operational requirements.