Smart Services 4All act as your advocate. We are employed to plan, organise, monitor, and control your building project according to your wishes, giving you greater control and an opportunity to save costs.

We can optimise the delivery of your project in the following ways:

To reality check your project to match expectations with budget

To ensure work proceeds with a clear idea of budget and avoid wasted time and disappointment in cost cutting discussions.

To avoid conflict

To save clients having to troubleshoot on site when dealing direct with a builder.

To optimise your budget

A main builder is not the only route. We are happy to explore other options such as sourcing individual tradesmen. Working on a fixed fee basis means we can transparently chase best value for our clients. With no mark-ups on materials or labour, clients are able to purchase materials direct, and introduce particular trades they have experience with.

For hands-on supervision

Visiting site on average 2-3 times a week to keep on top of progress and quality and head off issues before they become a problem.

Adding value during the process

In order to ensure that a high standard is maintained on your project, the following could be added:

• Initiation - We work with you to define scope of project; fix parameters for budget and timings, suggest 'best fit' designers.


• Design Phase - Set criteria for the design including budget, performance, timescales for production of information. Cost check information for consistency and robustness.


• Tender Phase - Produce or check project programme, control work flow, check compliance with drawings, keep all parties informed of progress, check and approve invoices, produce cost plans, chair and minute site meetings, manage variations, liaison with local authorities, handover information packs.


• On Site - Discuss tender route, discuss timings, discuss cost certainty and start dates. Draw up tender lists, analyse tender returns, recommend who to appoint. Source materials using our trade contacts.


• Handover/Defects - Sign off with local authority, produce snag lists, finalise final accounts, gather handover information. Return to produce defect snag sheets, oversee clearing of snags, finalise accounts.

Smart Services 4All provide a service that dovetails with the designer's and sees the architect's design intent implemented sympathetically on site.

We provide a full project management service with budgeting, tender organisation and cost control. We can also offer services that the architect may have traditionally undertaken such as contract administration, control of work on site, and team communication.

We are happy to work under the architect or alongside, offering from the end client's point of view, a seamless service for project delivery.

• We take responsibility for...
  
  
  • The success of the project, the safeguarding of your interests and the continued happiness of your client
  • Your priority and ours is certainty of outcome, the reduction of risks and the delivering of your project on time, to budget and at the highest level of quality
  • We give you the support of talented, experienced people who will develop a positive environment of collaboration on site and provide strong, independent advice to help you meet your objectives
  • Our project managers are good leaders and communicators and will regularly keep you informed of progress on site

The advantage to the architect of using our services is that they can outsource what has traditionally been the less attractive fee-earning part of the project, whilst still maintaining confidence that the project will be delivered successfully with the design intent maintained.