Construction Management

 Oculis Construction’s primary offering is a bespoke Construction Management (CM) service to Clients, an alternative to Design & Build (D&B) and traditional procurement routes.

Recent combinations of COVID, Brexit, inflation, material availability and price volatility, energy costs, international hostilities, increased insolvencies, and a hard insurance and bond market have proven that D&B is not always risk free, cost effective and efficient.

Acceleration of Programme:

Allows overlapping of design and construction phases. Trade Contractors can start before design completion, resolving issues without affecting the 

critical path, saving time and money, and mitigating delays.

Early Trade Contractor Involvement:

Promotes better quality and innovation through their expertise and feedback, enhancing performance and efficiency through collaborative working.

Client Flexibility and Control:

Allows design changes without renegotiating with a single contractor.

Elements can be delayed without affecting the overall programme, adapting to market conditions or user requirements, improving quality and functionality.

Collaborative Culture:

Encourages teamwork among the Client, Construction Manager, and Trade Contractors, reducing disputes, enhancing communication, boosting morale, and improving programme efficiency.

 Flexible Procurement:

Unlike Design & Build or Traditional procurement, CM enables piecemeal procurement on a trade-by-trade basis.

Early Trade Contractor Involvement:

Promotes better involvement of key design elements, mitigating the impact of uncoordinated design with relative cost and delay 

CM allows Clients to see a detailed breakdown of all project costs.  Every penny spent can be tracked, which is often not possible in other procurement methods where a lump sum may cover various items.

The Construction Manager can be engaged early in the design and cost planning stages. This enables the Client to influence decisions that affect the final cost.  In traditional or single stage design and build contracts, costs are often fixed before the design is complete.

Each work package can be competitively tendered, meaning that the Client only pays the market rate with no main contractor markup.  There is a much-reduced risk of overpayment as Clients can verify actual cost against the market rate.

Clients can engage direct with Trade Contractors in value engineering providing greater transparency.

Cost transparency leads to better stakeholder engagement and trust. All relevant parties can see the true financial aspects of the project.

Enhanced Quality Control:

Ensures the final product meets or exceeds standards, minimizing defects, reducing costs, and ensuring timely completion.

Compliance with Regulations:

Adheres to the Building Safety Act and Building Regulations through strict monitoring and systematic quality checks.

Client-Focused Team:

Construction Managers work directly for the Client, ensuring dedicated quality oversight.

Transparency and Early Issue Resolution:

Provides full access to QA procedures, inspections, and audits, identifying and addressing quality issues early to prevent rework.

Continuous Quality Control:

Ensures consistent quality oversight from project start to finish, relying on the Construction Manager's expertise.