Office Building Case Study

Building: Seven story office building.

Location: O'Devaney gardens, Dublin.

Porcurment route: Design and Build.

We intend to carry out a construction stratagy on a seven story office building located in O'Devaney gardens, Dublin, using the appropriate porcurment route that best suites a Public Building. This essay states why the chosen route was selected as being the most suitable for our building. There are a number of different procurement routes that exist such as: Traditional, Design and Build, Management Contracting, Construction Management and Design and Manage, all having there advantages and disadvantages, some being more cost and time efficient, while others focus more on the quality of the building.

It is important for one to select

Design and build is a contractual arrangement where the Contractor offers to design and build a construction project for a contract sum which is inclusive of both the design and construction costs.

The design and build contractual arrangement is an attractive option for clients. It simplifies the contractual links between the parties to the main contract because the Contractor accepts responsibility for both design and construction. The client, instead of approaching an Architect for a design service, chooses to go directly to the Contractor for a complete design and build service.

In design and build procurement the client may choose to retain the services of an Architect and Quantity Surveyor to act as independent professional advisers to the client providing essential advice in terms of cost, time and quality. Also to assess the building contractor's proposals with regards to both design and cost, and to monitor the work on site. Valuations for payments on account will be made by the employer's Quantity Surveyor and he will value any variations requested by the employer and negotiate them with the design and build