Question 1

What is the difference between a Project Manager and an Employer's Agent?

Accepted Answer

An Employer's Agent is a contractual role, they administer the building contract, issue instructions and certificates, and represent the Employer's position in contractual matters. A Project Manager is broader: they lead delivery of the whole project, coordinate the design team and contractor, manage programme and risk, and run the client-side decision-making. On a D&B scheme you usually want both roles, and sometimes a single firm holds them together.

Question 2

How is progress actually reported?

Accepted Answer

Weekly. Every Monday you receive a written report covering programme status against the critical path, risks raised and closed, outstanding client decisions, cost position, and any escalations. We chair the project meeting mid-week, minute it the same day, and track every action to close. Nothing goes dark.

Question 3

What happens when the programme starts slipping?

Accepted Answer

We tell you early, not at the eleventh hour. As soon as float is being consumed on the critical path, we raise it in the weekly report, quantify the recovery options (cost and programme consequences of each), and recommend an action. If the slip is ours to solve we solve it; if it is the contractor's we hold them to account under the contract.

Question 4

Do you manage the design team as well?

Accepted Answer

On most appointments, yes, consultants sign up to the project brief and programme through us. We run design team meetings, hold the information-release schedule, coordinate interfaces between consultants, and escalate unresolved design questions to you in time to be useful.

Question 5

How do you handle risk management?

Accepted Answer

A live risk register, owned by us, reviewed weekly. Each risk has an owner, a likelihood and impact score, a mitigation, and a trigger point. Cost and programme allowances flow from the register, not the other way round. Lenders and investors reading the monthly pack see exactly what we're watching and why.

Question 6

Can you take over a project mid-flight?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we've stepped in as PM on live schemes that needed stabilising. The first two weeks are a structured takeover: contract review, consultant and contractor introductions, programme and cost audit, and a written stabilisation plan. From week three onward you have a functional project management function back in place.

Project Management.

What's included.

A repeatable, transparent process from appointment to close-out.

Mobilise

Programme

Run

Recover

Handover

What you'll receive.

Who this suits.

The questions we answer on first calls.

Often commissioned together.

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