About the Project

The Quad

He leveraged his buildability knowhow astutely. In the preconstruction stage, his change from mast climbers to mewps for facade installation increased output and cut prelim costs. His introduction of a vacuum excavator for digging around ground services on the tightly constrained brownfield site reduced risk, costs and time.

With 10 different colour types proposed for what would be a costly brick facade, Chris successfully engaged with the design team to reduce the colour count. He delivered the original aesthetic through rigorous quality management. Other buildability and budget gains included switching from timber detail to plasterboard for the atrium’s cladding panels, and replacing quick-laying screed on the roof with siphonic drainage.

But the biggest of all Chris’s triumphs was meeting a client request for the design and construction of a full fit-out for a tenant of one of the five floors within the original contract programme. Incorporating costly work into an already completed programme was a major risk, but he managed to complete it – in one week rather than the allotted three – and hand the fitted-out floor along with the shell-and-core build over to a delighted client