Our Services
Project Supervision & Client Representation
Professional guidance and oversight to ensure projects are delivered efficiently, on schedule, and to the highest quality standards.
What This Service Is
Supervision and client representation is oversight work rather than construction. Decart acts for the client: planning the project, reviewing the design and the cost, supervising the works and representing the client's interest through to handover.
Official service description. Professional guidance and oversight to ensure projects are delivered efficiently, on schedule, and to the highest quality standards.
Who This Is For
Typical clients for this service.
- Owners who have appointed a contractor and want independent oversight
- Overseas owners who cannot attend site regularly
- Investors needing a design and cost review before committing
- Clients in dispute about quality, progress or scope
Coordination Required
Who and what has to be coordinated.
- The client's appointed contractor and consultants
- Authority inspections and approval milestones
- Specialist testing and commissioning parties
- Suppliers, for verification of approved materials
What Is Included
The Complete Subservice List.
These are the official subservices within Project Supervision & Client Representation, as defined in our service documentation.
Project Planning
Programme, milestones, procurement route and decision points defined up front.
Design Review
Review of design completeness, coordination, buildability and compliance.
Cost Evaluation
Assessment of budgets, tenders and variations against the scope.
Construction Supervision
Site attendance, progress verification and reporting through construction.
Quality Assurance
Inspection against specification, approved samples and agreed benchmarks.
Client Representation
Acting for the client with the contractor, consultants and authorities.
Scope & Deliverables
What You Receive.
Scope is confirmed per project. The list below is what a full appointment for this service typically covers.
- Project planning, programme review and milestone definition
- Design review for buildability, coordination and completeness
- Cost evaluation, benchmarking and variation assessment
- Tender review and contractor comparison
- Construction supervision and progress reporting
- Quality assurance inspections against specification
- Materials and sample approval on the client's behalf
- Snagging, defect tracking and completion verification
- Client representation in meetings and correspondence
Delivery Approach
How We Deliver It.
Three practices that make the most difference to the outcome on this type of work.
Reporting that says what changed
Progress reports set out what was completed, what slipped, what it will cost and what decision is needed from you, rather than describing activity.
Inspection against a written standard
Quality is assessed against the specification and approved samples, so an observation can be substantiated rather than argued as a matter of opinion.
Early warning over late blame
The value of supervision is in raising an issue while it is still cheap to fix. Emerging risks are reported when they appear, not when they become claims.
Questions
Project Supervision & Client Representation: Common Questions
Yes. Client representation is one of the six parts of this service. Decart can attend site and progress meetings, review submissions and variations, inspect work against the specification and report to the client, acting in the client's interest.
Yes. Supervision is offered as a standalone service, independent of construction. Where Decart is engaged only to supervise, we do not also tender for the construction of that project, so the oversight role stays clean.
A design review examines completeness, coordination between disciplines, buildability, compliance with the applicable requirements, and whether the specification is sufficiently defined to be priced and built without significant later variation.
Yes, this is one of the most common reasons for the service. Regular site attendance, photographic reporting, verification of claimed progress and approval of materials on your behalf substitute for being there.
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Discuss Project Supervision & Client Representation With Decart
Tell us about the project, the site and the outcome you want, and we will set out how we would approach it.