Construction

The value of a Pre-Construction Services Agreement

Engaging with a contractor before tender can lead to a collaborative approach around cost certainty, buildability and programme as the project develops   

Engaging with a contractor during a PCSA can be helpful around costings and resolving issues with design

 
Engagement with a contractor while the design is being developed can seem premature, however it is in everyone’s interest to have early engagement into this process.   

A contractor will bring a fresh pair of eyes and expertise from a technical and delivery perspective.  

This will inevitably influence the design to some degree and encourage an open, collaborative approach which should, in turn, lead to a far more thought-out, considered and better designed building.   

A contractor should bring many years of experience in delivering similar projects and should have seen the successes and failures of specific strategies, design, sequencing and detailing.   

The PCSA can trigger a two-stage tendering period, a method of procurement where the employer seeks to appoint a contractor at an initial stage of the project based on an outline scope of work.   

There is then a second stage when the employer seeks to appoint a contractor for the construction works under a building contract.  

 

A PCSA gives the client/developer full insight into the costs based on the early design of outline information, as well as developing it against the cost plan going forward
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