The Building Game Has Changed Traditionally, local builders employed much of their own workforce. Bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers and labourers worked together as one team, moving

What Are You Actually Asking Your Builder To Price? We’ve seen it literally dozens of times: clients with planning permission and a set of drawings

A complex residential project will involve an architect, a structural engineer and a builder. In all likelihood there will be an interior designer, quantity surveyor and an AV specialist. Beyond that there may be an M&E consultant, lighting designer, landscape architect and numerous specialist suppliers. That is a lot of very capable people – But who is actually managing the project?

Successful builders and project managers have always understood that complicated construction
cannot be left until you are on site and underway, with the missing details simply worked out as
you go. Don’t be fooled into thinking that your residential project is ‘not that complicated’, because
it is.

We all know what we perceive quality to be. By definition, it’s the degree of excellence, standard, or grade of something. You know when you see it, feel it and experience it. Sometimes it’s understated, other times it has the ‘wow’ factor.

Let’s set the scene: A successful couple, doing well for themselves, possibly moving to the area.

The reality is – humans are incredibly optimistic. There have been many studies about the subject. Unsurprisingly, construction is no different…

At university, I had a very intelligent and highly experienced Physics lecturer who taught Statics and Dynamics. Ray’s CV boasted senior positions at Airbus, designing the A380, and later at McLaren F1 where he headed up a team of aerodynamicists.

No matter what position you hold within a complex project, you simply cannot know it all.

As the saying goes, “you’ll never know as much as you don’t know” – something that arrogance won’t accept and naivety won’t understand.

It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m sitting drinking a coffee and pondering over Taylor Kings’ marketing strategy, which leads me to think about the correlation between social media, quality brands and quality products in today’s world.