Mega infrastructure and real estate projects are often highly complex and tend to suffer from risks relating to timelines, budgets, quality and brand reputation across the project lifecycle. With the large scale of projects and humongous cost of capital, managing risk from the start is crucial to the success of any capital project. There are a variety of factors which can cause a collapse in capital project: limited planning, inadequate stakeholder involvement, inefficient/ ineffective cost and schedule controls, inexperienced management and lack of skilled labour identified as the lack of standardisation in project organisation and project management capabilities.

Merloam as Project Management Consultants, takes a holistic approach to manage the Project by application of extensive Knowledge, Skills and Experience at various stages of project development

Pre-Construction Management

The preconstruction phase is critical to a project’s success. It is during this phase that the project team gets organized, aligned in their vision and communication. Without a strong foundation, a construction project can quickly become disorderly, leading to gaps in communication, holes in process and potential schedule delays.

• Establishing project priorities– It is important for the entire project team to understand the goals and priorities of the client’s project. During this time, review of drawings and evaluation of the project from start to finish is a must. Taking the time to understand the client’s goals will give the project team the right perspective for document review. Are there any flaws in the design that will not suit the client’s need? Are there any issues with placement? Were any items missed? Talking this through these issues before construction helps to mitigate surprises during construction.
• Establish scope of work- Preconstruction is the time to thoroughly define the project’s scope of work. This includes preparing and submitting planning drawings, procuring specialty consultants, choosing building materials, reviewing all contracts, etc. Going through this work will also help to determine a firm cost and schedule for the project.
• Create budget and schedule- With the right preconstruction planning, many budget and schedule issues are avoided. Preconstruction meetings should determine, tasks, milestones, completion dates and any other activity that might put a project behind schedule. Check-in dates and milestones help to communicate to all parties how to keep the schedule on task.

Construction & Installation Management

Merloam begins the construction management process during the preliminary design stage when project planning milestones are established, construction concepts are developed, and the overall plan is prepared.

During the construction period, Merloam will prepare a construction management strategy, procedure and manual and undertake ‘Construction Process Management’ which is essentially a strategy of overseeing the General contractor’s/ Sub -contractor’s supervision team at site, monitoring their established processes and doing periodic quality checks at random.

Merloam represents the best interests of the client, by having interactions with contractors, major subcontractors and all other consultants.

During final design, construction management tasks include constructability and cost-saving reviews, consequent design changes and environmental compliance. The construction phase involves implementation of the construction plan by the Project Construction Manager including day-to-day communications and coordination with contractors.

Phases of Construction & Installation Management

• Appointment of contractors
• Planning management/Forecasting Management
• Cost management
• Site management
• Quality control
• Environment, Health & Safety management
• Co-ordination with client, architect and other consultants