BUILDING CONSULTANCY

Building Surveying and Building Consultancy.

 

D E & J Levy LLP provides the full range of project management and building consultancy services. 

As project managers for new build, refurbishment and fitting out works, we are able to offer a full service to our clients, from the selection of the project team and contractor to the coordination of works on site and relocation services.  Our services are always tailored to the client’s particular requirements, but frequently include the preparation and tendering of a full specification of works, contract administration, CDM coordination, quantity surveying and space planning.  Our track record for delivering high quality projects on time and within budget is the result of our meticulous attention to detail and the regular project meetings and site visits that we consider to be the key to our success.

Our building consultancy services include dealing with party wall matters, dilapidations, licences for alterations and preparing building reinstatement cost assessments (fire insurance valuations) and preventative planned maintenance reports.  In all cases, we provide a bespoke, flexible, hands-on approach, tailored to suit the client’s requirements.

 

For more information on DE & J Levy's Building Consultancy services please contact:

David Apthorp  Partner  Tel: 020 7747 0190

Ben Nairn          Partner  Tel: 020 7747 0151

Matt Acton                       Tel: 020 7747 0191

CASE STUDIES:

Franco’s, 61/63 Jermyn Street, London, SW1

D E & J Levy’s Project Management & Building Consultancy team oversaw the fitting out programme for Franco’s, creating one of London’s most prestigious Italianrestaurants in the heart of St. James’s.

Project duration: 6 months. Value: £1,000,000

• Selection of project team
• Space Planning
• Specification of works and tendering
• On site project coordination
• Contract administration and budgetary advice

1/3 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1

Our client, Jupiter International Group plc, wanted their office space to meet the needs of their successful team and reflect their corporate image – but they didn’t want to moveout of their premises while this was achieved.

Project Duration: 8 months. Project Value: £1.5M

• Strategic facilities plan
• Phased works specification
• Competitive tendering
• Hands on project management
• Integrated in-building staff and resource relocation

Axis House, 242-262 Bath Road, Hayes, Middlesex

 

We were initially instructed by our client, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society to deal with dilapidations matters arising from a lease termination at this building.  We went on to prepare a “Day One” building reinstatement cost assessment and a planned maintenance report, as part of a series of reports on a number of our client’s buildings.  Then, we received instructions to refurbish the common parts and vacant office areas to maximise lettability.  We subsequently dealt with a licence for alterations for a new tenant’s fitting out works.

Project Duration: 6 months. Project Value: £700K

• One-stop, multidisciplinary service
• “Whole building” approach
•  DDA sensitive specification, competitively tendered
•  Project management, contract administration and statutory consents
•  Liaison with client, managing agent and tenants

32 Old Burlington Street, London, W1

When our client Anderson & Sheppard, a world-renowned bespoke tailor,who had been relocated to new premises sourced through our retail department, they asked us to re-create their traditional work and showrooms.

Project Duration: 4 months. Project Value: £400K

• Pre-acquisition advice
• Listed building and planning consent
• Competitive tendering
• Project coordination and contract administration
• Integrated approach with client’s interior designer

 110 Wigmore Street, London W1

Our client, advised by our Investment Department and ourselves, acquired the freehold interest in this building.  They were keen to maximise the appeal of the vacant office space to tenants and ensure it reflected its prestigious cornerstone location.

Project Duration: 6 months.  Value: £450K

• Pre-acquisition survey
• Detailed specification and competitive tendering
• Appointment of M&E consultant and interior designer
•  Project management and contract administration
•  Budgetary advice and monthly cashflow reports

17 Albemarle Street, London W1

 

When our client, advised by our Investment Department, acquired this Grade II Listed building, we carried out the pre-acquisition survey.  Then, we received instructions to implement our recommendations to repair and redecorate the common areas and exterior, as well as one of the offices, sympathetically to the property’s period features and with consideration towards existing tenants.

Project Duration: 4 months. Value: £109K

• Pre-acquisition survey, including planned maintenance schedule
• Specification to meet client’s brief
• Competitive tendering
• Project coordination and contract administration
• Liaison with tenants to minimise disruption