We provide the best advice based on our experiences in construction and development to fulfil our client’s expectations.
At Kendro, we are bringing back the construction experience to effectively manage the building process by understanding every stage.
We are able to lead and facilitate the value management process prior to awarding the building contract to ensure our clients achieve the best financial result.
Managing the re-development of a Robin Boyd Apartment
Development Management
Our development experience enables our team to provide advice on all areas of the development journey, from site acquisition to preparing market research reports which assist in determining the end value of the completed product.
- Our team has gained its development experienced from companies such as Mirvac and SP Setia which provide our clients with proven managers, who know each step of the development process.
- Our team has worked as Development Managers for projects such as:
- The Melbournian: Mirvac
- The Docklands: Mirvac
- Quat West: Mirvac
- SY21: Mirvac
- Beacon Cove: Mirvac
- Fulton Lane: SP Setia
- Parque: SP Setia
- The services we offer for development management include:
- Highlighting potential development sites.
- Acquisition of accepted developments sites.
- Providing full market research reports for site acquisition, finance, and internal board members to review prior to acquisition.
- Appointment and review of the valuation process, by our in-house property value.
- Summary of all headworks and authority costs required by the developer
- Providing budgets for all consultant’s costs for the projects
- Providing high-level construction costs for the feasibility analysis
- Creating and appointment of consultant teams which include:
- Architect
- Engineering
- Building Services
- Building Surveyor
- Acoustic
- ESD – Energy Performance
- FER – Fire Engineering
Project Management
The team at Kendro are construction-based professionals, who have the experience and technical knowledge to delivery the project and manage the entire building process for the developer. Our team is focused on the Value Management process prior to awarding the contract to the successful contractor.
- The value management process can be a complicated and quick process, where the builder provides a series of possible costs saving to the client to reduce the overall cost of the building.
- As our team are registered builders and worked in the environment for a long time, we slow this process down and ensure that our client understands what each item will do to their end product and also internally price the VM items, to ensure the client is getting the appropriate savings, for the nominated VM item. For example: changing a concrete roof to lightweight construction – is the client getting the cost saving available for the change in scope?
- Our team will manage and overview the construction program monthly to ensure our client is kept up-to-date and aware of construction related timelines.
- The project management service we provide is based on our team, having worked in the construction industry since 1995, with the following builders:
- Abigroup Contractors
- Baulderstone Hornibook
- DCS Built
- Our team has navigated to the project management space to bring the construction experience required in order to deliver projects for our clients, irrespective of size and location.
- The services we provide for Project Management include:
- Nominating consultants for each design discipline – fee schedules
- Appointment of proposed consultants for each design discipline
- Managing consultants from schematic design to design development – for Tender
- Organising tender packs via design development for contractors to price
- Nominating building contractors to price the project
- Tendering the project to builders
- Vetting all construction tenders
- Providing a risk analysis on each builder and their submission
- Working through the value management process with each builder
- Appointment of the builder
- Assisting with providing the contract for the works – via our legal network
- Providing superintendent services for the project
- Program review and forecasting completion dates
- Managing the samples process with the builder
- Reviewing all extensions of time and possible variations.
- Working with Quantity Surveyor for assessment of progress claims
- Working with sales team and assist with marketing from the construction viewpoint
Superintendent Role
As part of our management services, we offer the role of the project Superintendent, which manages the project and the contractor for the client to ensure compliance via the building contract.
- The role of the superintendent is to ensure that the project parties are complying with the agreed contract conditions, and to ensure that the following is specifically being adhered to:
- Program compliance as per tender and contract documentation
- Certifying all contractor progress claims
- Managing the contract with the builder
- Reviewing all possible variations under the contract
- Reviewing all possible Extensions of time under the contract
- Assisting in ensuring the correct retention is being
- Facilitate PCG Meetings
- Site Inspections for the client
- Assisting the land surveyor
- Working with and assisting the building surveyor during the project
- Assisting the client with all authority obligations during the project
- Payment certificates for each progress claim
- Issue of Practical completion for the project
- The role of the superintendent by Kendro is to assist the project and provide the assistance to the parties to ensure a successful put come for all involved.
- At Kendro we provide a service for the client, which is part of the superintendent role, where we facilitate and actively plan with the builder, on how to achieve compliance with the requirements for the title’s office and for settlements of property to take place.
- Our focus as a superintendent is to be the conduit between the builder, consultants, authorities and the client, to ensure that all parties communicate and assist in anyway possible for the project to be a successful transaction.