Design Management

Design Management

We know that efficient design process management is critical to the success of a project, regardless of its size, scale or scope. We work collaboratively as a team and with external design consultants to deliver outstanding results for our clients.

At ABUK, we recognise that the management and co-ordination for the design of complex multi-disciplinary projects presents a number of significant challenges. Our design management service is tailored specifically to meet these challenges. We establish and implement the systems and procedures that facilitate successful delivery. We ensure that, from the outset, there is a clear definition of the scope of the project. We actively manage the client and stakeholder approvals processes, including monitoring progress, minimising design risk, promoting greater programme certainty, all with the aim of delivering a high quality of service to our clients.

Our Services Include:


  • Project Setup: Establishment of Processes and Procedures

    • Design brief
    • Define scope of work
    • Appointments
    • Developing project specific process and procedures
    • Define project deliverables
    •  List all stakeholders
    •  Define milestone dates
    •  Define delivery date
    •  Risk and Opportunity assessment
    •  Estimate fees and fee management
    •  Procurement of design team
    • Design optimization
    • Project directory
    • Design Guide
    • Design Responsibility  Matrix DRM
    • Design Deliverables

  • Project Reporting

    • Stakeholder engagement 
    • Developing project programme
    • Monitoring and reporting against project programme 
    • Developing design principal
    • Communicating the technical vision of project 
    • Monitor process and procedures.

  • Management of Communication and Information flow

    • Risk and opportunity register 
    • Developing workflow
    • Developing project execution Plan
    • Developing and monitoring change Control
    • Request For Information
    • Design change notice 

  • Management of Co-Ordination and Collaboration

    • Manage resources
    • Monitor progress of projects and performance of design team
    • Collaborate with Design Team and broader project team
    • Oversee the creation of design documentation and refine documents where necessary

  • Management of Deliverables

    • Develop project deliverables schedule 
    • Developing design responsibility matrix 
    • Monitor performance against agreed deliverables 
    • Review progress against responsibility matrix, deliverables and fee drawdown.
    • Developing fee schedule 
    • Agreeing fee drawdown schedule
    • Dispute and resolution

  • Programme Management

    • Developing a consolidated design programme 
    • Regular review milestones against deliverables 
    • Developing drop-lines and reviewing progress against programme 
    • Providing step by step assistance to design team to develop a recovery plan.
    • Programme optimization

  • Management of Approval Processes

    • Assisting with approval process 
    • Presenting proposals for client approval 
    • Managing change control process
    • Developing change control procedure
    • Managing design team tender process
    • Developing a tender return recommendation for client approval

  • Quality management

    • Preliminary design review
    • Critical design review
    • Final design review
    • Requirements review
    • Non-Technical design review
    • Design milestone
    • Value management

  • Land and Planning

    • Utility due diligence services
    • Utility infrastructure capacity checks
    • Condition survey
    • Early planning review
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