CONSULTANT

Evaluation of the state of the property in view of acquisition or of sale, with a focus on their potential of enlargement and/or renovation and the cost of the works to be planned.

DESIGN MANAGEMENT

You are at the origin of an architectural construction project for a building and in need of either expertise and geographical presence, you can count on the Design management consultancy to assist you in all steps of development of the project design and construction.

The architect in the role of AMO (assistant à la maîtrise d'ouvrage) helps you to define, to pilot and to exploit the project coordinating the intervening architects and engineering teams. He facilitates the coordination of project and inssures the the management of the project.

The design manager covers the complete spectre of the actions bound to the genesis and to the life of a building.

YOU CAN THEREFORE CONSULT ME TO

Define the functional expression of needs and implementation of the program.
Analysis of the feasibility of a project with the aim of acquisition or conversion.
Define the necessary participants to establish the needs for design and construction team. Its choice and implementation procedure.
Coordination and follow-up for development of the studies.
Assistance communicating with the city authorities, the ABF (architectes batiment de France cultural protection authorities), etc. for the procedures of statutory authorizations required for the project.
Budget control of costs, and validation of sequential payments of the various participants.
Control and management of the established planning schedule and any incidents.
Follow-up of delivery, establishment making good list and of reserves.

PROJECT DEVELOPEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

You want to build, to enlarge or to renew your retail store, home or office...I can bring you my know-how to integrate all the needs: technical, statutory, aesthetic, and functional. I can propose you a solution without a priori for true optimisation and comfort, developing attractive and articulated spaces around your lifestyle, be it at home or at work.

Finally, I develop the project for the necessary permits approval and later conformity of its construction as well as respect for the budget and the time schedule.

FIRST VISIT

When contacted by you I first take as much knowledge as possible of the environement, the functionnal as well as technical needs and aesthetical wishes.This first step is ideally done on site. Based on this knowledge I thereafter communicate to you the fundamentals of the architecture procedure together with my profession proposal and an outline of the best options recommended to work on. This proposal takes into account the functional, financial and schedule seen with the client.

This first free of cost stage, includes and details the content of the different proposed phases of the mission I proposed together with the professional fees.

You are interested in pursuing ? you can choose between either :

A complete mission including design developpment and construction management in which case I focus on a complete service which allows to schedule and optimise all stages with a global view.

A partial mission : you can for instance start by going ahead with a first stage of feasability study in order to search for the potential exploitability of the project before deciding on any direction. You may also wish to only have done the project for the work permits presentation. Or go up to the bid out project and biding follow-up keeping the possibilit of running the construction works otherwise.

WORK METHOD

DEFINITION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMME AND FEASIBILITY STUDY

Verification of all existing documents and established facts as : existing plans and engineer studies. Validation of clients intentions and evaluation of time schedule and finantial impact of the process.

PRECISE DIMENTIONS TAKE-OFF of existing site conditions with cm precission, followed by drawing of existant conditions, serving as reliable base for the subsequent stages.

ETUDE D'ESQUISSE two or more variants proposed, as a result of the potential use of space and functional variables.

AVANT- PROJET (somewhere near the Schematic Design) developing with more detail the choices made to validate and prepare for the next step.

WORK PERMIT PROJECT FILE. Developement of the project adjustedd to the statutory needs in trelation to the size and type of project. Counsel and assistance with the city authorities administration.

BIDDING DOCUMENTS OR DOSSIER DE CONSULTATION D'ENTREPRISE DCE , incluant Plans and details including the material choices and finishings, the bill of quantities. Provisional time schedule and all documents necessary for the bidding process.

BID-OUT based on the previous stage. follow-up and analyse of answers, and subsequent recommendations to client.

WORKS DIRECTION insures the respect of the construction documents as well as the construction permit. Coordinatin of different teams if by separate contractors or follow up of general contractor. Definition and follow-up of time schedule. Follow-up of payment of presented sequences and accounting.

Daily visits and weekly site coordination meetings to validate advance and resolve any unexpected isue. Issuing of minutes to the meeting and of work orders. Works reception and establishement of completion or modification punch-list. Follow-up until all is made good and client's complete satisfaction.