Guides to construction planning, written from site.
Practical guidance on the Building Safety Regulator, planning conditions, CMPs, CEMPs, logistics and programmes, kept up to date as the rules change.
How the Building Safety Regulator has changed construction planning
Higher-risk buildings now have hard regulatory hold points before work starts, during construction and before occupation. Here is what that means for programmes, logistics and PEPs.
Read the guideBuilding Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 into your programme
A practical guide to showing the building control gateways in a construction programme, with realistic durations and the decisions that sit behind them.
Read the guideCMP, CEMP, DCMP or DCEMP: what is the difference?
Councils use a confusing mix of names for construction management documents. Here is what each one covers and how to tell which one your condition is asking for.
Read the guideWhat has changed in CMPs and CEMPs
Machinery emissions, lorry safety, dust guidance, biodiversity and the building safety regime have all moved on. A CMP written to an old template is now likely to be sent back.
Read the guideDischarging pre-commencement conditions without losing your start date
Pre-commencement conditions are one of the most common causes of a delayed start. How to plan their discharge into the programme.
Read the guideDust management plans: what councils now expect
How dust risk is assessed under IAQM guidance, what mitigation is expected at each risk level, and when monitoring is needed.
Read the guideConstruction Traffic Management Plans: what highway authorities look for
Outside London, the CTMP is the usual way construction traffic is controlled. What county highway authorities look for and why submissions are sent back.
Read the guideConstruction noise and vibration: BS 5228 and Section 61 consents
How construction noise is controlled, what a Section 61 prior consent gives you, and how to plan noisy work so it does not stop the job.
Read the guideConstruction Logistics Plans in London: outline and detailed
What Transport for London and the boroughs expect from an outline CLP at planning and a detailed CLP before work starts.
Read the guideTower crane planning: position, coverage and oversailing
Where the crane goes decides how the whole site works. How to position cranes, check coverage and deal with oversailing neighbours and the highway.
Read the guideLogistics on constrained sites: pit lanes, loading bays and highway licences
When the site has no room for deliveries, the highway becomes part of the logistics plan. The licences and arrangements that make it work.
Read the guideWhat goes into a good Project Execution Plan
A Project Execution Plan should tell the whole team how the project will actually be run. What to include, and what makes one useful rather than shelfware.
Read the guideTender, contract and working programmes: what each one is for
A programme does a different job at each stage of a project. What a tender, contract and working programme should contain, and how the contract treats them.
Read the guidePhasing a scheme around sales, occupation and handover
The cheapest build sequence is rarely the one that makes the scheme work financially. How to plan phasing around sales, cash flow and early occupation.
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