Presentation Flashcards
You mentioned your client is a blue-chip retail client. What does blue-chip mean?
A blue-chip company is one that is:
- well-known to the general public and investors
- well-established and
- well capitalised.
You mentioned the client had undertook a review of their UK estate portfolio. How many stores are in their portfolio?
Approximately 2,100 stores in the UK
Within option A for key issue 1, you mention single-stage selective tendering. Can you explain what this is?
Single stage tendering is where a number of competing contractors bid based on identical tender information. Once a preferred contractor is appointed, they enter into a contract to deliver the works.
Selective tendering is essentially a tendering process where only certain contractors can enter the bid. It’s typically where a short list is drawn up based in a pre-agreed framework or approved supplier list.
Within option B for key issue 1, you mention competitive tendering. Can you explain what this is?
Competitive tendering is where a number of tenderers submit a bid and are competing against one another for award.
Within your chosen solution for key issue 2, you mention overheads. What are overheads?
They are essentially the indirect costs of a contractor to deliver a project, such as office administrative costs.
What is your understanding of value engineering?
It is the process of evaluating the functional requirements of a design in order to consider alternative materials and designs to achieve the same out come at better value
You mention cost efficiency through economies of scale. What does this mean?
Economies of scale can be defined as the cost advantages gained through increasing output. Through an increased scale of workload, the cost per store had potential to reduce by spreading the cost over more stores.
The image on the left hand side of slide 9 - can you describe this to me?
This is an image from site at a high-street closure store in Blaydon, in the Northern England region. The store was scoped as a hard strip store, being returned to shell.
If we start from the top of the image:
- the plasterboard ceiling is still in situ, with temporary lighting being pulled through. You can also see the structural beams
- looking at the walls, the wallfittings, spurs and plywood supports and plasterboard have been removed, stripping the walls back to brick. You can also see the windows have been boarded up.
- moving down the image, you can see the sheet vinyl floor finish has been removed, revealing the concrete floor beneath
- grey thing? flue??
The image on the right hand side of slide 9, can you describe this to me?
This is an image of a pharmacy refit within a retail park store in Solihull, in the Central England region.
If we start from the top of the image:
- the ceiling is a suspended ceiling with metal pan ceiling tiles laid into a suspended t-bar grid system. you can see the dome CCTV cameras and one of the LED lighting panels. You can also see the healthcare counter pods have pole fed power
- along the top of the walls, you can see the melamine MFC decorative panels
- you can see the wallfittings, fixed to the walls by a top tie bar, bottom tie bar, and threaded rods.
- the floor has been finished with a vinyl tile
In reflection, what would you do differently in this project?
On the project generally, I would have met with the client project manager at the start of my appointment to ascertain their preferred method of communication to ensure a line of communication which worked for them from the outset.
Fortunately, because of the duration of the programme, this is something I have been able to build into the process.
In relation to Key Issue 2, I probably wouldn’t have considered waiting to receive more tenders to carry out value engineering as an option for resolving the potential overspend. I now know that value engineering is most effective at the outset of a project, with a view to be proactive rather than reactive.
Can you give me an example of something you identified within your review of the Estate’s Managers strip out scopes?
Within the ‘soft strip’ briefs, the Estate’s Manager had scoped for removing electrical services back to the distribution board. I challenged whether making safe and isolatingany electrical linked to the removal of loose fixtures and fittings to the nearest plug socket or spur would comply with the lease.
A spur is a switch that is used to isolate electrical equipment from the mains supply.
What is the difference between IPMS2 and GIA?
The main difference is that IPMS 2 is measured to the internal extents of the internal dominant face (IDF) rather than to the internal face of the perimeter walls.
What is the internal dominant face?
IDF is the internal finish comprising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each IDF Wall Section. If such does not occur, the Finished Surface is deemed to be the IDF.
