Construction management
Delivery of a documented design under a construct-only contract.
Construction management, or construct-only delivery, is the arrangement under which a developer brings a fully documented design and engages Calibre Construction Group to build it. The developer holds the design consultants and the design risk; Calibre prices the documented scope, sets the programme, and delivers the structure, envelope, services and fit-out through to occupation certificate and handover. This suits developers with an in-house design team or an existing relationship with an architect, and projects where the documentation is already complete when the builder is engaged. Calibre applies the same site management, subcontractor network and quality process it uses on design and construct work, with a construction manager on site. The distinction matters at pricing: under construct-only, the price is tied to the documents as issued, and anything the documents leave open is resolved as an instruction rather than absorbed by the builder.
Under construct-only delivery, Calibre works to the developer's documentation. The tender or negotiated price is tied to that documentation, and the programme is set from it.
Calibre's role is the site: subcontractor procurement, sequencing, quality, the compliance documentation the principal certifier needs, and handover. Design questions during construction go back to the developer's consultants.
How it runs
Tender or negotiated price
Calibre prices the issued documents, identifies gaps or buildability issues in writing, and sets a programme.
Procurement
Trade packages let to Calibre's subcontractor network. Long-lead items ordered against the programme.
Construction
Structure, envelope, services and fit-out, with a construction manager on site.
Completion and handover
Occupation certificate, defects inspection, handover documentation and defects liability.
A site that suits this contract form? We will tell you early whether the scope fits the budget.
Questions developers ask
What is the difference from design and construct?
Who holds the design. Under construct-only the developer's consultants document the project and carry the design risk; Calibre builds to those documents.
Can the two be combined?
Yes. Some developers bring a documented design and ask Calibre to take over the consultants for the remaining coordination, which becomes a design and construct contract from that point.
Does Calibre tender?
Calibre prices both by tender and by negotiation, depending on how the developer prefers to run the appointment.
Send the address.
Send the address and the stage the project has reached. We read every enquiry.
What to send
- Site address or suburb
- Stage the project has reached
- Approximate number of apartments
- Contract form in mind