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New-build advice — Building consultant
A new-build idea needs a usable brief before drawings and tenders can be compared. Describe how the building will be used, the site information you hold and the decisions still open, such as layout priorities, delivery approach and future maintenance expectations.
Service scope
Early advisory work for a proposed new building, connecting the client’s use requirements with site information, design-team needs and project stages. It helps establish feasibility questions and a brief without promising that the site or proposal will be approved.
What is normally included
- Client brief development
- Site-information and constraint review
- Design-team and project-stage advice
What is not included
- Automatic planning or building approval
- A completed architectural or engineering design
Typical tasks
- Record intended building use
- Review available site information
- Identify feasibility questions
- Outline design and investigation appointments
- Define decision points and expected outputs
What to include in your brief
- Intended use and accommodation needs
- Site location and available plans
- Known access or servicing constraints
- Design preferences and priorities
- Project stage and required decision support
Choosing the right professional
Select an adviser who can explain the information needed before committing to a design or construction contract. Confirm whether the service is a feasibility review, brief-writing exercise or continuing support, and who will lead the specialist design work.
Important considerations
- Site constraints may remain unknown until surveys are commissioned
- Early sketches are not permission or technical approval
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