s The Quantity Surveyor Working For The Design-Build Finance (DBF) Organization: Construction Management Assignment, UCC, Ireland

Introduction

CBU is a private business school set up by a consortium of Irish and American investors. They have successfully operated a campus in Boston, Massachusetts, USA for the last five years. The project commenced construction in Cork’s docklands in December 2019. The chosen method of delivery for this project is Design-Build Finance (DBF).

Proposed Development

The overall construction cost of this project is €40,000,000 (forty million euro) located on a two-hectare site, the gross internal floor area of the new campus building comprising 11,000 m2 over three stories. The external façade will be a combination of brick, metal panel, and glazing.

The interiors will be consistent with a high-quality university building, including lecture rooms, canteen, and administration space.

The structure of the building will be a steel frame with hollow-core precast concrete upper floors.

Development Programme

The project commenced on site in December 2019 and the following is the progress to-date:-

Description/ Status

1. Site setup                                                      100% complete
2. Site preparation and demolition                        100% complete
3. Substructure                                               75% complete
4. Structural steel                                          15% complete
5. Interior wall                                                  5% complete

Your Brief

As the Quantity Surveyor working for the Design-Build Finance (DBF) organization prepare a report for senior management outlining the following:-

• The implication the shutdown will have on-site overheads.
• How the construction schedule/program can be used in the substantiation and adjudication of claims for extension of time.
• The benefits of carrying out a value engineering exercise at this stage in the project and how this value engineering exercise might be structured.
• The practical steps that could be introduced on this project in order for better value for money to be achieved. Note this is not about cost-cutting, but optimizing solutions within this project’s defined goals, reducing client risk, improving building efficiencies, and keeping within established budget and program constraints.