PROJECT BRIEF · THORNFIELD HOUSE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Client: Thornfield Properties Contract: NEC4 ECC Option A Contract value: £2,800,000 Total budget: £3,200,000 Contingency: £180,000 (6.5%) QS appointment: Week 1 (contract already awarded) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ PROJECT DESCRIPTION Thornfield Properties are refurbishing an existing six-storey commercial office building in Leeds city centre. Ground and first floor retail units. Floors 2-5 office accommodation. Total GIA approximately 560m2 per floor. NEC4 ECC Option A contract awarded to Crestline Construction. YOUR APPOINTMENT You joined this project at contract award. You were not involved in the tender process. Crestline Construction are on site and works have commenced. Your Senior QS, Derek Hollis, is your supervisor but is managing three other projects simultaneously. PROGRAMME Week 1: Contract award — your appointment Week 3: Contractor takes possession of site Week 8: Decision 1 — asbestos discovery Week 12: Decision 2 — verbal instruction Week 16: Decision 3 — payment notice Week 20: Decision 4 — CE assessment Week 24: Decision 5 — prolongation claim Week 28: Decision 6 — final account Week 32: Practical completion BUDGET POSITION Construction contract: £2,800,000 Contingency (6.5%): £180,000 Professional fees: £220,000 Total budget: £3,200,000 KNOWN RISKS AT APPOINTMENT 1. Building constructed 1960s — asbestos survey completed but pre-contract surveys on older buildings carry inherent uncertainty. 2. Contractor started a week late due to delayed possession — programme float is limited. 3. Apex Architecture has a history of verbal communications with contractors — formal instruction management needs active oversight. KEY APPOINTMENTS Contractor: Crestline Construction (NEC4 ECC Option A) Contract Administrator: Apex Architecture Senior QS (supervisor): Derek Hollis Client: Janet Osei, Managing Director, Thornfield Properties RICS APC COMPETENCES ADDRESSED · Contract practice (Level 1-2) · Commercial management of construction (Level 1-2) · Legal and regulatory compliance (Level 1)

QS Training Scenario

Thornfield House — The Compensation Event

Thornfield Properties · £3,200,000 total budget · 6 decisions

You are a Graduate QS appointed at contract award on a six-storey office refurbishment in Leeds. The contract is NEC4 ECC Option A. Crestline Construction are on site. Your Senior QS, Derek Hollis, supervises but is stretched across three other projects.

Over six decisions spanning 28 weeks you will face compensation event assessment, verbal instructions, payment notices, CE quotation checking, prolongation claims, and final account negotiation.

Ako Develop — supportive and guiding. Ako will probe your thinking before you decide. Your decisions affect budget, programme, and client satisfaction.

Starting position

Budget90

Programme85

Client Satisfaction80

Budget at 90 — the contractor started a week late and contingency is already under some pressure. Programme at 85 — limited float from the delayed start. Satisfaction at 80 — Janet is supportive but anxious about costs.

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