Our ultimate aim is to add value for clients every step of the way and we tailor our offering according to their needs. Based in Dubai, UAE, we work across the Middle East region and we will also travel further afield for specific requests.
Any project comes with inherent risk and uncertainties specific to programme, quality and cost. A key role of fifty2 is to mitigate these risks through early identification and control of any subsequent issues to limit potential long term damage to the project goals and outcome. By default, the client is then armed with the correct information to make informed decisions at key points of the project cycle.
Project Planning
Prepare and manage initial brief and budget
Develop an organic master programme
Advise on the requirement of the consultant team
Manage the procurement and on-boarding of sub-consultants
Advise on procurement strategies to meet the project goals
Advise on the requirement for any due diligence surveys
Oversee project communications
Feasibility Concept
Prepare Feasibility Study including cost schedule and scope
Prepare Master Plan & Conceptual Design Plans
Assist with contract negotiations
Provide Scheduling, Cost Estimating, Cost Controls, Budget Reporting
Project Construction Contracting
Oversee the bid process, negotiations and provide recommendations
Initiate contracts
Coordinate consultants to deliver required design documents
Perform ongoing constructability reviews during all the design process to identify risks, variables and opportunities
Provide and coordinate regular progress reports
Chair regular on-site Owner, Architect and Contractor (OAC) meetings
Project forecast cost to complete
Project Close Out
Negotiate and finalize all outstanding change orders
Manage Punch List items
Assist in obtaining an occupancy permit
Collect as-built documents and warranties and turn them over to the Owner;
Initiate inspections by various agencies holding bonds;
Coordinate Civil Engineer’s completion of bond release items;
Assist the Owner as they begin to occupy their new facility to make certain the Owner and the facilities manager are satisfied with the condition of their new facility
Client Representation
At fifty2 we represent clients’ interests by acting as a single point of contact for the duration of the project. We utilise our expertise gathered in the local market, along with knowledge of supply chain, to provide a seamless delivery within the agreed timeframe and according to the expected quality.
By engaging with the client to establish and define the budget prior to any other consultants being involved, we can manage the design process within the stipulated commercial parameters so that the client’s expectations are met.
Project Monitoring
We will monitor the project on behalf of an owner, developer or fund and by working with the appointed project management and consultant teams, we will provide, without exception, objective reporting on cost, quality, delivery and risk. This gives the client ultimate control over the final outcome and our services can be kept flexible in order to accommodate specific requirements.