Aldi, Atherston

The brief

The contract included the design, manufacture, and installation of a single bay gatehouse, comprising of a control room, lobby, plant room, disabled WC, driver’s WC, beverage area, and cleaners’ store.

The challenges

The project required cooperation and effective coordination of work with other contractors.

The solution

Thurston worked closely with the client’s appointed management consultants, DSP Construction Management, throughout the design, manufacture, and installation stages to ensure the end-users expectations were met.

During the contract, a number of scheduled meetings took place, including an internal contract review meeting, and handover meetings where the estimating team detailed the requirements to all departments involved in the contract, after which point the designated project manager took over as client liaison until the completion of the contract.

The projects team worked with the designated project manager, to manage projects from inception to completion, working in partnership with the client to define their building needs. Once the building was delivered to site, the project team were on hand to support the site operatives and subcontractors.

Through shorter reporting lines and a simple management structure, Thurston delivered quicker responses to any issues faced by our customer and ensured close management of the project.

The designated project manager attended regular client meetings held involving various parties alongside the client (architects, sub-contractors, end-user representatives, etc.), to discuss any issues arising that required attention. The progress of the fit-out against the programme issued by Thurston at the outset of the contract was closely monitored, to ensure effective management of all trades employed to achieve the desired hand-over date.

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