Pre-Construction & Design

Design-build, feasibility, BIM, engineering design and approvals, so that risk is reduced before construction begins.

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Pre-Construction & Design by Builders24 Construction Group

What Pre-Construction & Design covers

Decisions made before construction begins have the largest effect on cost, programme and risk. Builders24 Construction Group provides the pre-construction and design services that support those decisions:

Design-build and design-construct delivery

Single-contract responsibility for design and construction, which accelerates the programme and reduces interface risk.

Feasibility studies, due diligence and project briefs

Technical, commercial and regulatory assessment to support investment decisions.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) management

Federated models, clash detection, 4D/5D scheduling and asset information handover.

Civil, structural and engineering design

In-house and partner engineering across civil, structural, mechanical and electrical disciplines.

Authority approvals and permit coordination

Management of planning, building, environmental and utility approvals across African jurisdictions.

Finding the problems on the model instead of on site

BIM management lets a project team find clashes between structure, services and architecture while they are still lines on a screen. Builders24 Construction Group builds federated models, runs clash detection, links the model to the programme and cost plan, and hands the asset information to the owner at the end. A BIM construction team in Africa also has to deal with approvals, which differ between countries and cities. Our authority approvals and permit coordination covers planning, building, environmental and utility approvals, so the permit route is known before the contractor mobilises. Feasibility studies and project briefs give investors the technical, commercial and regulatory picture they need before committing funds.

Design and construction under one responsibility

On a traditional contract, the designer and the contractor are separate, and disputes about who is responsible for a problem can delay the work. A design-build contractor in Africa removes that boundary by taking responsibility for both. Builders24 Construction Group works on design-build and design-construct terms, with civil, structural, mechanical and electrical design delivered in house or with partners. Clients benefit from a faster programme because design and procurement can overlap with early construction, and from a single party answerable for the result. Owners who prefer to run their own design process can still use our feasibility, BIM and approvals services on their own.