Design Management involves the application of a wide range of professional skills to co-ordinate and optimise the design process, with the aim of ensuring that the delivery of a project exceeds our clients’ expectations. It is an essential element on any construction project.

Design Management is effective from project initiation right through to completion. We focus, amongst other things, on monitoring design development; advising on contractual, financial and functional implications of design; maintaining design programme progress reporting and coordinating design team output to the client, the construction team, approval authorities and other external parties.

Pulling together different disciplines successfully is more than a management process: it requires solution-driven individuals with excellent communication skills. Understanding design interfaces and maintaining open communication between all parties is fundamental in harnessing the best from creative collaborations. Our Design Management teams have in-depth experience of different procurement methods gained on a wide range of projects worldwide.

Architects play a central role in the development of the built environment and are concerned with the creation of buildings that incorporate practical issues, aesthetic values and environmental responsibilities.

Our Architects work in a creative, multidisciplinary environment that has a strong Client focus. We have extensive experience in the total building process from initial ideas, analyses and programming, through design development and construction, right up to the handover and operation of the finished product.

By combining Architectural vision with the expertise from our other services we provide truly holistic designs – helping our Clients to determine and deliver their ambitions in a sustainable way – benefiting communities and the environment.

A significant and sometimes intangible risk to every construction project is QA/QC. Failure to control quality can result in project delays and unnecessary costs – impacting on all of the project stakeholders.

cenve has identified this area of project delivery as requiring specialist, professional dedication. We can therefore offer our Clients a complete QA/QC Management service whose primary role is to focus on developing the delivery of a “Right First Time” culture on their projects.

This in turn will eliminate those costs – often the burden of the Clients – associated with inadequate management of the QA/QC function.

3Dimensional Model Printing

cenve utilises the latest technology with our own in-house 3D printers which are used to create ‘live’ models of the buildings and structures we are designing – this enables our Architects to undertake immediate, accurate assessments of the design form to ensure that the intended artistic vision is realised.

Having the ability to ‘hold’ and ‘feel’ a ‘paper’ design at the earliest possible stage has also proven to make our design process more efficient and further supports and guides the geometric form allowing an easier understanding of the interfaces and coordination between Architecture, Structure and MEP. From past projects, this has enabled our design teams to identify potential issues earlier, allowing for them to be corrected.

In addition to cenve utilising in-house 3D printing we also provide this as an additional services to external companies.