From design intent to coordinated delivery
Friel Welch provides design management and technical coordination for clients, developers and contractors, guiding schemes through technical design, procurement and construction.
We coordinate the client, architect, consultants, contractor and specialist teams, ensuring responsibilities are clear, information is complete and key decisions are made at the right time.
Technical coordination across the whole team
Effective design management is more than chasing drawings. We manage design programmes, consultant deliverables, technical queries, statutory interfaces, contractor-designed portions and procurement information.
We test thedeveloping design against buildability, compliance, cost and programme,identifying gaps and unresolved interfaces before they affect delivery.
Protecting design intent through procurement and delivery
We review specifications, value engineering proposals and specialist designs to ensure their wider implications are understood before decisions become embedded in the project.
The result is a coordinated, compliant and buildable design that protects the client’s objectives while responding to the commercial realities of delivery.
Design management
Consultant coordination, deliverables, trackers, and information flow.
Technical coordination
Structure, services, architecture, fire, facade, and specialist interfaces.
Design gap reviews
Missing information, unresolved assumptions, and coordination risks.
Procurement support
Technical input into packages, scope, specifications, and tender queries.
CDP strategy
Contractor Design Portion scope, interfaces, review process, and risk.
Statutory and third-party tracking
Approvals, utilities, warranty, party wall, and external dependencies.
Decision and risk management
Clear records of actions, decisions, risks, and next steps.
How this connects
Design Management and Technical Coordination often follows Technical Feasibility and continues through Gateway 2, procurement, and construction. Where required, it connects with Quantity Surveying, Employer’s Agent, Contract Administration, and Technical Delivery and Construction Support.