Client: CDS Wilman Ltd
Project: Harry Ramsdens, Blackpool. Refurbishment of existing restaurant and conversion of adjacent shop, £510K project value, 9 weeks project duration, completed May 2014.
The Harry Ramsdens project, Blackpool involved refurbishing the existing restaurant and converting an adjacent shop into a takeaway. The restaurant and takeaway was finished to a very high specification.
Construction work included:
- Strip out of existing restaurant, adjacent unit and shopfronts
- Forming opening in existing structures
- Raised timber floors
- M&E installations
- MF ceilings
- Decorative ceiling, wall and floor finishes to customer area and hygienic finishes to kitchen area
- Installation of all bespoke joinery items, fixtures and furnishings
- Installation of all kitchen equipment
- Installation of new shop fronts.
Project roles and responsibilities included:
- Interior design of the customer and kitchen area
- Creating real time visualisations of the customer and kitchen area
- Compiling take-offs, schedules of works, material schedules and subcontractor enquiries
- Pricing elements of works using agreed rates and star rates
- Compiling the tender and negotiating the works
- Reviewing design drawings, compiling RFI and variation schedules and conduct value engineering exercises
- Evaluating and negotiating subcontractor tenders
- Preparing order documentation for subcontractors, materials, labour and plant
- Compiling budgets and produce pre-tender CVR’s
- Producing programmes of work and cash flow statements
- Compiling the health and safety file, prepare the CPP and review all subcontractor RAMS
- Reviewing and agree subcontractor and client variations
- Assessing contractual disputes and prepare claims
- Evaluating subcontract valuations, prepare payment certificates and agree final accounts
- Preparing client valuations and compile final accounts
- Producing monthly CVR’s
- Coordinating subcontract works