Recommendations for a project manager to look after my new build project in Suffolk

[zzPaulzz]

Hi all. I'm thinking I need a project manager to help keep my build show on the road as I'll be doing my day job during the build.  Does anyone know a great project manager? I'll be contracting out the ground works and timber frame, so perhaps you think I don't need one? 

[nod]

It may workout cheaper to ask your TF company to do the internals for you (Turnkey) Than employ someone to simply coordinate trades for you 

[zzPaulzz]

That's what I'm thinking: someone who know what 'good' looks like and is able to be on-site regularly.  Any idea how I can find such a person?

[Dave Jones]

what you need is a good carpenter to manage it.

 

 

[zzPaulzz]

Seems this question is proving harder than most to answer!  None of the contractors I've spoken to or my architect want to be 'principle contractor' or 'principle designer' as defined under CDM2015.  I'm being steered towards employing a main contractor instead.  The only project manager locally who might have taken on the job is moving away so can't do it now.  I don't have a problem with the coordination and contracting side but I can't be on site every day to manage the H&S. Perhaps I need a site manager, not a PM?   

[Dave Jones]

you are over thinking this. its not a block of flats with 250 people working on, its a single house. No one is going to turn up every day just to do some imaginary H and S. Forget about that and concentrate on the work getting done to plan, price and quality.

[zzPaulzz]

Just now, Dave Jones said:

you are over thinking this. its not a block of flats with 250 people working on, its a single house. No one is going to turn up every day just to do some imaginary H and S. Forget about that and concentrate on the work getting done to plan, price and quality.

I suspect you have a point, but for me, I remember my dad being sued by a contractor he’d employed dig a trench. The chap hit a power cable and was electrocuted. My dad almost lost his house because he ignored the risks. 

[Dave Jones]

3 minutes ago, zzPaulzz said:

I suspect you have a point, but for me, I remember my dad being sued by a contractor he’d employed dig a trench. The chap hit a power cable and was electrocuted. My dad almost lost his house because he ignored the risks. 

 

liability is cheap insurance even for a homeowner, pretty sure we get it free.