Construction Employer’s Agent Services
Anderton Gables offer professional Employer's Agent services to help clients with all stages of their construction project. We serve as the employer's agent, looking after your interests from the very early planning stages through to successful completion. Our primary role is to ensure that your construction project is finished in line with your employer's requirements, contractual terms, agreed budget, and desired quality standards.
We have expertise in project management and the administration of design and build contracts, ensuring all aspects of the build contract are effectively managed. Whether you're undertaking a large commercial development, multi-phased refurbishment, or complex infrastructure project, we offer focused, commercially aware counsel to allow you to manage every element of the process. Acting as your appointed representative, we're tasked with coordinating the delivery team, maintaining communication between all parties, and protecting your position throughout the project.
Our services at their very core include the individual needs of your scheme. From project briefing and tendering, through work instruction and construction administration, we're a partner in the achievement of practical completion. We operate on commercial, industrial, educational, health care, logistics, and public development schemes, always delivering a product informed through long experience of construction, of contracts, and of clients' specifications.
Tom Hargreaves
Director
Paul Cartwright
Associate Director
The Role of the Employer’s Agent
The employer's agent now plays a key role in contemporary construction, especially for projects procured under JCT Design and Build contracts. In this setup, the contractor is engaged to undertake both the design and the construction of the works. The employer thus requires a professional agent to represent them to verify that the contractor completes the project in conformity with the employer's requirements, the contract terms, and the agreed programme and cost plan.
Our involvement starts with assisting the client in preparing a clear and comprehensive project brief. We then proceed to conduct the tender process, advise on contractor appointment, and manage the implementation of the build contract. Once work commences on site, we continue our involvement throughout the construction period, controlling contractor performance, issuing instructions, and undertaking formal contract administration roles. These comprise the evaluation of payment applications, issuing payment notices, and tracking changes to guarantee that any variations are effectively controlled both in time and cost management.
In this capacity, we also serve as the lead consultant, managing inputs from design consultants, quantity surveyors, planning teams, and other professional advisers. Our task is to make sure that all parties engaged in the build project are working in accordance with the contract, that key responsibilities are understood, and that any problems which occur are addressed quickly and in accordance with contract procedures.
Managing the Construction Phase
Once on-site activities start, there is a requirement for competent and independent monitoring. The employer's agent has the role of monitoring the on-site progress, formal communication with the contractor, and ensuring the works proceed in line with the agreed programme, conditions of contract, and approved budget.
At construction stage, we perform routine inspections to help keep quality control and implement safety procedures adequately. We stipulate prospective review dates, process extension of times claims, and monitor variations' impact on cost and program. We also attend to technical design package coordination, interface with statutory authority, and attend to all contractual requirements implemented to final detail.
We ensure that each stage of the work is signed off as per the build contract and all the employer's requirements are completed on time and in a professional manner. Our whole contract administration, cost control, and progress monitoring avoid disputes and provide transparency to all.
Achieving Practical Completion
Towards the end of the project, we have a key role in certifying when the works are substantially complete. We undertake thorough quality inspections to verify that the work is to the standard required and that the contractor has completed their contractual responsibilities. Any defects remaining are noted, recorded, and followed through to completion.
When practical completion is established, we go on to deal with the latter stages of the project, encompassing the preparation and agreement of the final account. We also handle post-completion issues, for example, handover documentation, commissioning records, and aftercare arrangements. By keeping close control until the project is completed in full, we provide our clients with the assurance that all contractual, legal, and commercial obligations have been duly fulfilled.
Why an Employer’s Agent is Essential
On any construction project involving design and build, the most important thing in ensuring delivery to the requisite standard is an independent and experienced employer's agent. We act as the project manager for the formal processes of the contract, in addition to protecting the client's commercial interests. This includes ensuring clear channels of communication between everyone involved, issuing instructions where necessary, and ensuring that the work done by the contractor is in accordance with the employer's needs.
We reduce risks by controlling cost, programme, and quality from beginning to end. In the absence of an able employer's agent, there is exposure to cost escalation, delays, and quality deficiencies. Our systematic engagement guarantees that these problems are addressed proactively, decisions are documented and reasoned, and the contract is always the overriding framework for delivery.
Why Choose Anderton Gables?
At Anderton Gables, we combine commercial acumen, technical expertise, and firm leadership in each employer's agent appointment. We know how to handle the intricacies of a construction project, the contract intricacies, and deliver for our clients. We work hand-in-hand with contractors, consultants, and stakeholders to make sure the build project is completed with professionalism, accuracy, and integrity.
We have experience in acting for public and private sector clients, developers, occupiers, agent employers, and investment groups. We pride ourselves on providing client-oriented, legally astute, and technically strong services. We take ownership of the employer's agent role from issuing instructions through to completion of the contract and provide the assurance that the project is in good hands.
Whether you require us to oversee one scheme or a programme of developments, our dedication remains the same: to act as your representative, defend the contract, and steer your project to successful completion.
Discover our Construction Employer’s Agent Services
Anderton Gables is based in the North West of the UK with offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Preston.
If you are in search of construction employer’s agent services, please get in touch with our team.
Alternatively, give us a call on 0161 696 3119 to find out more.