Inés Ferrer
Technical director · decision maker
Rules written (2)
In writing, to the drawing owner, copy one witness. Never verbally first.
31% of concerns changed a drawing → 58% of concerns changed a drawing
No open questions for the first ten minutes. Questions go to named people chosen before the meeting.
2 of 9 engineers spoke → 7 of 9 engineers spoke
Rulings made (3)
A housing association wants us on a framework alongside eleven other practices.
Why do we not do BREEAM assessments? Clients keep asking and we keep referring it out.
Should we take on temporary works design?
Challenges filed (3)
A competitor launched 'Rapid Approvals' and has taken three mid-market jobs we would have won.
Should we take on temporary works design?
A client asked us to peer-review a design we produced ourselves two years ago.
Owns
Heard early
Every live job has a named drawing owner with our concern log shared
Concerns raised before tender up from 7 to 12 a month
Open on their desk (1)
Six of fourteen live jobs have no named drawing owner