When it comes to temporary works design, contractors typically have a choice between building and developing an in-house design team or contracting an external temporary works design consultancy.
There are costs and benefits to each approach:
Building an in-house team gives contractors more control and the ability to develop internal expertise. Whereas, External temporary works design consultancies can provide flexibility, cost efficiency and specialist expertise and innovation.
Hybrid Approach To Temporary Works Design Resourcing
Contractors, though, are not faced with a purely binary choice.
Increasingly a hybrid approach is being shown to give the benefits of having an in-house team with the flexibility and innovation of working with external designers.
External designers can provide specialist input and support with specific engineering aspects without necessarily supporting the entire project.
There are a number of potential benefits for in-house teams engaging with external contractors.
There is the flexibility of having an external resource to manage excess workload, which also provides a cost efficiency, compared to maintaining a larger team to cover a more comprehensive range of engineering expertise.
Benefits Of Specialist Expertise
The primary advantage of engaging external engineering consultants lies in their ability to provide specialist knowledge for specific schemes.
The design consultants can be chosen based on their expertise and experience, which align with the engineering needs of the project, therefore enhancing the in-house team’s efficiency in design, compliance, and risk management.
External consultants provide targeted expertise, while the in-house team maintain project control, ensuring alignment with the overall objectives.
This approach is particularly valuable for complex or challenging engineering projects where the consultancy has established expertise, or in areas where the in-house team has limited experience.
Typical engineering disciplines that Andun Engineering Consultants have specialist knowledge and expertise include:
- Lifting Gear Design – Birmingham New Street
- Post-Tensioned Demolition – Regent Street and Churchill Way
- Pull-Down/Blow Down of Structures – White Hart Lane and Eggborough
- LPS Structure Demolition – Goscote House
- Rail Temporary Works – Loughor Viaduct
