1. Choosing A Consultant Designer
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Choosing A Consultant Designer
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2. Choosing A Consultant Designer
One of the key decisions when bidding for a design & build job is the choice of the consultant to produce the design.
But why is the decision so important ?
The choice of consultant can have a significant impact on the build costs. Consultants with appropriate expertise and BIM experience produce designs that reduce the expected build cost when a job is progressed, which improves the profit margin on the job.
There are a number of consultants available, and there is no restriction on the number of design & build jobs a particular consultant can work on at any one time, but finding the most suitable consultant is not always easy.

3. Choosing A Consultant Designer
Consider the following example.
The company is submitting a bid for job 79, a large design & build Building & Commercial contract in the UK.
One of the restrictions imposed by the client, South Wales County Council, is that because the job is using BIM (Building Information Modelling), the consultant designer chosen must have some BIM experience.

4. Choosing A Consultant Designer
The Harper Partnership have been chosen to produce the design.
Their company profile indicates that they have vast experience in the Building and Commercial sector, and significant BIM experience, in line with the client’s wishes, and they appear to be an ideal choice.

5. Choosing A Consultant Designer
Navigate to "Main menu/Assessing performance/Consultant history"
If job 79 is secured, and then progressed, we can use the Consultant history option to determine if our choice of the Harper Partnership is justified.
Clearly we made the right choice as the Harper Partnership’s expertise in the Building & Commercial sector, and BIM experience, has helped to reduce build costs by 2.38%, a significant saving.
KEY POINTS
Unlike project managers, for design consultant being based in one country does not inhibit their performance on jobs in other countries.