Design Input

Where applicable Omnis and their design partners actively involve themselves with design issues at an early stage to assist in the development of projects and provide opportunity for ‘real’ value engineering potential to be realized and achieved. As a company we can offer a perspective from the point of view of “buildability”, programming and co-ordination of special subcontractors who should also be invited to play their part in the design process.

Specialist subcontractors will probably carry out the majority of this project. We regularly partner with subcontractors and suppliers who if allowed are always willing to assist with design elements, after all they have to complete a work package and are a major part of the team. We all too often miss this opportunity, which if co-ordinated properly can achieve both savings in cost and time. Omnis look to carry out this interface between subcontract work package design and production and considered itself as a key diver in many instances the overall design process.

Value Engineering

Thorough value engineering appraisals are carried out to enable changes and alternatives to be offered where applicable. Loss of revenue often needs to be taken into account particularly in instances where the non-availability of revenue-generating property is adversely affected by new works.

Whole Life Costs

Whole life costs aren’t new, but Omnis recognise that they are increasingly much more important as long term building owners start to demand evidence of what their costs of ownership will be, and try to assess the financial risks of taking on long-term responsibility for building operation and maintenance.

Too often building costs, maintenance and operational costs are seen as fixed overheads, rather than variables, which contribute to bottom line profitability. Procuring a new building is expensive, and is often an unwelcome distraction from the main business activities of the end user.

Essentially whole life costing is a means of comparing options and their associated cost over a period of time. Costs to be taken into account include both initial capital or procurement costs and future costs. Only options, which meet the performance requirements for the built asset, will be considered. Those with lower costs over the period will not meet the criteria envisaged. The period of interest in the asset or the design / economic life of the asset will be considered, essential to this process is the establishment of the planned service life of buildings and components.

The integration of these aspects is the basis of our whole life costing’s approach. Omnis’s experience in the management of the essential input data is the key to enhancing project values to our clients.

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