Walls between design and field leak money
Split-contract MEP is predictable in one way: the design consultant's drawings never quite match what the market can fabricate, so the contractor re-engineers, the client pays variations and the interface blame-game begins.
When the same engineering team carries design into execution, shop drawings match site reality, decisions happen in days instead of meetings, and the client carries one accountable signature on the contract.
- One contract, one programme, one interface
- Shop drawings resolved before fabrication
- Faster variation and site-decision loops
- Single as-built set at handover
- Maintenance team inherits its own work
Our benchmark
Across our last 25 design-build MEP projects, client-instigated variations averaged under 4% of contract value.