Design and build developments in Barnet require an employer's agent to protect the client's interests throughout the project. We act as the employer's representative, managing contractor obligations and ensuring the development is delivered in accordance with the employer's requirements. Our knowledge of Barnet's development context ensures employer's requirements are properly defined from the outset.
Our employer's agent team manages design and build contracts for residential and commercial developments across Barnet. We ensure the employer's requirements are properly defined, monitor design development and manage the construction process. Our knowledge of Barnet's planning context — Monken Hadley Conservation Area with extensive listed buildings; Barnet Council requires heritage consent for alterations to listed buildings near the church — informs how employer's requirements are written to reflect consent conditions and heritage obligations.
Definition and documentation of the employer's requirements for developments in Barnet, establishing clear performance standards and quality benchmarks.
Review of the contractor's design development for projects in Barnet, ensuring compliance with employer's requirements and statutory standards.
Regular site inspections and progress monitoring for developments in Barnet, managing the employer's interests throughout construction.
Management of practical completion, snagging and defects for developments across Barnet, ensuring the finished product meets the required standard.
Barnet properties are particularly prone to subsidence in 1930s semi-detached houses on shrinkable London clay, defective flat roofs on 1960s–70s rear extensions, condensation in post-war cavity walls with failed wall ties. Understanding these local defect patterns is essential for anyone commissioning a survey, planning remedial works or assessing the condition of a Barnet building.
Monken Hadley Conservation Area with extensive listed buildings; Barnet Council requires heritage consent for alterations to listed buildings near the church. Any works to properties in Barnet must be assessed against these planning and heritage requirements, and our services are delivered with full awareness of what Barnet Council will and will not permit.
Our surveyors cover Barnet and the surrounding Barnet area. The area is accessible via High Barnet (Northern line), New Barnet (Thameslink), and our team carries out regular inspections across Barnet EN5.
An employer's agent acts as the employer's representative on design and build contracts, managing the contractor, monitoring design development, inspecting construction quality and certifying payments.
You need an employer's agent when procuring a development in Barnet under a design and build contract. The EA protects your interests where the contractor has responsibility for both design and construction.
Yes. We provide employer's agent services for residential, commercial, mixed-use and specialist developments across Barnet and the wider Barnet area.
Yes. We can be engaged as employer's agent at any stage, though the greatest value comes from involvement before the contract is let, when the employer's requirements are being defined.
Monken Hadley Conservation Area with extensive listed buildings; Barnet Council requires heritage consent for alterations to listed buildings near the church. Employer's requirements for developments in Barnet must incorporate relevant planning conditions and heritage obligations. We draft these sections carefully to ensure the contractor delivers compliant development.
Barnet developments on suburban detached and semi-detached houses may encounter subsidence in 1930s semi-detached houses on shrinkable London clay, defective flat roofs on 1960s–70s rear extensions, condensation in post-war cavity walls with failed wall ties during construction. Our employer's agent team manages these risks through careful specification and regular site monitoring.