About

Delivering Successful Projects requires Time, Skill and Experience.

Alvy Projects provides bespoke Development Consultancy and Client Advisor Services to help Clients Confidently secure the Project Outcomes they Seek.

Noelle McManus MRICS, ARB and RIBA Client Advisor offers services on an interim and consultancy basis.

Development Consultancy Services

Development Consultancy is a specialised form of Project Management applied in a Property Development context.

The service provides clients with support across land assembly, site selection, development advisory, feasibility studies, securing planning permission, procurement and construction support, together with management and disposal advice.

Services:

• Development Strategy and Inception services

• Development Programme creation and mobilisation

• Development Management from inception to completion

• Delivery Monitoring in Partnership Arrangements

• Attendance on wider Property Development Matters - legal agreements, funding and finance strategies, land/title matters and valuation matters.

• Capital Funding Business Case preparation

• Development Appraisal and Business Case Preparation

• Supplier procurement, appointment and management

• Confirm and Challenge Project Reviews

• Stabilisation of troubled projects - design, cost, programme and appraisal reviews.

RIBA Client Advisor Services

RIBA Client Advisers are experienced practitioners who work as part of the Client team. They are independent of the design team, providing impartial and informed advice to help the client manage the design and delivery process from its earliest stages, to achieve better outcomes.

RIBA Client Advisors are accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects in recognition of their all-round procurement expertise, design experience, business knowledge and track-record of delivering results on construction projects.

Services:

• Supplementing the client’s in-house resources – with People, Skills and Knowledge

• Demystifying the process – procuring Consultant and Contractor teams that are the best fit for a project

• Understanding user experience – capturing Lessons Learnt to the projects advantage.

• Governance support - designing it for streamlined decision making with report preparation support.

• Informing the wider Business Plan – through Technical know-how

• Writing the brief – creating a Shared Vision, defining requirements, success factors and criteria

• Engaging stakeholders and community – a trusted Independent Facilitator

• Identifying project risks and opportunities – and how to mitigate and secure them

• Promoting good design – embedding design review and evaluation processes.

• Promoting good programme outcomes - by reviewing and commenting on consultant and contractor programmes

• Promoting quality - through documentation, construction outcomes and positive experience for everyone involved.

• Meeting the challenges of Climate Change – defining carbon targets, biodiversity and flood resilience.

• Process design - stakeholder management, briefing journey and handover process design under building contract and other legal documents.

Development Strategies

• Commercial Residential and Mixed Use Development

• Affordable Home Delivery, Cross Subsidy and Estate Regeneration

• Build-to-Rent and Private Rental Sector Models

• University Capital Programme delivery

• Public Sector Capital Programme delivery

• Culture, learning and Leisure Programme delivery

Clients

• Local, Regional & Mayoral Authorities

• Organisations aligned with Local Authorities

• Housing Associations

• Universities and Hospital Estates

• Commercial Property Developers and

• HNWI’s, Family Offices and Landed Estates.
  

Qualifications

• RIBA Registered Client Advisor

• MRICS Chartered Member 6875060

• ARB UK Registered Architect 075810H

• RICS APC Counsellor & Consultant