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Here at Munday + Cramer, we offer a comprehensive project management service with all our practices in line with APM, the industry-leading body. Project management is an immensely broad discipline, encompassing many different processes. It involves coordinating multiple different stakeholders and contractors; it also involves ensuring the project is delivered on time. Strong organisational skills are therefore crucial. This job requires a great deal of logistical skill, the ability to work to tight deadlines and the ability to adapt in unexpected situations. Our multidisciplinary practice is proud to handle this part of a project for our clients. If you’d like to find out more about our services, then get in touch!

31
Jan 2024

What is Project Management? From Concept to Concrete

If you’re wondering ‘what is project management?’, you’ve come to the right place! There are lots of different components involved in the construction process, so understanding the role of every professional can seem impossible. Nevertheless, project management is a vital cog in the construction process. As such, you should have some understanding on their roles and responsibilities as a minimum. In this blog, we will give you an overview of why PM’s are an important and irreplaceable part of the entire operation. What is Project Management? As the name would suggest, a project manager is responsible for seeing the project […]

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23
Nov 2023

Fire Safety In Schools

Why do buildings need fire stopping solutions? Fire stopping products are used to prevent fire and smoke spreading through a building. Similarly, they help keep key areas such as fire exit corridors protected. Penetrations through walls etc. for infrastructure such as pipework, cables and gas pipes, if not properly fireproofed can allow smoke and fire to spread, however small the aperture! The Challenge: M+C helped their client secure CIF funding for fire stopping solutions to be implemented across their site. In conjunction with Cahill Design Consultants (CDC), a number of key issues that compromised fire safety were identified: Within the main teaching […]

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29
May 2023

Project Management Company: Preparing to begin a project

As a project management company, there is a lot you are responsible for when you take on a new job. From preparing the correct documents prior to commencement, to ensuring deadlines are met on time, the buck stops with you. As such, it’s vital that your approach is effective and efficient. For those of you looking to enlist the help of a project manager in Essex, it’s even more important that you choose someone who is an expert, as well as being organised, and trustworthy. What is a project management company responsible for? For those who have never worked with […]

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25
Jun 2021

How Can Project Managers Continue To Successfully Deliver School Schemes, This Summer?

Whilst every section of society has been affected by coronavirus, those in education have been hit particularly hard. Around the globe, the pandemic has impacted over 80% of the world’s total enrolled learners. To counteract any further disruption, in the UK, the government has introduced its summer schools programme. The aim of this extra-curricular initiative is to offer those in education who have been negatively affected by the pandemic a well needed chance to catch up on their learning. But with construction schemes within schools typically carried out during school holidays, this understandably presents a conundrum for project managers. Here […]

Project Managers On Site
9
Apr 2021

Tips On How To Manage Stress From Project Management Professionals

This month marks National Stress Awareness Month here in the UK and this past year, more than perhaps any other, has given us all cause to be stressed in one way or another. Whether it be the stress of managing your workload from a remote environment, the lack of certainty surrounding job futures or a whole host of other possible stressors, you’d be forgiven if things have gotten on top of you a bit – both in professional and personal settings. With that in mind, the Project Management department here at Munday + Cramer, a multidisciplinary practice based in Essex, […]

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14
Jan 2021

What Might Brexit Mean For The Architectural, Building Surveying And Project Management Sectors?

Last month’s announcement of a trade deal following Brexit could (not unfairly) be described as leaving things to the very last minute. The architectural community was by-and-large against the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, with prominent industry voices having spoken out both prior to the 2016 referendum and since, on the damage they feared would be wrought as a result of the union departure. Vote to leave we did, however, and many industry bodies have therefore spent the past four years fervently preparing (or attempting to, at least) for what might lie in wait from here on in. […]

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6
Nov 2020

The Current Trends Within Project Management

Behind every great project is a manager (as any PM will take delight in telling you) and the success of any and every scheme hinges on the ability of these professionals to plan, procure, coordinate and oversee how different strands of a project come together. These managers work across a multitude of sectors and areas, covering everything from the construction of smart cities to the commitment to a greener, cleaner future. It’s worth noting that project management is far from an immutable discipline – it’s not an ancient practice from time immemorial, never to be changed. It’s constantly evolving and […]

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17
Jul 2020

CIF Funding Put To Work At Chatham Grammar School, In Kent.

As a practice, there are few things more satisfying than when a client, for whom we’ve secured a successful bid application, gets to put that hard-earned capital to use in their school. That’s been the case at Chatham Grammar School, in Kent, who with Munday + Cramer’s help, successfully secured £2.3M of CIF funding, back in 2019. The school broke ground recently, putting the wheels of months’ worth of work firmly into motion. What Is Ground-Breaking? The process of ground-breaking isn’t particularly groundbreaking, we’re afraid! It’s a term used in construction circles when physical construction work begins on a project. […]

CIF funding enabled Chatham Grammar to break ground on their project recently.
29
May 2020

What Exactly is Project Management, and Why Is It Necessary?

Project management is an incredibly broad term, however in design and construction circles it represents an immensely crucial role. The very success of a project more often than not hinges on the quality of the project manager. A good project manager will effectively collaborate with involved stakeholders, ensure that regulations and compliance checklists are adhered to, as well as tackling any unexpected issues on the project should they arise. A couple of weeks back, we took a deep dive into the architectural design process which, itself, is something intrinsically linked to project management. Now, though, we want to examine the […]

A Gantt chart used for project management.
1
May 2020

The Importance Of Wellbeing Support For Professionals

In recent years, we’ve seen a marked increase in the coverage of mental health issues in the general public discourse. This has been wonderful to see and, speaking plainly, something that was long overdue. After all, mental health is something that’s omnipresent and its associated conditions – anxiety and depression, for example – don’t discriminate when it comes to who they impact. They affect anybody. A person’s mental wellbeing is something that’s impacted upon by many different factors, and ensuring positive mental wellbeing should be paramount within the workplace. Here at Munday + Cramer, whether it be our CIAT-qualified technicians, […]

The Importance Of Wellbeing Support For Professionals Such As Building Surveyors