Spearhead Interior Contracts, based in Cape Town, offers a full interior design and procurement service to local and international clients. We focus on exclusive African hotels & Lodges, Restaurants & Luxury residences.
We manage the development process from shop-drawing to production and installation, ensuring all elements are manufactured and delivered on time and within budget.
With over 20 years of experience we are meticulous to the point of obsession in ensuring world class hospitality interior projects.
We offer a wide range of services from Conceptual design, Design development, Hospitality procurement and Construction programming.
Our Design services are offered as individual stages or a complete package, which can be tailored to suit almost any budget.
Schematic design services, commences with a series of sketches and potential design details compiled from information gathered in the programming phase. On approval of the design approach, the look & feel concept is further developed and presented to the client for approval, together with the initial drawings, proposed materials and finishes.
Additional presentations to the Client for review and approval includes the production of perspectives and preliminary 3d renders. At this stage, Client`s can begin to visualize the design intent, as the design team presents them with spatial Hospitality design concepts.
Based on the approved look & feel design concept, preliminary FF&E cost estimates and project implementation schedules are further developed, together with a rationalized FF&E procurement and logistics strategy. The FF&E Interior design services agreement is finalized to include the preliminary project budget and timeline. Contractor recommendations are also reviewed based on cost, scope, quality and time to market.
FF&E Interior design objectives are aligned with the Hospitality Client`s branding, visual identity and tourism image positioning requirements. FF&E sustainability and environmental goals are also reviewed and programmed for implementation. The project scheduling is finally presented to the Client, sequencing all key activities, deliverables, and milestones. Risk management strategies are further identified from the outset, setting out clear objectives, ensuring the project is programmed for delivery, within time, budget and to the highest quality.
Design development services, commences as the schematic design drawings are reviewed, revised and developed to include all the details and specifications required for construction. Accurate project budgeting and cost estimates are further revised and presented to the Client.
Site and construction scheduling is also updated to align with real-time planning objectives. Detailed FF&E Design specifications and detailed 3d renders are produced, creating the foundation and driving force for all design decisions.
All services and site work of specialists, consultants and contractors are programmed and coordinated for construction. Appointed contractor and specialist supplier`s shop drawings and details are reviewed for design conformity.
The final budget estimate and the cost of the work is updated and presented to the Client for approval. After which, the implementation schedule and sequencing is revised and aligned with the project deliverables and milestones.
Following the Client`s instruction, documentation approval is obtained with the local and statutory authorities. Compliance with all the new SANS 10-400 documentation is ensured, together with the requirements for durability, longevity, functionality, sustainability, budget and time-to-market.
Tender services, commences with the preparation of the project tender documentation packages, each with its own design drawings and specifications, extracted from the approved master FF&E Design specification.
Calling for FF&E, OS&E Hospitality suppliers and contractor tenders, adjudication, co-ordination, and recommendation of the most suitable domestic subcontractors and suppliers to the Client. Value engineering and finishing alternatives are investigated to align tenders with the master budget. Agree list of subcontractors and suppliers with the Client and co-ordinate all contractual commitments and purchase orders.
Construction services, commences by implementing the time, cost and quality management plan. The preparation and agreement of the health and safety plan with the Client’s health and safety consultants and subcontractors are finalized. The construction contract sum is updated and presented to the Client.
Contract administration requirements are established to best manage contractual agreement, evaluation, cost control, variations, final accounts, claims and disputes. Receive, co-ordinate, review and obtain approval of all construction contract documentation provided by the subcontractors and suppliers for compliance with all of the contract requirements and conditions.
Handover the site to contractors and specialists, in alliance with the building and maintenance managers. Site inspections and meetings are scheduled to control the quality of FF&E installations and construction, to comply with the scope, budget, schedule and standards.
Site instructions and variations to the scope of the works in the form of additions, substitutions or omissions from the original scope of the works are evaluated and presented to the Client. Progress payments and claims are progressively valuated and presented to the Client, on the basis of the work undertaken, the labour and materials used, and any other construction costs in accordance with the construction contract.
Schedules are updated regularly to provide the Client with the current assessment of the progress of the project against the master schedule. Monitor and review the certification of the payment certificates, submitted for payment by the Client on time. The current design programme deliverables and milestones are audited and presented to the Client, together with regular reports on the progress against budget, schedule and scope.
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