Project Based Management Structure - TGA Core Team

On every Framework Commission, irrespective of size, TGA Consulting Engineers establish a "Core Team"

This team is comprised of a Project Partner who is ultimately responsible for the project and for liaison with principals within the Clients organisation and those of our fellow design team members.

A Project Associate who is responsible for the management of the project within the office. The Project Associate will ensure that the project is adequately resourced to meet the agreed programme and will implement the Practice's Quality Management System by signing off project deliverables such as drawings, specifications and calculations and by chairing frequent project review meetings.

Two Lead Project Engineers, usually one mechanical and one electrical, though we sometimes add a third to cover ICT issues on projects with significant computer data / telephony systems. The Project Engineers are experienced Senior Engineers who will take the Lead Engineer roles in their technical discipline for the project.

On larger projects the Core Team will be supplemented by further Senior Engineers, Engineers, Junior Engineers and Technicians working directly under the day to day guidance and control of the Core Team at the appropriate stages of the project.

TGA Consulting Engineers enjoy a very low level of staff turnover, particularly among managerial and technical staff. Turnover of senior technical staff, those who make up our Core Teams, is particularly low. This usually enables us to maintain a consistent Core Team over the life of even large projects. Indeed, we encourage our Core Team members to develop longer term relationships with the Client and with other members of the wider design team as we feel that this enables us to work more effectively on potential new projects. We believe that this approach has helped in our being able to procure a great deal of our commissions through repeat instructions from existing Clients.

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