Addressing the Sector’s Future

Over the years, we’ve earned a reputation for driving thought leadership and continuous learning. Our Knowledge Share Programme, where we externalise our Professional Development and CPD topics, has been widely welcomed by our clients.

Question Time – Survive and Thrive Breakfast Briefing March 2025

Equally, our Annual Breakfast events are well-attended, focusing on the critical issues facing our industry. Most recently, our Question Time event in March brought together a panel of experts from Arup, Laing O’Rourke, Maple Grove Developments, Saffer Cooper, and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Together, we debated the challenges and opportunities facing the property and construction sector if it is to not only survive, but thrive. Read about the event and discussions in more detail here: https://pooledick.co.uk/insights/question-time-survive-and-thrive-a-construction-industry-call-to-action/

Reflection from Director, Andrew Bayley

As I look back on my 37 years with Poole Dick, I am grateful for the professional relationships, trust, and shared achievements that have shaped my career. From preparing bills of quantities early on, to navigating today’s challenges of the Building Safety Act and net zero, I’ve seen how traditional skills remain vital to a changing industry. Poole Dick’s resilience through recessions, a pandemic, and shifting demands, comes down to our people, our culture, and our commitment to quality. I’m confident these strengths will carry us forward in the years ahead.

Looking Ahead

As we celebrate 75 years, we do so not simply by looking back, but by building forward — nurturing our people, strengthening our partnerships with clients, innovating our services, and continuing to deliver real value across the built environment.

We look forward to the next 75 years not only with belief in the industry’s ability to meet tomorrow’s challenges, but with confidence in Poole Dick’s ability to play a leading role in the opportunities that change will inevitably bring.

Our Expert Services

We offer a comprehensive range of services tailored to meet the evolving needs of our clients:

Project Management — Full delivery support across all project stages: from brief development, stakeholder management, and procurement, to risk oversight, design team coordination, contract administration, and final completion.

Employer’s Agent — Acting on behalf of employers in Design and Build contracts, preparing employer requirements, reviewing contractor proposals, cost planning, procurement advice, contract administration, and handover coordination.

Cost Management — Delivering value throughout the project lifecycle via early estimating, development appraisals, cost planning, whole-life costing, zero-carbon assessments, tender preparation, valuations, financial reporting, and dispute resolution.

Project Monitoring — Oversight for lending institutions, safeguarding investments through strategy guidance, technical due diligence, risk reviews, quality control, and programme monitoring.

Building Consultancy — Support through project due diligence, pre-acquisition surveys, utilities and strategic planning, maintenance optimisation, condition surveys, party-wall advice, and clerk-of-works services.

CDM Principal Designer — Ensuring health and safety compliance throughout design and construction: design advice, liaison with HSE, safety inspections, and coordination of safety documentation.

Retrofit Consultancy — PAS 2035-compliant retrofit services, including data collection, risk and whole-dwelling assessments, improvement evaluations, medium-term planning, team management, commissioning, and evaluation.

Risk Management and Mitigation – Comprehensive risk assessments, robust mitigation planning, continuous monitoring, effective communication, and contingency planning.

Project/Site Due Diligence – Identifying site constraints and restrictions to development prior to acquisition; providing cost estimates for the same. E.g., obtaining asset plans, liaising with utilities providers, arranging GPR surveys and/or slit trenches to physically identify assets; arranging topographical surveys, site investigations; assessing site levels/cut and fill; managing highways/drainage engineer’s design

Utilities Management – Management of utilities connections, disconnections, diversions etc; liaison with utility asset companies; de-risking utilities for developers and contractors.

Planned Maintenance – Delivery of maintenance strategies aligned with the client’s overall objectives, collection and analysis of data, prioritisation, procurement compliance, value for money sign-off, asset tracking and management of internal resources and third-party suppliers.

Expert Witness – Objective, independent opinion on technical cost-related matters to a court or tribunal. Detailed analysis of costs, contracts, and works completed on site. RICS chartered staff.

Construction Management – Planning and Coordination of works; liaising with site delivery team, setting benchmarks, agreeing budgets, and monitoring project progress to ensure timely and cost-effective completion, maintaining regular communication with clients, designers, and other stakeholders, providing progress updates, and managing expectations.