The Client's Building Project Checklists: For First-Time and Occasional Construction Clients

By Mr Chris Wilkinson

Building work can be complicated. Knowing what to ask, check and record can make all the difference.

Building Project Checklists is a practical guide for anyone responsible for commissioning or managing a construction project but who may not have years of industry experience.

Written primarily for new professional clients, estates staff, project officers, business owners and others undertaking building works, the book explains the key stages of a project in straightforward language and provides structured checklists to help you maintain control from the initial brief through to final completion.

It will help you understand:

- how to prepare a clear and effective project brief
- what to consider when appointing consultants
- whether the design and tender information are ready to issue
- how to compare tender returns and appoint a contractor
- what should be agreed before construction begins
- how to monitor progress, costs, variations and delays
- what to check at handover
- how to manage defects, retention, warranties and project close-out

The book does not attempt to turn the reader into a construction professional. Instead, it helps clients ask better questions, recognise missing information and make more informed decisions.

Each chapter combines practical guidance with a checklist that can be adapted to suit projects of different sizes and levels of complexity. The emphasis throughout is on proportionality: not every question will apply to every project, but every project should be approached with a clear understanding of its risks, responsibilities and required outcomes.

The guidance is particularly relevant to commercial, educational, charitable and public-sector organisations, although many of the principles will also be useful to private clients undertaking larger or more complex building works.

Written by an experienced client-side estates and construction professional and a member of both the Chartered Institute of Building and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, this book draws on decades of practical experience delivering and overseeing building projects.

Whether you are managing your first refurbishment or looking for a more consistent way to control an established project programme, Building Project Checklists provides a practical framework you can return to throughout the life of the project.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HF17Z2T3
• ISBN13: 9798189744006
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"