Wakemans grows businesses with £100m plus schemes

National property and construction firm Wakemans has been commissioned to work on schemes totalling over £100m. The firm said that increasingly complex commercial projects have resulted in a growing need for project management companies.

Wakemans director of client services, James Shelley said: “Project management is very definitely a growing area for us as our clients are experiencing a buoyant trading climate and their longer term prospects are looking good. As a result we are increasingly being asked to take on the role of project manager a well as quantity surveyor, employer’s agent or planning advisor."

The firm is currently advising a number of high profile property developers including the likes of Castlemore Securities, St. Modwen Properties, London & Cambridge Properties and Barberry Estates on a variety of industrial, commercial and retail schemes.

Amongst recent projects is the Littlecombe Village regeneration scheme in Dursley, Gloucestershire. Wakemans is acting as project manager, cost consultant and planning supervisor. A joint venture between St. Modwen and the South West Regional Development Agency, Littlecombe promises to be a landmark “urban village” when completed in an estimated seven years.

The firm has also been appointed by developer Cobalt Developments to project manage, cost manage and act as planning supervisor on the Middlemarch development, a mixed-use business park in Coventry. Additionally, Wakemans is acting as development consultant on the scheme.

Shelley added: “Although we are essentially external advisers, project management is so integral to just about every aspect of a development we become an extremely important member of the development team.”