Development Services
GVA Sawyer provides full-spectrum development services, with the capability to perform all development and project management functions in-house. For investors GVA Sawyer maintains a number of available projects “on the shelf” and can also identify land sites and put together projects according to criteria set by the investor.
GVA Sawyer can initiate speculative projects of various sizes and types, including:
- office
- residential
- retail
- industrial
GVA Sawyer can also provide complete development management services for projects already started, including:
- Conceptual planning
- Site selection and analysis
- Feasibility analysis
- Evaluation of available utilities capacities and existing external utilities systems
- Development plan promulgation
- Strategic marketing plan promulgation
- Planning & permitting
- Fulfilling the function of “zakazchik”
- Conducting tenders for construction works
- Construction management
- Management of development plan fulfillment
- Management of strategic marketing plan fulfillment
- Organizing the obtaining of utilities capacities
- Organizing and managing construction of external utilities systems
- Commissioning and acceptance
- Handover to tenants and startup of property management
GVA Sawyer can get stalled or troubled projects back on track.
Redevelopment services:
- Redevelopment planning
- Construction cost audits
- Contractor dispute resolution
- Contractor performance audits
- Solving problems with planning permissions
- Correction of inefficient or obsolete designs
- Repositioning projects in the marketplace – remarketing and relaunching campaigns
Build-to-suit development. The high cost of capital in Russia, and the narrow range of choice of modern premises of various times, can mean that a build-to-suit project can make sense even for companies which ordinarily lease premises in other markets. Drawing on its multidisciplinary staff and experience, GVA Sawyer can manage a build-to-suit project from the initial analysis phase, through site selection, design, permitting, and construction, to occupancy.
Sectors covered. GVA Sawyer’s broad experience and capabilities covers multiple sectors, including:
- Retail
- Office
- Residential
- Industrial
Much of Russia’s planning and permitting process is inherited from Soviet times, when the entire economy was under rigid centralized control. Much of the planning and permitting process is actually much more highly organized than it is in the West and much more technically oriented.
All Russian construction projects must be supervised by a licensed organization, officially registered as the “zakachik” or “customer”. This organization is required to perform various types of inspections of the work in progress, including making out acts of concealed works, testing concrete, certifying that the work performed complies with local codes, and accepting the work after completion. These functions carry with them a significant legal responsibility.
The function of “zakazchik” can be conveniently combined with the function of construction management as this is understood in the West. GVA Sawyer’s uniquely bicultural approach makes it possible to achieve certain efficiencies in combining these functions, ensuring that projects are completed to high Western standards of quality, on budget and on schedule, and in full compliance with all local codes and regulations.
