Luton and Dunstable (L&D) University Hospital is an acute hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire. L&D provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people around Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
The hospital will be an extension and refurbishment of the Luton and Dunstable (L&D) University Hospital’s Emergency Department. The project includes the creation of a new entrance into the healthcare facility, which will provide greater accessibility for the local community to quality care and critical services. Soben worked with ISG during the early contractor involvement (ECI) to support them with a detailed review, update and commentary of the employer’s cost plan and budget.
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Soben provided a detailed review of the design information (2D) and prepared a report with observations on the employer’s cost plan including incorrect units of measurement, areas of over or under measures, identifying additional items of work required to reflect the contractor’s chosen construction methodology and sequencing, as well as identifying items of work that whilst not detailed from our expertise, would be required to complete the project.
Whilst the design information issued was traditional 2D, the final report produced by Soben, and the issued cost plan update, were fully interactive with live links between the cost plan quantities and the marked-up drawings. This allowed the client to present cost plan adjustments and their justifications openly and clearly to the employer’s Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS).
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During the project, Soben went above and beyond on a number of occasions to meet key deadlines which have required longer hours and multiple tasks to be prioritised. We would highly recommend Soben to other Clients as they offer an all-round first-class commercial service.
Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA
Soben always provide clear and timely communication, with the ability to communicate with all levels of the company including package level, senior management and external stakeholders. They also work well in a team but can be trusted to work alone with minimal supervision to progress and conclude certain tasks.
Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA
Soben are extremely competent, professional and have an exemplary work ethic. They are able to provide a full range of skills and are always diligent, adaptable and reliable when change occurs on high-value and complex projects.
Confidential Multinational Energy Company, EMEA
Soben has been a resilient cost management consultant during the project whereby we had to deal with cost challenges due to big impacts on global level (Covid, and global supply chain disruptions).
Sjoerd vanPopering, Head of Development, The Social Hub
I am incredibly happy with the service from Soben, particularly the flexibility on what has been a particularly challenging project to work on. Communication and responses to further requests for information, clarifications and additional tasks have been exceptional.
Confidential Hyper-scale Data Centre Client, EMEA
Please accept our congratulations for delivering a snag-free project. This is a first for our program and demonstrates a truly outstanding effort from the Soben team. Both projects faced considerable challenges, and we thank you for your dedication to overcoming those during the delivery. We appreciate your collaboration and open communication with our team.
Confidential Hyper-scale Data Centre Client, EMEA
This was not an easy project to work, but I’m so happy with the work produced by the Soben team.
Confidential Global infrastructure Client, EMEA
Working with Soben was a pleasure. Their attention to detail was spot on and they covered all areas of the job and gave me confidence that the measures were accurate when we sat down to review everything at the end. In terms of delivery, they met our ambitious targets, and they were laid out in a user-friendly manner and required very little alteration.
Daniel Shaw, Skanska, EMEA
The overall quality and communication from the Soben were very good, and outstanding issues were resolved promptly.
Bernie Mbirimi, Kier Construction, EMEA
Soben were responsive to project needs, they understood the task required, provided a proposal, timeline, and delivery.
