Cutting Cost at the Supermarket – utility cons
Client: Tesco
CHALLENGE
- To work with Tesco and its contractors on disconnections, diversions and new supplies to solve the problem of stores not opening on time or opening with temporary supplies
- To enable Tesco to fulfil its obligations under the CDM Regulations
SOLUTION
- To create a true partnership by working closely with Tesco’s pre-development team, construction team and main contractors
- To ‘manage down’ utility costs
- To mitigate programme risk
RESULTS AND BENEFITS
- Having worked together over six years on 150 new stores, not one has opened late or on temporary supplies
- Utilities have been delivered on time and on budget time and time again
- Tesco saved more than £2million via Source’s challenge of quotations or on-site works and at least the same again through negating the necessity for utility diversions through integration with the store design teams