Services
We manage the full design process — coordinating disciplines, controlling specifications, and ensuring every decision is deliberate.
Design management is not a support function. It is the discipline that holds a project together — aligning architects, engineers, and specialists around a single coordinated outcome.
CREY operates as the client's design intelligence: embedded in the process, accountable for quality, and focused on delivery.
We manage the relationship between architectural design and the full consultant team — ensuring spatial intent, building envelope, and interior architecture are developed in coordination rather than in isolation. Our role spans design reviews, clash resolution, drawing register management, and RFI oversight.
Deliverables
- Design review and comment registers
- Interdisciplinary clash resolution
- Drawing register and revision control
- RFI management and response tracking
- Design programme monitoring
MEP coordination is where most design failures occur. We manage the interface between services engineers and the broader design team — coordinating ceiling zones, riser routes, plant room layouts, and service penetrations to eliminate conflicts before they reach site.
Deliverables
- MEP design review and coordination
- Ceiling zone and services integration
- Riser and plant room coordination
- Services penetration and structural interface
- BIM coordination and clash detection
Specifications are the contractual backbone of design. We develop, review, and maintain project specifications — ensuring they reflect the design intent, comply with authority requirements, and provide contractors with unambiguous instruction. We manage the specification register and coordinate updates across all disciplines.
Deliverables
- Specification development and review
- Specification register management
- Authority compliance review
- Contractor query management
- Specification updates and revision control
Material decisions define a project's quality and character. We manage the full materials approval process — from designer submissions through client review, mock-up coordination, and contractor procurement. Our materials register tracks every product from specification to site delivery.
Deliverables
- Materials register and approval tracking
- Sample and mock-up coordination
- Substitution review and approval
- Procurement schedule alignment
- Site delivery and installation coordination
A structured process. An open dialogue.
Briefing
We begin by understanding the project — its ambitions, constraints, and the client's definition of success.
Mobilisation
We establish the design management framework: consultant appointments, programme, communication protocols, and document control.
Coordination
We manage the design process through each stage — reviewing, coordinating, and resolving issues before they become problems.
Delivery
We support procurement and construction with specification management, RFI responses, and site design queries.
Every project starts with a conversation.
Tell us about your project and we'll outline how design management can add value from day one.