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The Adept Management business was formed in 2001 after ADePT, a methodology for scheduling, managing and controlling the notoriously difficult design phases of projects, won the award for innovation and the Supreme Award in the UK Quality in Construction awards. The arrival of an approach that was developed by Design Managers and centred on the management of the design process was welcomed by the industry at a time when Design-Build was presenting challenges owing to the difficulties associated with managing an increasingly large team of stakeholders (including the owner, contractor, designers, subs, and numerous specialists) as a single, integrated team. Over the subsequent years Adept Management has become recognized as the premier Design Management consultancy provider. In 2007 the demand of a growing number of our customers to be able to implement the ADePT methods for themselves lead to the development and release of commercially available software. These tools are now being applied by contractors, designers and owners to enable the streamlining and integration of the iterative process of design with the linear processes of procurement and construction – one of the largest risks when using any alternative delivery method.

With the increasing use of alternative delivery methods in North America it was only a matter of time before US and Canadian construction organizations experienced the challenges of delivering integrated projects. Adept Management undertook it first North America commission in 2007, working alongside a contractor to schedule and manage the design process on a large, mixed use scheme in Grand Cayman. A growing US demand for ‘design management’ capability and tools over the last 2–3 years resulted in the need for Adept Management to set up its first US–based subsidiary – AML Technologies. Located out of north San Diego County, California, AML is now working with some of the leading design and construction organizations in the US.

Our direct experience and expertise covers a number of sectors, including:
Healthcare
Education
Aviation
Retail
Infrastructure

Our services are wide ranging and are tailored to meet the specific needs of each and every customer. The core components of our services are:
Interim Design Managers: provision of expert consultants to undertake roles in projects to define, optimize and manage the design process.
ADePT implementation: provision of expert consultants to schedule, optimize, manage and control the design & procurement process on your projects using ADePT.
Design Management training: training programs to develop Design Process thinking and introduce essential capabilities, methods and tools to your managers.
ADePT awareness and training: training programs to develop capability in the implementation of ADePT – to enable your teams to implement the method and tools for themselves.

Our tools are centred on the design process, being developed by Design Managers to improve their ability to manage the design process. These include:
ADePT Design Builder: structure and integrate the processes of all designers to enable a single, integrated process to be derived and produced as a schedule.
ADePT Design Manager: uses ‘Lean’ principles to manage and control the design process based on the flow of information between all parties (Last Planner adapted for use in design).
VALiD: definition of stakeholder ‘value’ from the perspective of each individual involved in the project (expectations to be managed – precursor to real Value Engineering).