Development

Real Estate Development

We support new and existing real estate development, helping transform raw land or property into valuable assets.

What this service involves

Real estate development takes a site or an existing property and turns it into a finished, usable asset. It runs from the first look at an opportunity, through approvals, design, financing and construction, to handover and operation. We support clients across these stages.

Our integrated approach spans project planning, engineering design, multidisciplinary coordination, procurement support and project management.

Our Serviced Plots sector is described as development and infrastructure provision for power, ICT, and water systems.

Questions this service helps answer

  • Can this land or building be developed, and does the opportunity make sense?
  • What approvals and design does the concept need before it can proceed?
  • How will the project be financed, procured and built?
  • How is the completed property handed over, operated and, in time, realised?

Scope of work

Development

  • Support for new real estate development
  • Support for the development of existing property
  • Helping transform raw land or property into valuable assets
  • Development and infrastructure provision for power, ICT and water systems (serviced plots)

What we bring to a development

  • Project planning
  • Engineering design
  • Multidisciplinary coordination
  • Procurement support
  • Project management

Terms used on this page

Feasibility
An early check on whether a project is workable, before major money is committed.
Procurement
Appointing the contractors and suppliers who will build and equip the project.
Commissioning
Testing building systems, such as power and water, to confirm they work as designed.

Development process

Our development process has six stages.

  1. Opportunity & Feasibility

    Looking at a site or property to judge whether it can be developed and whether the opportunity makes sense.

  2. Concept & Approvals

    Shaping the development concept and securing the approvals it needs.

  3. Design & Financing

    Developing the design and addressing how the project will be financed.

  4. Procurement & Construction

    Appointing contractors and suppliers, then building.

  5. Commissioning & Handover

    Testing that building systems work as designed, then handing the property over.

  6. Operation & Exit

    The operating phase of the completed asset and the options for exit.

Development projects we have supported

Residential and serviced-apartment developments where our recorded role was engineering consultancy and related project services. Each project page states our exact scope.

Aspire Homes town houses on Chalbi Drive, Lavington, with a paved access road and landscaping

Aspire Homes

Lavington (Chalbi Drive)

12 town houses

Our role Electrical & ICT Engineering Consultancy

The Curve, a round apartment tower on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, with "the curve" signage on its facade

The Curve

Mombasa Road

15 storeys · Furnished / serviced apartments

Our role MEP Consultancy & Engineering

All projects

Contact

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