Whether you are adding a porch onto your home or planning to construct a seven-storey building, Bermuda Project Managers can handle the task, says the company’s director, Ian Feathers.

Armed with over a century of combined experience, the team at Bermuda Project Managers can manage the total development process from beginning to end.

“We manage both the cost and time of a project, understanding the owners’ requirements, advising on the feasibility of the job and making sure we get the right team on board,” Mr. Feathers told The Royal Gazette.<$>

Along with residential projects, and the newly erected Maxwell Roberts Building, the project management firm has also worked with the developers of the ACE and LOM buildings, just to name a few of its clients.

Mr. Feathers said the company prides itself in delivering professional, impartial advice.

“Most importantly, we are there to give good advice.”

As he reflected on the development of the Maxwell Roberts Building, he said the fruition of the project was years in the making.

“Prior to the ownership (of the buildings) by Corner Development, ideas for the site did not work out. The income side of the equation just did not pay for the cost side of it,” he explained.

Before Corner Development purchased the L.A. White Building along with the adjacent property, which previously housed the well-known New Queen Chinese Restaurant, Bermuda Project Managers did a feasibility study of the site and found that it could be developed to be an economically viable project.

“After the study, it led to the conclusion to buy the land at a particular price.”

“The same goes for housing,” Mr. Feathers advised.

“There is no point to build if you cannot afford it. One of the first things we do is understand the owners’ needs and then give them the best cost advice. We also make sure that when the team prepares a design it is maintaining the same cost parameters.”

The first ideas for the Maxwell Roberts Building were conceptualised in 2000.

“We were pleased to be a part of this.

“We were a relatively new company at the time,” Mr. Feathers said.

The project manager said he was most proud of the fact that all deadlines were met, bringing the project to a close on time and under budget.

“Just to be on budget is a substantial accomplishment,” he said. “The end result was a good and attractive building.”

And, to make matters even better, Mr. Feathers said that he is yet to hear a negative comment about the new and innovative 49,000 square-foot building.

It is a very unique structure in that it is a seven-storey building built in what is traditionally considered as a six-storey space.

A concrete frame was utilised as opposed to a steel one.

“It allowed us to put more floors within the City design plans,” Mr. Feathers explained.

“All of this stemmed from the feasibility study.”

When asked what his initial reaction was when he began to see the Maxwell Roberts Building become more of a reality, Mr. Feathers responded with humble conviction.

“It was not a surprise to us because we were very in touch with the design, so we knew how it would turn out.”

Irrespective of the size of a building project, Mr. Feathers advised that all people should hire a project manager.

“The avoidance of wasted cost and time is the primary reason why they should have one.”