Contractor Morgan Sindall has launched a new “job swap” scheme with London-based architects to give workers a better understanding of each profession’s approach to a construction project.
The scheme gives graduates and employees a week’s work experience at their counterpart’s organisation to get a greater understanding of the roles, responsibilities and processes each company undertakes in the delivery of projects.
During his week working at LSI Architects, Luke Green, a graduate design manager at Morgan Sindall, was given an insight into the concept design stage in order to become more familiar with the early stages of a project, prior to contractor involvement.
On the other side at Morgan Sindall, Rachel Harmer, an architect at LSI, learned about how the contractor teams manage programme and procurement, delivery and aftercare, as well as design throughout a contract.
According to LSI they have been very satisfied with the pilot scheme and will look to replicate it with other sectors of the construction industry.
Gavin Napper, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: “Better communication and collaboration between contractors and architects at an earlier stage in the project life cycle is key if we’re to improve delivery and operations in the industry – particularly as the projects we are working on become more complex and multi-faceted.”
He added: “I look forward to seeing more innovative job-swap schemes like this taking place across the industry.”
