Harvey Norman, Ireland

Harvery Norman shop interior Faithful+Gould was appointed to provide project management and engineering consultancy services to Harvey Norman's New Stores Programme throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Services included:

  • Project management

  • Cost consultancy

  • Project supervision design process / planning supervision

  • Structural engineering

  • Fire safety engineering

The project involved fitting out retail stores varying in size between 10,000ft2 to 53,000ft2 over a 10 week programme.

This included:

  • The management of the main contractor works, data, electrical and mechanical installations, fixtures and fittings, external and internal signage, and direct contractors works

  • Liaison with utilities, telecoms, and the Fire Safety Consultant

  • Co-ordinating the completion of the developer's works.

Faithful+Gould was also responsible for obtaining all statutory approvals which included planning permission, fire safety approval as well as landlord's approvals.

The challenges

Key challenges included:

  • Coordination of developer's / landlord's works to suit Harvey Norman's requirements
  • Phasing of the works to allow the early installation of point of sale, data and IT systems
  • Coordinating furniture and fixture deliveries from Australia
  • Fit out programme of just 10 weeks
  • Coordination of Harvey Norman's stocking in period
  • Obtaining landlord and statutory approvals
  • Coordinating utilities connections

Our knowledge of the statutory approval procedure helped Harvey Norman achieve planning permission ahead of the fit out programme.

Our in-house building surveying team completed a schedule of condition surveys for Harvey Norman. We also completed dilapidation schedules for several existing sites.


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