Employer's Agent
Your representative under a Design & Build contract, protecting your position.
What this service covers
On a Design & Build project the client typically does not appoint a contract administrator — the contractor holds design responsibility. The role that protects the client's position is the Employer's Agent, and it is a distinct and demanding appointment.
As Employer's Agent under JCT DB 2016 we administer the contract on behalf of the employer — certifying payments, agreeing changes, assessing extensions of time, holding the contractor to the Employer's Requirements, and driving quality through the Contractor's Proposals. Our EA files carry documented evidence of every decision, and our valuations are grounded in measurement rather than optimism.
We act as Employer's Agent for developers, housing associations and private clients across West Sussex, from smaller residential D&B schemes in Worthing and Littlehampton through to larger commercial and mixed-use projects in Crawley, Horsham and Chichester.
Typical deliverables
- Contract administration under JCT DB
- Certification of interim payments
- Employer's Instructions with change valuations
- Extension of time assessments
- Practical completion and defects liability administration
When to call us
Before signing a Design & Build contract, so the Employer's Agent appointment is in place at contract execution.
Employer's Agent across West Sussex.
We provide employer's agent services across West Sussex from our Worthing office. Our work spans the coast, the market towns and Mid Sussex — we travel to sites and meetings across the county.
Other services from CSQS Ltd.
RICS Level 2 Homebuyer Survey
The mid-level RICS home survey for conventional houses and flats in reasonable condition, carried out to the RICS Home Survey Standard.
RICS Level 3 Building Survey
The most detailed RICS home survey, for older, larger, altered, listed or non-standard properties — a full analysis of construction and condition.
Preconstruction & Feasibility
Order-of-cost, feasibility and viability advice before you commit to a scheme.
Cost Planning & Quantity Surveying
Elemental cost plans, bills of quantities and pricing schedules aligned to RICS NRM1 and NRM2.
Talk to us about your project
We reply to emails quickly, and we meet in person across West Sussex — Worthing, Chichester, Horsham, Crawley and everywhere between.
Whether you have a scheme at feasibility, a project going out to tender, a contract that needs administering or a dispute that has already started, the first conversation is free and useful.