Photography from completed CMS projects: A completed London residence with a stone portico, seen across formal gardens. A white-rendered residential elevation with full-height glazing onto a garden. A double-storey basement excavation in Chelsea, spanned by raking steel props. An oval rooflight above a Robert Adam stair in a Grade II* listed residence. A private country estate reflected in the lake along its frontage. A colonnaded swimming pool within a residential basement.
CMS — Construction Management Solutions
Exceptional homes, quietly delivered.
Construction management for luxury residential projects in prime central London.
The practice
CMS is Michael Barnes MCIOB — thirty-five years of construction management, the last two decades of it on prime central London residential.
The work is £5m–£40m residential schemes across Chelsea, Mayfair, Kensington, Holland Park and St James's: listed buildings, deep basements, structural reconfiguration and the logistics of building well on a constrained site. One senior point of contact, from tender to handover.
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35 +
Years in construction
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£36 m
Largest single project
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11
Landmark projects
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MCIOB
Chartered member, CIOB
Selected projects
All projects
How I work
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Pre-construction & tender
Buildability, programme and cost tested before anything is committed.
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Programme & budget control
One person accountable for the dates and the number, start to finish.
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Construction management
Trades procured and run directly, with the client holding the contracts.
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Heritage & listed buildings
Consented works delivered around fabric that has to survive them.
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Handover & aftercare
Commissioning, snagging and the defects period seen through personally.
Why CMS
The person you appoint is the person on site.
MCIOB Member of the Chartered Institute of Building
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A single senior point of contact
The person you appoint is the person on site. Nothing is delegated to a junior team.
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Complete discretion as standard
Much of this work is undertaken for private clients and is not published. References are available on request.
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Brought in to lead and to rescue
Repeatedly appointed to take over demanding projects that need decisive management and a clear route to completion.
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A supply chain built over three decades
Trades and specialists with a known standard of work, assembled deliberately for each project.
In their words
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Much of this work is undertaken for private clients and is not published. References are available on request.
Enquiries
Arrange a private consultation.
Michael replies personally. Enquiries are treated in confidence, and references are available on request.