Stephen Rayment Group Managing Director

Stephen co-founded Systech International in 1991 with Mark Woodward-Smith and he is the Group Managing Director with responsibility for the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and America’s regions. Stephen is also responsible for all strategic and policy matters. Under Stephen’s leadership Systech has developed into a leading global construction consultancy with a reputation for high quality, managed services.

Stephen Rayment co-founded Systech International in 1991 with Mark Woodward-Smith and he is the Group Managing Director with responsibility for the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and America’s regions. Stephen is also responsible for all strategic and policy matters. Under Stephen’s leadership Systech has developed into a leading global construction consultancy with a reputation for high quality, managed services.

Stephen took the business global in 1994 supporting the ‘Tiger Economies’ in the Asia Pacific region and opening permanent offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He then lead the group to expand into the Middle East and the America's markets, opening regional offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Atlanta, Houston, Rio de Janeiro and Toronto, as well as opening additional Asia Pacific offices in Australia, Japan and Korea.

Stephen looks to add strength to the business through the addition of key services such as the recent acquisition of Systech Solicitors, the first of its kind under the Legal Services Act, allowing the business to offer a unique combination of project, claims, dispute resolution and legal services under a single brand.

Stephen Rayment looks to add strength to the business through the addition of key services such as the recent acquisition of Systech Solicitors, the first of its kind under the Legal Services Act, allowing the business to offer a unique combination of project, claims, dispute resolution and legal services under a single brand.

Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, holding a BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying, a MSc in Project Management and a LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration.

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The Importance Of Sustainability For The Construction Industry Business

Sustainability!! As every buddy must already familiar with this term that defines a quality of material, things and nature of persons. That how rigid this material, things and the human being can be, to possess their quality.

For many it’s just another word for a dictionary, but when it’s related to prospects of engineering especially in a case of construction of some equipment, machinery, monuments or some luxury hotel or private sky skelter. It means a lot as now you are dealing with multi-billion projects and more important with thousands of workers life and people expectation.

So, for this time Stephen Rayment owner of one of the leading multinational construction company Systech International, with 28 branches in different nations all around the world. To guide you with some most crucial aspect that you could keep in your approach to sustainability in the construction industry:

Government Strategies

As it’s very much important that human creation might not be responsible for the human life and health hazard. Thus it’s very important to take steps to the local law body or by the government that helps to seek the betterment of human health and condition and planned approach for sustained nation development.

Green Building Approaches

At the time of consigning projects to the different consultant, it must be recommended or we can say it’s our duty to find someone who must have thought and concern toward the environment. Thereby keeping green building techniques that could help you as well as your generation to conserve limited natural resources.

Nation Energy Conservation

Different nation and countries have various features that could help them to generate their source of energy. In fact, many have such opportunities and capabilities that they could together generate renewable energy for the whole nation. In such cases, approaches must be appreciated by every individual to continue practicing such steps for sustained development of the nation.

Sustained and Efficient Products

Many a time you also feel embarrassed or humiliated when you are caught or find guilty while using those products which are of cheap rate and with no efficiency or durable lifespan that in a sack to save more or for better profit. But never aware of consequence that could take place at the time when some mistook happen. 

Thus it’s very much important to mind our ways and follow better ways that could help one to keep the things sustainable. These are the few crucial points that one can follow by means of Stephen Rayment so that they could continue methods of sustainability for the construction industry. 

Originally Posted: http://www.allperfectstories.com/importance-sustainability-construction-industry/

Building Information Modeling - BIM by Systech International

We are hearing so much in the past years of the importance of the technology in every aspect. And this is not by a coincidence. Some people had an idea about this long time ago, but today their predictions became reality. Today, the United Kingdom Construction Industry stands proudly over a cup of the new time, the age of digital design, also known as BID- a Building Information Modeling.

According to Stephen Rayment from UK, BIM refers to a value creating collaboration that is found along the whole life circle of the assets, underpinned by collocation, creation and the exchange of the modern 3D models, adding intelligent and structured data information into them. Simply said, it is a sociotechnical process that lies on a supportive technological base, linked with social components from the surrounding.

Implementing the Building Information Modeling is actually a great thing for all the investors since due to the capability of the governmental departments to electronically validate the BIM information; thousands of pounds will be saved.

You probably have heard about the Systech International, a company that is offering support of many commercial, procedural and contractual issues to their contractors throughout the whole project delivery process. As they are keeping up with everything, BIM is nothing new they cannot handle. The specialized team they have is ready to answer all the concerns their clients have regarding this question. And having in mind that the mandatory BIM is completely introduced in the Government's projects, it is understandable that there will be some inconvenience. Therefore, Systech International's team is ready to provide their favors regarding the following things

• will help you become familiar with Level 2 BIM
• will make you be aware of the BIM protocol
• will teach you how this protocol will have influence over your project procedures
• will make you understand your collaboration obligation
• will help you become aware of the intellectual property, ownership, and copyright of the issues
• will inform you that you need to find and BIM Information manager as a part of the team of the project and what are the procedures regarding that person

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Services Provided for Claims Management by Systech International

Systech International has a global reputation as a leading claims consultant on major projects and clients can be confident that we have the professionalism and expertise to look after their interests.

Stephen Rayment says, Systech provide clients with an honest appraisal of their contractual and commercial position at the outset of a commission and do not embark on a process until all the risks and benefits have been considered. It is policy to discuss a client’s specific claim objectives with them and then to provide recommendations as to how they can be achieved. As part of that process a schedule of activities with associated resources and completion dates will be prepared to give the client visibility of progress.

Adopting the correct strategy is the mainstay of a successful claim. Systech draws on its wealth of experience to offer strategic guidance that is focused on the provable issues and to prepare documentation that is technically, legally and commercially accurate.

Claims are often complex and we are able to use our visualizations expertise to demonstrate the main issues pictorially to aid communication to key decision makers.

Services provided for claims for the recovery of additional costs:

• Analysis of contractual terms and conditions
• Analysis of tender pricing, rates and productivity levels
• Inspection of records and contractual notices
• Analysis of actual time spent, costs incurred and actual productivity achieved
• Identification of contractual route for the recovery of costs and loss of profit
• Preparation of a cause and effect detailed analysis
• Presentation and negotiation of the claim

Services provided for extension of time claims:

• Identification of planned program and critical path
• Ascertaining the adequacy of the planned program and correcting as necessary
• Analysis of the revised/updated programes and reasons for changes
• Inspection of records and delay notices
• Offset liquidated damages
• Preparation of forensic delay analysis using accepted techniques
• Presentation and negotiation of the claim

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Choosing The Best Building Materials For Your Project

Beauty lies in the eye of Beholder! Thus how each time you come with different monuments and building all around the world. As each time the basic items that are used for construction is same but the art of choosing them and then coming with own innovative ideas to give a whole new creation. For this reason, it’s important to choose the best material for the projects.

For construction various things are put under consideration and what all kind of resource material that is available and favorable according to the various factors that govern that area. So, depending upon location, budgets, environment atmosphere, soil, and various other factors we decide for the best material that could go with the projects.

Here are some suggestion and points provide by Stephen Rayment for a house, building or an apartment where different types of material could be used for construction and giving a stylish and spectacular look:

Basements and Foundations

Foundation of any building plays a vital role to keep it standing for ages. For this reason, the proper blueprint of the foundation is planned by architecture to that it could last for long period of time. Even when there is slop or wet soil then building basement is bit avoidable.

House Framing

Wood farming is always being a first preference where the wood was in abundance or it’s cheap to afford. Whereas according to Stephen Rayment its alternative steel and concrete block are now in more demand as they are more durable and have the better life span.

Windows and Patio Doors

It would be like going through all the pages of encyclopedia when it comes to patterns and building material for windows and patio doors. As these play the main role for giving the appearance, energy efficiency and maintenance, therefore, they are engineered and built in more sophisticated manner.

Roofing Materials

Choosing material for roof construction could depend upon various weather, climate factors as it helps to maintain the inner temperature and pleasant atmosphere for people who are living inside them. Depending on the weather and energy that is associated with its construction you have a huge option of roofing such as Asphalt shingles, wood shingles, metal roofing, cement tiles, and even rubber roofing are available.

Drywall, Tile Flooring, and Wall Tile

We all spend maximum time of our life between the walls of our house, an office building, malls, and stores. So naturally there are plenty of ways by which you could make them attractive and at the same time resistive from moisture, fire and another coating as necessary. To cut cost for future expense and maintenance tile flooring and wall tile are nowadays more in fashion.

Kitchen Cabinets and Bathroom Cabinets 

Moreover especially in the case of kitchen and bathrooms cabinets where different people visit throughout day and night time and also with the perspective of health and hygienic it must be made up of such material that could be easy to keep clean and dry. Also, the paint used to color their wall must be of plastic cover so that no strain what so ever may spoil the looks of walls.

These are few points that are provided by Stephen Rayment Systech that could help you to choose the best material for your projects.

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Tips on Reducing Waste of Construction Projects

You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle. This powerful line if in the case followed by many construction companies like system International could bring a great change in environment. As each time when you dump a waste, it could take only a few moments more to be utilized in much effective manner. 

As this will not only going to reduce the amount of material that you dump in form of waste but also seek in cost reduction at the end of the projects. As according to Stephen Rayment, who wishes to seek the best construction for last few decades just following the concept of 3R (reuse, recycle, and reduce) to come up with the better picture of environmental conservation. As by doing this you will be able to take few steps toward the responsibilities that are toward a society in which we live. Even while doing this you will also able to seek the attention of the many customers who is an environmental conservationist and even appreciated by the government as well.

So, here are few steps which one can use at the time of construction to reduce the waste and plan in a better manner: 

Estimate cost of waste disposed

If you are a construction contractor then try to estimate the cost each time when you some waste material that is going to be dumped. This will give you a rough idea how much has lost in a deal and also the area acquired by the waste.

Avail Material According to Needs and Time

Restoring the materials to be used in future to save the future expense, could prove to vice- verse. As materials like cement, calcium carbonate and many other compounds get decomposed with the passage of time.

Keep Check on Control of Waste 

According to Stephen Rayment, A construction client good avail maximum profits and better future in business. By keeping an adequate check on expenses that are caused by the wastage of construction materials and soon coming to conclusion how to reduce waste.

Prevent One Size Fit all Plan 

As we all aware that each construction whether small or big needs different requirement, so planning to store same design could increase your future expense. It’s better to come up with such items that could be reused again and again for construction.

These are the few points by Stephen Rayment Systech that could help you to reduce the cost of the waste and also the quantity of waste during construction projects. Thereby giving you an idea how you can prove to an immersing star in future.

Originally published at http://www.allperfectstories.com/reducing-waste-of-construction-projects-by-stephen-rayment-systech/