ACERTA

Working alongside our clients, at Acerta we collaborate efficiently on the identification, analysis and management of opportunities for undertaking property developments, offering a full service covering everything from the initial consultancy process to the provision of advice on urban development, including the design of the operation and its management.

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We use a model which, on the one hand, analyses the space requirements of the organisation and, on the other, the characteristics of the building, thus achieving the best solution (lay-out) and planning of spaces with the various alternatives: open plan, compartmentalised, mixed or "self-regulated" offices, etc. We attempt to transfer the needs and requirements of the organisation and its users to the physical space, focusing on its business goals.

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Energy efficiency can be defined as a reduction in energy consumption, maintaining the same energy services without reducing comfort levels or our quality of life, protecting the environment, guaranteeing supply and promoting sustainable behaviour in energy use. The construction sector is crucial to energy consumption, as it is estimated that buildings represent around 40% of energy consumption, and offer the potential for the development of an energy saving in excess of 20%. We offer consultancy and technical support for the development and implementation of energy efficiency and sustainable energy programmes.

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The challenge for the implementation of any kind of commercial project will be to react to these changes and capture other markets by offering new formats, uses and formulas. And this is where Acerta Espacios Comerciales comes into play. Our aim is to offer the key to the creation of pleasant, high quality areas and centres which suit current consumption habits and turn the commercial area into something which is more social than commercial.

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With an organisational system applied to construction, Project Management aims to exploit each budget to the full, controlling the cost, deadlines and quality of the projects from design through to handover.

- Conceptual phase: the project objectives, its format or scope, cost, period and specifications are determined together with the client.

- Definition phase: Acerta collaborates on the drawing up of the projects, offering value engineering and analysing the most appropriate contracting system in each case.

- Execution phase: continuous monitoring of the project is undertaken, proposing changes when necessary and preventing possible incidents before they occur. The client is kept constantly informed.

- Completion phase: following the handover of the building, we continue to support the clients in order to ensure its proper use, as well as resolving any possible administrative, operational or contractual issues.

Programme Management: The process of managing a significant number of interrelated projects with a common goal. Programme Management also places an emphasis on efficient co-ordination between resources and departments throughout the project, in order to ensure that they are managed in an integrated and efficient manner.

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We offer integrated property management services for the development of land or buildings and property developments.

Our property management services cover all the aspects to be taken into account when developing land or a building, such as the management of the planning processes for the conversion of rural land into developable land, the property and technical management of a housing co-operative or a land readjustment board, the valuation of a property asset according to its planning status, etc.

In short, the aim is to offer an instrument which provides management capability for any property project in any of its phases, from town planning through to its subsequent construction.

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Project monitoring consists of the monitoring and control of the risks inherent in the project process. It is a professional service which oversees the achievement of objectives, from an external point of view, in order to verify the use of the investments made. It regularly reports on the progress of the work schedule, controls the budget and quality through site visits, informing and advising the client on the most appropriate solutions to mitigate risk.

Due Diligence: We undertake the technical analysis of a property asset in order to validate everything from its functionality to regulatory compliance, evaluating the cost of the asset's adaptation to regulations or verifying its final agreement with the specifications agreed at the start of the project.

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All the property investment must by nature correspond to long term strategies. The growing importance of an organisation's facilities or its tangible fixed assets means that it is increasingly necessary to create Facility Management departments or areas.

Facility Management represents the co-ordination of all actions relating to planning or design and the management of the buildings, their systems, equipment and fittings, in order to achieve maximum efficiency at the lowest cost.

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Integrated Construction Management enables the client to have real control of the construction process. In this case, the general contractor is replaced by a construction management system which enables the developer to contract out the work in separate packages, and a Fast Track system may be used which makes the following possible:

• - Simultaneous execution of design and construction
• - More time available to produce the design
• - Selection of the most suitable suppliers
• - Inclusion of changes and improvements during the works
• - Reduction in the total work period, as it can be started earlier
• - Increased control throughout the construction phase.

Management Contracting: With this system the client instructs Acerta to take charge of contracting out and managing the work to be carried out by the various contractors. Acerta thus acts as the principal contractor, maintaining a policy of complete transparency with the client, charging fixed fees irrespective of the amount of the works. This type of contracting process offers the client the advantage of being able to benefit from potential savings through the appropriate management of purchases and strict control of the works budget.

Guaranteed Maximum Price: In this type of contract Acerta accepts the liability and financial risk of undertaking the work. The guaranteed maximum price can be established when the project is still in the initial phases.

The operational procedure is as follows: initially the project management work is undertaken, the costs of the project are estimated and a target price is set. At this point the construction management work begins with the contracting process. When between 60% and 70% of the contracts have been allocated the maximum price can be established, which may not be exceeded under any circumstances.

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We have highly qualified staff with proven experience to form technical teams applying methodologies for the supervision, inspection and control of the qualitative, quantitative, time, environmental and safety aspects of our clients' projects. These services take the form of the following:

• - site management
• - control and security
• - health and safety co-ordination
• - quality management
• - geometric and topographic controls

The process of a company relocation begins when the decision is taken, and does not end until all the invoices have been paid, all the damage has been repaired, and all the new staff have settled into the new workplace. The process is divided into six parts:

• - Inventory of items to be moved
• - Development of a plan of action
• - Information and training for staff
• - Packing prior to relocation
• - Relocation
• - Subsequent monitoring

Acerta develops interior architecture projects for houses, offices, hotels, shopping and leisure centres, industrial premises, business units, etc.

The services provided are as follows: planning of the space, interior design, engineering projects, dealing with licences, etc.

Acerta also manages the construction of the project with the construction management system or by means of a turnkey project.

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