Tendering and pre-construction
Take-offs, subcontractor enquiries, pricing the package and stress-testing the programme assumptions before anyone commits to a date.
Freelance site management · Architectural metalwork
Razvan Goldu
Construction & Site Manager — architectural metalwork packages
Base
London
Coverage
Nationwide
Basis
Freelance / contract
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Black CSCS
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Twenty years running construction packages — the last decade on architectural metalwork in London: balustrades, facades, feature staircases, balconies. I take a package from tender through planning, budget and fabrication to install, quality sign-off and handover — or step in wherever it has already got to.
Metalwork is where design intent meets tolerance. It arrives late in the programme, it is unforgiving on setting-out, and it sits in everybody's critical path. Most of what I do is protecting the install sequence from everything happening around it.
Scope of engagement · full package lifecycle
From tender to handover
Programme and planning
Sequencing from early design stage through the fabrication window to install and handover — and defending that sequence when the trades around it slip.
Budget and cost control
Budget setup, cost forecasting, monthly valuations and contemporaneous variation records, so the account reflects what was actually built.
Package management on site
Day-to-day control of the metalwork works from mobilisation to handover — programme, sequencing, labour, access and interfaces with the other trades.
Setting-out and survey coordination
Checking the structure against fabrication drawings before steel leaves the shop, so tolerance problems surface at survey stage, not at install.
Technical submittals and RFIs
Shop drawing approvals, RFI turnaround and sample sign-off kept moving with the design team, rather than stalling the fabrication slot.
Quality assurance
Inspection and test plans, ITP sign-off, finish protection and a snag list closed out progressively instead of arriving as one list at practical completion.
Health and safety management
RAMS, lift plans, permits and daily briefings — written and enforced by someone who also holds the NEBOSH General Certificate and SMSTS.
Handover and close-out
O&M documentation, as-built records, warranties and the health and safety file — assembled as the job runs, not scrambled together at the end.
Selected packages
Where the work has been
| Project | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow T2A | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Francis Crick Institute | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Westfield London | Architectural metalwork and balconies | Delivered |
| Battersea Phase 4 | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Kidbrooke Village | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Hornsey Town Hall | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Hammersmith Town Hall | Architectural metalwork package | Delivered |
| Tower 42 | Architectural metalwork package | Ongoing |
Aviation, life sciences, retail, large-scale residential and listed civic buildings — each with its own approvals regime and its own reasons a metalwork package goes wrong.
Track record
Twenty years, three chapters
2019 – present
Commercial Director
Bright Metalwork, London
2018 – present
Independent consultant — construction, H&S and management
Freelance, UK-wide
2012 – 2017
Construction Manager
D&A Engineering, London
2008 – 2012
Project Manager, set construction
Media Pro Studios, Buftea, Romania
2002 – 2008
Financial Analyst, set construction
Media Pro Studios, Buftea, Romania
The first six years were spent costing construction rather than building it. It is the reason I treat a programme and a valuation as the same document read two ways.
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Credentials
Black CSCS card
Level 6 Site Construction Management
SMSTS
NEBOSH General Certificate
ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
First Aid at Work, Level 3
References
People who have worked with me
Both are happy to be contacted. Details supplied on request.
Dorel Icleanu
Managing Director, D&A Engineering
Joshua Brown
Managing Director, Trinity Steel / Stair Master
Availability
Have a package that needs covering?
Tell me the project, the scope and the install window. I will tell you straight away whether I am the right fit and when I can start.