Acquisition, Feasibility and Project Planning for Development
I found it very useful and I liked the fact the training included exercises.
Attended the Acquisition, Feasibility and Project Planning for Development course.
Overview
This course follows on from Understanding the Development Process, and looks in more detail at the early stages in development management, including site finding, negotiation, valuation, project planning and the conveyancing process. Including undertaking feasibility studies focusing on common legal and technical issues that arise on housing development sites.
This course is suitable for Development and Regeneration staff who are reasonably new to the discipline, and staff from other teams within Registered Providers who are drafted into Development project teams.
Course Plan
This course covers the following areas:
- Risk management
- Site finding
- Types of land purchase contracts
- Inception
- Feasibility studies – what, who, when and why
- Abnormal costs
- Valuation of land and property
- Conveyancing the process and common issues – easements, covenants and title issues
- Project planning
- The principles of project planning
- Critical path
- Creating a project plan using MS Project
- Monitoring the project plan
Format
Duration: 2 days
Intensive interactive learning with exercises. This course is available in both classroom and virtual format.
Suggested Preparation
No pre-course reading is necessary. Some of the documents we will discuss are listed below. It is helpful if you are familiar with these. Please also bring along any examples you would like to discuss.
- The report on a completed desktop site investigation
- A valuation report for a site you have purchased.
- A report on title for a site you have purchased (or not purchased due to the report)
- A project Gantt Chart (preferably one for the whole project, from inception through to completion. If that is not available, bring a contractor’s programme).
If you are unsure what documents in your files will give you this information, ask your manager who should be able to help.
You will find it helpful to look over the relevant Topics in Developing Affordable Housing, published by the National Housing Federation. It is available here.
Entry Requirements
This course is designed to follow on from the Understanding the Development Process course. It is preferable, although not essential, that delegates should either have attended that course or have an equivalent level of knowledge.
Certification
On completion of this course you will be provided with an HATC certificate.
Neil Clements
Trainer
Neil has been in the affordable housing sector for most of his career, but also has experience in the contracting market having worked for a main, national, building contractor. He has also worked in the private housing development sector, having spent over 3 years as Development Director for a developer in the South-West.