About Arboretum Consulting
Arboretum Consulting was founded in July 2020 with the aim of providing an integrated project management service, supporting clients from the architectural design phase through to obtaining the occupancy licence, including the selection of contractors and on-site supervision.
The name Arboretum Consulting comes from the combination of Arboretum (= garden of ideas) + Consulting (= consultancy), meaning that we help clients transform their ideas (arboretum) for their home into something real (consultancy/support throughout the entire process).
The company is prepared (through outsourcing contracts) to cover all areas (technical and economic) of knowledge and expertise necessary to achieve the objectives and conditions of this economic activity (project management) and to fully assist customers' needs in this field of work.
Strategic Planning
Technical Coordination
Personalised Support
Efficiency and Sustainability
Quality and Cost Control
Concrete Results
Arboretum Consulting Team
Our team consists of:
Rui Mateus
Project Manager Executive
Rui’s professional career took him away from the natural and creative act of architectural design to the development of projects and construction sites, opening his mind to a 360º view of the world of urban development and human settlement in territories.
Rui holds a degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in Economics and Construction Technology from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the same university.
On this basis, he has developed a career spanning more than thirty-five years of experience.
Sónia Marques
Executive Director
With over 25 years of professional experience, Sónia’s career has taken her to work in various areas, notably banking, tourism, accounting and real estate, performing roles in management, control, leadership and team building.
Outsourcing:
Nuno Bandarra/Setenge: Engineer in charge at construction yard
Rui Almeida: Quantity Surveyor
Jorge Costa Reis: Architect and Project Analyst
01
Project Coordination and Licensing
We monitor the entire development of the project, from conception to preparation for construction. We coordinate the technical teams, support the client in legal and licensing matters, and ensure that all solutions are efficient, sustainable, and economically balanced.
02
Tenders and Market Consultations
We analyse and validate the execution design, manage the contractor selection process and apply value engineering to ensure the best balance between quality, cost and timeframe before work begins.
03
Construction and Supervision
We monitor and technically control the execution of the work, ensuring quality, meeting deadlines and compliance with the project. We coordinate the contractor, ensure safety on site and manage the entire process until the Occupancy Licence is obtained.
Project Management Team
The project management team is multidisciplinary and complements each other in terms of their professional experience, ensuring high-quality and appropriate management and monitoring of the work:
Project Management Coordinator:
Performs the role of person responsible for all work at all stages on behalf of the Owner, liaising between all parties that make up the technical team working on the project, to ensure, to the best of their ability, that the various tasks assigned to them are carried out, also representing the Owner before the various public administration bodies.
Project Analyst:
Your main role is to review all projects, look for gaps or missing information, propose revisions, coordinate with the surveyor, and ensure that the best project, with all the mandatory documents and necessary information, is submitted and presented for construction work.
In cases of high-value engineering work, they are also responsible for seeking alternative solutions and preparing files to provide the client with all the technical and economic information and implications for validation, coordinating with the project manager and quantity surveyor throughout the process.
Quantity Surveyor:
Their main role is to monitor work on an ongoing basis, overseeing figures, quantities, prices, budgets and bills of quantities from the design stage through to construction.
It also ensures the economic compliance of the project and works with the contract. Whenever it detects deficiencies in the documents or measurement reports that the contractor submits for approval on a monthly basis, whether related to quantities or prices, it immediately communicates them to the coordinator and the owner.
It is also responsible for preparing monthly budget assessment reports during the project phase and monthly reports on the BoQ for the contractor’s measurement and invoicing records.
Engineer in charge at the construction site:
Their main role is to monitor work on an ongoing basis, providing technical supervision of the work, site safety and all production activities.
It also ensures the technical compliance of projects and, whenever it detects deficiencies in the works or in the guidelines issued by the contractor or its agents that compromise the objectives of safety, quality, schedule, and price, it will immediately notify the coordinator and the owner, presenting solutions or options for correction.
It is also responsible for preparing fortnightly reports assessing various aspects of the work, such as quality of work and cost control, presenting samples and issuing technical opinions on the financial budget and work schedule.