Write Building Methodology

How our bid writers will help you

Our team of tender, bid and construction writing professionals help businesses across Australia write construction methodology statements and other building methodology statements for private sector and public sector tenders. In addition to pricing, a robust and comprehensive program and methodology is key to winning any construct and infrastructure contract across Australia.

We will help you:

• Flesh out your building methodology statement – based on your program. 
• Write your proposed methodology.
• Ensure your methodology reflects the account management, safety and other initiatives you have put forward in your bid. 

Our team of bid writers is familiar with all different building and construction tender document formats including RFPs, RFTs and RFIs.  We know the construction industry and are skilled in writing building methodologies.

We take a collaborative and constructive approach to writing your methodology and will:

• Work with you to understand your proposed program and project.
• Help you write your construction proposal from start to finish.
• Consult with your key stakeholders and subject matter experts such as planners or engineers to ensure the methodology is sufficiently detailed and inclusive of all issues and parameters. 

Your methodology for any project or tender needs to be more than simply a summary of your proposed program. You need to incorporate other factors such as work health and safety, environmental and quality control into your methodology of works or construction methodology statement.

Writing a building or construction methodology can seem simple for most builders. It’s also common practice for nearly all tenders as most Councils and government departments now ask for a building methodology statement in addition to a GANTT chart and other project management schedules. Often, these building methodology statements form a large percentage of the weighting criteria and so it’s important to score well in order to win the bid. This applies to relatively small building and trades bids to local Councils, to large bids for major infrastructure projects by Tier 1 and Tier 2 construction companies. 

Our team of bid and tender writers help construction companies and builders write building methodologies on a weekly basis. 

What does the client want?

The client is usually looking for an explanation as to how you are going to build the project as well as how you are going to manage the site and communicate with them. In its most basic form, the building methodology is an explanation of the proposed program or GANTT chart. That is the simple part for most builders and something your project managers will be able to write quite easily.

Over recent years, we have seen an increase in expectations from both government and private sector clients around the level of detail in the methodology. In order to win a bid, you need to go into extensive detail in your proposed methodology including covering relevant Australian Standards and how you will comply with them as well as talking about the application of your quality, safety and environmental plans on the process. This applies to construction, civil, electrical, hydraulic and almost all other sub-sectors.

The hard part is making sure you include what the clients want to hear. You need to write and provide a building and construction methodology statement that:

• Explains, details and aligns with the rest of your bid, tender or RFP response. For example, you may put forward a solution that saves the client time and delivers the works faster with the same level of quality. Your methodology must explain how you will do this. Another example is cost savings. If you are using some kind of innovative technology to save on costs, this also needs to be incorporated into your methodology. 
• Is detailed enough to score well and give the client and procurement team confidence that you can deliver the project. This is best done by writing a comprehensive and detailed methodology that also explains your think and approach. A healthy mix of technical and general terminology is important since if it is overly technical, the procurement team may not be able to full interpret and comprehend it. 
• Covers the entire construction project methodology from start to finish. This generally applies to construction companies and builders but the same can be said for tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians etc. Your methodology for any construction or infrastructure project needs to cover the entire project from start to finish. This includes any pre-construction actions and post construction that are part of the project. You need to demonstrate that you have thought through and will deliver the full job. 

What do clients want to hear?

Let’s take the example of a small project building a block of public toilets at a local park or stadium. When writing the building methodology, you may want to talk about:

• Securing the site to ensure the general public cannot access
• Scheduling building works to ensure they do not coincide with pre-scheduled events at the stadium
• Ensuring that temporary toilet provisions are put in place to service the community
• Communicating to the community through signage what is being constructed
• Liaising with and communicating closely with Council representatives to ensure that you comply with any Council specific WHS or other requirements

As you can see, none of the above items have anything to with construction, however, they are critical in terms of writing a compelling building methodology that demonstrates to the client that you understand their needs.

Another example is conducting building works in a school. When writing a building methodology for such works, you will need to think about and include items such as:

• Scheduling works outside school hours
• Scheduling deliveries to occur outside normal school drop-off and pick-up hours
• Ensuring noisy works are minimised to outside school hours.
• Putting additional safety measures in place to ensure that students with a disability or any other challengers are not put in any danger by the works. This would mean putting in place safety procedures that go beyond Australian Standards.

Other tips for construction tenders

• Previous experience. It’s important that you go into detail when writing about your previous experience. Put forward case studies and ensure that you detail not only the scope of the project, but also your involvement, what key personnel were involved, if those same key personnel will be part of the team for the proposed project, and what key challenges were overcome.
  
• Key personnel. It’s critical to tailor your CVs or profiles for each individual opportunity. For example, if you are pitching for a government contract, it’s important that you talk about any previous experience your key personnel have got with a special focus on government experience.
• Graphics and infographics: Graphics and infographics are becoming increasingly important for any construction bid or tender. It’s increasingly becoming the norm. Case studies need to be accompanied with photos of the project and complex methodologies and solutions can be graphically presented using infographics. The look and feel of the proposal must reflect your website and overall brand. In addition, we caption images to further ensure the relevance of the image (safety, quality assurance, previous experience or key construction capabilities) are reflected and explained. 

Working with our team to win

Our team of construction tender professionals write building methodology statements for councils, state and federal government as well as Tier 1 and Tier 2 private sector building companies on a weekly basis for different building clients. We understand that the weighted criteria of building and construction tenders is often focused on drafting a convincing building methodology statement. You need to convince the client that you have thought through how you will complete the project in a timely manner.

If you need to write building methodology statements and you are not experienced in drafting them, then contact us on 0410 448 770. We are experienced in drafting these and understand that it is a critical component of any building tender response.

Where our clients require a construction methodology template in Australia we are able to provide a template how assist them n writing a construction methodology.

If you need to know how to write a construction methodology, require a construction methodology template, or need  a construction methodology / method statement, or even a methodology for a project, we are able to assist.

Our team can help you write a methodology for a project and a method statement for building works, or even help with writing and finding building tenders.

Our fees and service

We will provide a fixed quote or hourly rate for your building methodology. We track all changes and aim to empower yourself to write building and construction methodologies in house in the future.

We’re committed to winning business, contracts and tenders for our clients and will work with you to address all of your needs. Our tender writing service extends to include drafting other aspects of construction tenders.

We help construction companies lard and small across Australia write tenders for government and private contracts. Whether you are in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin, Hobart, Canberra, Adelaide or regional and rural Australia, our team is always available to assist.

Frequently asked questions

What are the common errors or challenges business face when writing a construction methodology statement?

Some of the key challenges construction and building companies face when writing methodologies include:

• Lack of detailed project scope. It is hard to write a methodology for projects which you don’t have a comprehensive scope for. It’s generally even more challenging if you are bidding for a maintenance contract where there are multiple works and there isn’t one specific project. This is a difficult challenge to overcome however there are some strategies you can employ to score well. Here at The Tender Team we recommend create ‘hypothetical’ projects that would be similar to the types of projects to be undertaken as part of the contract. Provide a description for the hypothetical project and then create a sample methodology that you would employ. Another option is to go back with clarifications in terms of scope in order to get a greater understanding of the scope and create a methodology to suit. You can also include assumptions in your methodology in order to go into more details, you just need to ensure that you clearly identify and communicate the assumptions.
• Focusing on the construction process only. You may not be scoring well with your methodology because it’s too narrow and focused on the construction process. This is of course, the most important aspect of the methodology and absolutely critical. It generally represents up to 75% of the total marks / quality criteria of the methodology. However, you need to cover all aspects of the project in your methodology including safety, environmental, reporting and any special site considerations. For example, if you are undertaking works in a hospital environment, then the use of special machinery and processes for minimising dust and disturbance to patients must be included in your methodology. This broadens your response and helps you score well. 
• Keeping it generic. It goes without saying that your methodology needs to be tailored to the specific project. You also need to keep the information in the methodology tailored and personalised. This applies for example, to team members. The methodology should support the rest of your bid in personalising your bid and introducing your team. If possible, you should name your team members in the methodology when detailing their roles and what they will do. 

Can I write my methodology statement for a construction project directly based on the program? Is the methodology a summary or written explanation of the program?

No. You need to expand on it and include other aspects of your bid response in the methodology. At a bare minimum, your proposed methodology has to be a detailed explanation of the program, however, you need to think more broadly and expand on your program to include other aspects of bid response.

Can I get a consultant to write the methodology statement for me as we need help?

Yes. Here at The Tender Team we can assist in writing your building or construction methodology. We will work closely with you to develop a quality proposal that scores well.