Services
Eight services, one construction life cycle
Mentnet Consultants have the ability and capacity to deliver across the full construction industry life cycle. We identify, create, design, capital raise and construct construction needs.
Service names are as listed in the Mentnet Consultants company profile. Where the profile names a service without describing its scope, that is flagged on the service page below.
Service 01
Property Development
Taking development concepts from identified need through to construction, across cluster housing, estates and mixed-use schemes.
Mentnet Consultants describe their capability as delivering across the full construction industry life cycle — identifying, creating, designing, capital raising and constructing development needs. The firm's recorded development work is led by stand servicing and cluster housing schemes in Harare, together with estate-scale and access-infrastructure projects.
Client needs this addresses
- Cluster housing developments in Harare (Mt Pleasant, Athlone and Taormina)
- Stand servicing and access roads to developments (Pomona)
- Estate-scale residential and institutional development (Marondera Timberlands Estate Ultra City)
- Houses, student accommodation and office accommodation
Service 02
Project Management
Managing the project team, contracts and programme on behalf of the client, from inception to handover.
Project management is the role recorded alongside quantity surveying on the majority of the firm's engagements. Within the team, project management services cover administration of contracts, programme management, managing the project team and supervising junior project managers' work, with the Principal Consultant acting as main client contact.
Client needs this addresses
- Construction supervision of residential builds (Mutizwa House, Musonza House, Bluffhill Residences)
- Contract administration and programme management
- Inception-to-completion management of industrial buildings (National Foods Lonchinvar Warehouse)
- Handover management (Proposed NMB Bank Development)
Service 03
Quantity Surveying
Cost planning and commercial control, recorded as the firm's most frequent role across its project portfolio.
Quantity surveying is the role recorded against almost every project in the company profile, and the Principal Consultant is the first point of contact for quantity surveying and project management related matters. The team's stated knowledge covers the construction process for both civil engineering and building projects, and the ability to plan, implement, guide, control and evaluate the construction cycle of complex projects from the perspective of both work-based and cost-based activities.
Client needs this addresses
- Cost and commercial management of housing and cluster developments
- Cost and commercial management of office, retail and service station complexes
- Warehouse and industrial structure projects
- Feasibility-stage cost work
Service 04
Feasibility Studies
Detailed analysis of the critical aspects of a proposal to establish the likelihood of it succeeding.
The profile defines a feasibility study as a detailed analysis that considers all of the critical aspects of a proposed project in order to determine the likelihood of it succeeding. The firm's recorded feasibility work spans single hospitality developments and multi-site national roll-outs, and extends into the fundraising stage that follows the study.
Client needs this addresses
- Hotel and campsite development (UCPF Hotel, Victoria Falls)
- Multi-site fuel service station roll-outs across the country (30 stations)
- Support at fundraising stage
Service 05
Technical Audits
Technical review of construction work, named as a Mentnet service in the company profile.
Technical audits are listed among the eight services the firm offers. The profile does not set out the audit methodology or the disciplines covered, so the scope below is indicative of the firm's recorded survey and investigation work and should be confirmed directly with Mentnet Consultants before it is relied upon.
Scope to be confirmed. The company profile lists this service without describing its deliverables. The points below are indicative and should be confirmed with the firm before being relied upon.
Client needs this addresses
- Review of works completed against works remaining
- Technical assessment supporting dispute situations
Service 06
Building Surveys
Surveying and investigation of existing building work, including assessment after a dispute arises.
The firm's recorded building survey engagement was the survey of Tynwald House, which the profile describes as involving surveying and investigation of works done versus the remaining works after a dispute arose. The role recorded for that engagement was quantity surveying and project management.
Client needs this addresses
- Survey of existing works against remaining works
- Investigation supporting dispute resolution
- Condition assessment of residential property
Service 07
General Construction Consultancy
Advisory support across residential, commercial, industrial, and tourism and hospitality construction.
General construction consultancy is listed as a service in the company profile and sits alongside the firm's stated experience across residential, commercial, industrial, and tourism and hospitality projects in Zimbabwe. The profile does not itemise the consultancy deliverables, so specific advisory packages should be confirmed with the firm.
Scope to be confirmed. The company profile lists this service without describing its deliverables. The points below are indicative and should be confirmed with the firm before being relied upon.
Client needs this addresses
- Advisory support to clients across the construction life cycle
- Experience across houses, malls, warehouses, hotels, lodges and motels
Service 08
Research and Evaluation
Research and evaluation work supporting construction and development decisions.
Research and evaluation is the eighth service named in the company profile. No research programme, methodology or completed study is described in the source document, so the scope of this service is to be confirmed directly with Mentnet Consultants.
Scope to be confirmed. The company profile lists this service without describing its deliverables. The points below are indicative and should be confirmed with the firm before being relied upon.
Client needs this addresses
- Evaluation of construction and development options
How we engage
Roles are recorded per engagement
The company profile states the role Mentnet performed on each project — most commonly quantity surveying, project management, or both. That record is reproduced on every project page on this site.
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