How ELS works

Scope & responsibility, made honest.

Who does what, in what order, and who's accountable — across the three ways to work with ELS, every project type, and every trade. The one rule under all of it: responsibility follows the approved quotation, drawings and written scope. Anything not listed is not automatically included.

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Choose the engagement

Three ways to work with ELS, by how much help the project needs.

Every route is led by ELS and adds scope as the project gets harder — from resolving the design, to having ALUMAX supply it, to coordinating every trade to one plan.

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1

ELS

Design + Specification

You need the design resolved

2

ELS + ALUMAX

Design + Product

…supplied and installed too

3

ELS Coordination

Whole Renovation

Several trades affect one another

Best for

Layout · style · material · moisture-zone · lighting · budget decisions

A resolved design you also want made and fitted, with one product interface

Multi-trade work · wet areas · sequencing · whole-room / whole-home risk

The trigger

The product may be known, but the design decisions aren't

You want ELS's spec built by ALUMAX under one product warranty

Cabinets, services and building works interact and must be sequenced

What ELS does

Designs & specifies — layout, materials by zone, lighting & M&E intentions; issues the spec pack + drawings

The same design authorship; the ELS spec drives the ALUMAX quotation

Coordinates sequence, interfaces, changes & QC checkpoints across every trade

What ALUMAX does

Optional — quotes the product separately against ELS's spec (any supplier can)

Supplies · installs · warrants its products to the approved spec (FLYHOME RTA + made-to-spec)

Separately quotes & supplies its products — one of the coordinated trades

Specialist trades

Not coordinated — you appoint & manage electrical, plumbing, tiling, etc.

Not coordinated — appointed separately if needed

Coordinated by ELS — each trade separately quotes · executes · tests · warrants its scope

Measurement

ELS technical survey where required

ALUMAX product measure + ELS technical survey

ELS technical survey + ALUMAX product measurements

Documents you receive

ELS design / specification pack + drawings + material schedule

…that, plus the ALUMAX quotation + product shop drawing

…plus trade matrix · coordination sheets · approval checklist · variation control · QC + handover records

Coordination depth

Design & specification — no multi-trade site coordination

Product interface coordinated; other trades stay separate

Full — sequence, interfaces, hold-points & handover to one plan

Pricing structure

An ELS design-authorship fee — a service fee, not a construction price

ELS fee + a separate ALUMAX product quotation

ELS coordination priced on a project basis; ALUMAX + trades quoted separately

You approve

Layout · materials · M&E intentions · drawings

…plus the product quotation · shop drawings

Scope · drawings · materials · work packages · prices · programme

Not automatically included

Product supply, installation, trade execution & site coordination

Multi-trade site coordination (until you step up to Coordination)

Trade labour & ALUMAX product supply unless separately quoted

Choose this when…

The product is clear but the design still needs resolving

You want the design built by ALUMAX with one product-warranty interface

Several trades must follow one approved plan

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A product quotation is not a whole-renovation quotation.

An ALUMAX product quotation covers ALUMAX's products only. An ELS fee is a design / coordination service fee — never the renovation construction price.

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Service route and product tier are different decisions.

The route is how much ELS does. Essential · Signature · Bespoke is a separate axis — the ALUMAX product specification level. FLYHOME is ALUMAX's own Ready-to-Assemble modular cabinetry, supplied and warranted by ALUMAX.

Responsibility, drawn out

The same split, as diagrams

How responsibility is split across ALUMAX, ELS and the appointed trades — the whole-project map, the per-project swimlanes, and the ownership breakdowns. Illustrative diagrams, not photographs or a claim of completed work. Open any one for the full size.

**The whole responsibility map** — Every part of a project mapped to its owner — ALUMAX, ELS, or an appointed specialist.

SwimlaneCabinet project — swimlaneWho does what, and in what order, across a cabinet project.

SwimlaneDoors & windows — swimlaneResponsibility across an aluminium door and window job.

SwimlaneOffice fit-out — swimlaneResponsibility across a commercial office fit-out.

SwimlaneFull-room renovation — swimlaneResponsibility across a whole-room renovation, trade by trade.

ComparisonThe three engagement routesProduct-only vs ALUMAX + ELS vs ELS Coordination — how far you take the work.

ComparisonIncluded · separately quoted · excludedWhat a scope covers, what is quoted separately, and what is out of scope.

ComparisonSupply · install · coordinate · warrantWho owns each of the four ownership layers on a decision.

ComparisonALUMAX product vs specialist tradeWhere ALUMAX supplies and installs, and where an appointed trade does.

ProcessYour approvals & responsibilitiesThe approvals and inputs the client owns, and when they fall due.

ComparisonFactory work vs site workWhat is built in the factory versus finished on site.

MapOne point of contact — honestlyA single ELS point of contact, without implying one trade owns everything.