Antananarivo, Madagascar

Embassy renovation and expansion in Madagascar.

JS Global provided scope development, budgeting, design, construction support, and design-build coordination for a two-phase embassy renovation and expansion. The project finished under budget and on schedule despite remote logistics and post-COVID constraints.

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Antananarivo,
Madagascar
  • Existing embassy
  • Renovation + expansion
  • Two-phase design-build
International Design-BuildRenovation + Expansion
Project Overview

Remote delivery raises the cost of every late decision.

Travel takes longer, materials are harder to replace, and late decisions affect several connected workstreams.

JS Global was a design-build partner to the prime contractor. Working with the embassy, JS Global helped define the scope, tie it to an achievable budget, and carry both through design and construction support.

Project Snapshot

The assignment at a glance.

LocationAntananarivo, Madagascar
FacilityExisting embassy
Project TypeRenovation and expansion
DeliveryTwo-phase design-build
Primary ConstraintRemote logistics, materials, and manpower
ResultUnder budget and on schedule
RoleDesign-build partner to the prime contractor
The Challenge

Protect the mission from the compounding effects of distance.

01

Define the scope around the embassy’s project objectives.

02

Tie that scope to a budget the project could hold through design and construction.

03

Plan for long-distance travel, shipping, and logistics in a remote international location.

04

Keep the work moving through post-COVID shortages of materials and manpower.

The Approach

Resolve the project in two deliberate phases.

  1. 01

    Survey

    Designers, the prime contractor, and government representatives walked the site together to understand existing conditions and priorities.

  2. 02

    Define

    The embassy’s objectives became an agreed renovation and expansion scope.

  3. 03

    Budget

    The agreed scope was tied to a budget before full execution began.

  4. 04

    Execute

    Design services and construction support proceeded with the embassy, the prime contractor, and the wider design-build team.

  5. 05

    Hold

    The project met its objectives with relatively few design and scope changes.

The Result

Under budget and on schedule.

01

The project was completed under the established budget.

02

It stayed on schedule despite remote logistics and post-COVID shortages of materials and manpower.

03

Project objectives were met with relatively few design and scope changes.

04

An early survey trip built a collaborative footing across the client, contractor, government, and design team.

05

Lessons about the client’s process and code requirements carried into later work.

What Made It Work

Alignment came before execution.

The survey trip did more than document conditions. It brought requirements, design, construction, and government oversight into the same working conversation early.

That shared footing set the groundwork for the project that followed. The team worked from an agreed scope and budget, and the project met its objectives with relatively few design and scope changes.

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Project Questions

Working across remote and international environments.

Practical answers about early planning, logistics, delivery coordination, and protecting project controls.

01Why was the project organized in two phases?
The first phase allowed the team to define the scope around the embassy’s objectives and connect that scope to an agreed budget. The second phase advanced the aligned project through design and construction.
02What made the Madagascar location challenging?
The distance affected travel, shipping, logistics, material availability, and manpower. Those constraints were especially significant in the post-COVID delivery environment.
03What set the project up well?
An early survey trip brought the embassy, prime contractor, government representatives, designers, and design-build team together on site. That gave everyone a shared view of conditions and priorities before design and construction accelerated.
04What was the most important project outcome?
The team delivered the design-build project under budget while keeping it on schedule and maintaining the primary project objectives despite the complexity of remote execution.
Plan for the Constraints Early

Preparing a complex project in a remote or secure environment?

Share the mission, location, existing conditions, delivery model, schedule, logistics, and primary sources of risk. JS Global will help establish a practical path from scope definition through delivery.

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