Construction project management in Chancy
Planning building work? Apartment, house or building renovation, a new storey or a roof extension, running the project is our job.
In Chancy, HMG Construction Management SA runs house renovations, extensions and new builds. Independent of any contractor, the Geneva firm designs the project, submits it as an agent registered on the Geneva MPQ list (mandataires professionnellement qualifiés, the cantonal register of qualified building professionals), prices the works, selects contractors by tender and follows the site through to handover.
Your building work in Chancy
The OCSTAT profile of Chancy gives 1,644 residents at the end of 2025 on 538 hectares, or 306 inhabitants per km². According to the OCSTAT table of residential buildings, the municipality has 289 buildings with at least one dwelling, 195 of them single-family houses. Buildings put up after 2000 (96) outnumber those from before 1946 (80).
Two kinds of project follow from this. In a recent house, owners mostly ask for interior work, such as a kitchen, a bathroom or an attic to convert, or for an extension. In the 80 oldest buildings, the structure, the roof and the services have to be looked at first. The Chancy municipal website gives information on local services.
Procedures in Geneva
The official page on permit types states that the fast-track procedure, called APA, covers interior changes to an existing building as well as construction in the fifth zone without derogation, a villa for instance. Other projects go through a full application, called DD. A private owner may file an APA, but the Canton advises using a registered agent, as explained on the page Je prépare ma demande (in French). Our guide to procedures in Geneva has the details.
Types of work in Chancy
- House extension, a natural request where more than two residential buildings in three are single-family houses.
- Kitchen renovation, often the first job in a house built after 2000.
- Bathroom renovation, to be coordinated with the existing plumbing.
- House renovation, for the pre-1946 buildings that need a full overhaul.
- Villa construction, when the project starts from a plot.
How HMG manages your project in Chancy
Perhaps you have not appointed anyone yet. HMG then handles everything, from the plans to handover, including the permit application, the costing and the choice of contractors. Or your architect has designed the project and obtained the permit, in which case HMG takes over the file with them and runs the construction phase.
Our approach relies on bids compared item by item, clear contracts and a schedule the contractors sign up to. HMG chairs the site meetings, checks quality against SIA standards and gives you a cost statement at regular intervals. The decisions remain yours, and the firm prepares what you need to make them.
Municipalities in the same sector
Chancy belongs to the Champagne sector, along with six other municipalities where HMG offers the same service.
HMG projects in the canton of Geneva
Frequently asked questions
My house in Chancy is recent, do I still need a project manager?
As soon as several contractors are involved, yes. In Chancy, 96 of the 289 residential buildings date from after 2000, and work there often concerns the kitchen, the bathrooms or an extension. HMG coordinates the trades so that each one arrives at the right time.
Do I need a permit to extend a house in Chancy?
In Geneva, building permits are issued by the Office des autorisations de construire, the cantonal permit office. Which procedure applies depends on the project and the plot, and the cantonal page on permit types gives the criteria. HMG checks this before drawing anything.
Who chooses the contractors?
You do, on a proposal from HMG. The firm runs the tenders, compares the bids and recommends one contractor per package. It has no financial tie to any of them.
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