Construction Management
Description
Comprehensive Construction Management (Pre-Construction Services)
1. Advise Owner and Make Recommendations
The Construction Manager will be present at regular meetings with the Architect and Engineer during the development and preliminary design phase to advise on the selection of materials, building systems, and equipment. The Construction Manager will also provide recommendations on availability of materials, labor, time requirements, and cost of alternate design materials.
2. Project Scheduling
The Construction Manager will develop a project schedule for coordination on the overall project. This schedule will be used to resolve scheduling conflicts, identify critical dates, and establish major construction milestones.
3. Coordination of Contract Documents
In cooperation with the Architect/Engineer, the Construction Manager will establish and implement procedures to be followed for expediting and processing all shop drawings, samples, catalogs, and other project documents.
4. Project Budget
The Construction Manager will prepare a project budget as soon as major project requirements have been identified. The project budget will be revised into a final cost estimate when plans and specifications are complete.
5. Review Drawings and Specifications with Architect/Engineer
The Construction Manager will review drawings and specifications with the Architect/Engineer regarding the items of work in the plans and specifications to facilitate the trade contractors’ bidding. This review will also attempt to eliminate any overlap or conflicts within the drawings to avoid onsite construction delays.
6. Trade Contractor Solicitation
The Construction Manager will develop trade contractors’ interest in the project with an emphasis on participation by local companies. After determining the adequacy of the trade contractor’s personnel, equipment, and availability, qualified contractors will be allowed to bid on each trade contractor package.
7. Bid Review
The Construction Manager will assist the Owner and Architect/Engineer in taking competitive bids on each trade contractor package by various trade contractors. After reviewing the bids, recommendations will be made to the Owner for each contract that should be awarded.
8. Construction Planning
The Construction Manager will make recommendations to the Owner and Architect/Engineer regarding the division of work in the drawings and specifications to facilitate the bidding and awarding of trade contracts. This planning will also allow phased construction to take place among the trade contractors by considering such factors as time of performance, availability of labor, overlapping trade jurisdiction, and provisions for temporary facilities.
Comprehensive Construction Management (Construction Services)
1. Material Procurement
The Construction Manger will identify and provide recommendations for the delivery of products requiring long lead-time procurement. The delivery of these items will meet and maintain the project schedule.
2. Develop Change Order System
The Construction Manager will develop or implement a system for preparation, reviewing, and processing of change orders as required. This system will include recommending necessary or desirable changes to the Owner and the Architect/Engineer, reviewing requests for change, and submitting recommendations to the Owner and the Architect/Engineer.
3. Trade Contractor Payments
The Construction Manager will develop or implement a procedure for reviewing, processing, and payment of applications by the trade contractors for progress payment. Complete project schedule of values will be maintained on a monthly cumulative progress-billing basis.
4. Project Quality Control
The Construction Manager will monitor the work of the trade contractors and coordinate the work with the activities and responsibilities of the Owner and Architect/Engineer to complete the project in accordance with the Owner’s objective cost, time, and quality.
5. Accounting and Purchasing
The Construction Manager will maintain cost accounting records on authorized work performed under unit costs, actual cost for labor and materials, and other required basis for accounting records. These records will be available to the Owner for their review as required
6. Cost Control
The Construction Manager will develop and monitor an effective system of project cost control. This system will revise and refine the initially approved project construction budget, incorporating approved changes as they occur, and develop cash flow reports and forecasts as needed. It will only identify variances between actual and budgeted or estimated costs so that the Owner and Architect/Engineer can be advised whenever project costs exceed budgets or estimates.
7. Onsite Superintendent
The Construction Manager, through his Superintendent, will coordinate and provide general direction of the work and maintain progress of the trade contractors on the project. The superintendent will establish an onsite organization and lines of authority in order to carry out the overall plans of the construction team and conduct progress meetings at which the Trade Contractors, Owner, Architect/Engineer and the Construction Manager can discuss matters such as procedures, progress, problems, and project scheduling.
