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Our approach tends to promote cooperation and coordination among the contractor, the designer and the Owner.

The absence of a contractor’s input into the project design may limit the effectiveness and constructibility of the design. Important design decisions affecting both the types of materials specified and the means of construction should not be made without full consideration of a construction perspective… For example, it would typically be problematic to require that the contractor correct problems due to design errors at no extra cost when a contractor has little control over the cause or magnitude of such errors. Contractor is responsible for constructing the project in accordance with the design. The Owner generally faces exposure to contractor claims over design and constructibility issues when the Owner accepts liability for design

Owner, the primary benefit is the simplicity of having one party responsible for the development of the project. While the other systems often give rise to disputes among various project participants—with the Owner acting as referee (or party ultimately to blame)—in D-B, many of these disputes become internal D-B team issues, which do not affect the Owner.

Under this system, the Owner contracts with a D-B team, which is a joint venture of a general contractor and a designer.

Budget and Cost Estimating: Preliminary budgets, based on historical data for similar projects, will assist the Owner in determining the feasibility of initial scope. More refined estimates are developed during the design process to pinpoint the necessary construction budget, and provide a basis of comparison to contractor bids.

Constructibility Review: A review of design plans and specifications will help the Owner verify that the design as presented is clear to the contractor, poses no construction conflicts, and is economically feasible to build.

At some point in the process, the D-B team will usually negotiate a fixed price to complete the design and construction of the facility. Once underway, the D-B team is then responsible for construction of the project, and for all coordination between design and construction. Since the construction team is working together from the outset, D-B offers the opportunity to save time and money

Primary consideration for the Owner is proper selection of the D-B team; it may be difficult for the Owner to maintain the proper balance of design expertise, financial capability, construction experience, and experience. Owner should strongly favor D-B teams with a successful record of accomplishment working together on previous projects.

A to Z Construction is often most cost effective during the planning stages of the project, since the firm provides the careful planning and organization skill that can help prevent costly problems during construction. Properly executed services such as constructibility reviews and preliminary scheduling can result in significant risk reduction and cost savings many times initial cost in terms of limiting change orders, delays

Construction Phase: A to Z Construction provides a variety of services during construction, including the following:

Construction Inspection and Surveillance: All Owners desire some type of examination of project performance on a continuous or periodic basis to review progress, ensure compliance with specifications and plans, and to review housekeeping and safety issues.

Project Controls: These services are provided to ensure that the project is efficiently and effectively managed. They include maintenance of project correspondence, conducting progress meetings, handling submittals and requests for information, documentation of progress, review of pay requests, schedule reviews and schedule updates.

Change Order Review: These services include negotiation of change orders with the Owner, coordination with the designer over design changes, determination of responsibility for changed conditions or coordination conflict, and review of price and schedule changes.

Project Closeout: Review of the project to ensure orderly and timely completion, including development of punch lists; monitoring of implementation, training and warranty periods; resolution of outstanding issues; review and analysis of claims or disputed issues.

Likelihood of Changes: If the Owner is aware that its requirements may change considerably during the project, this should be evaluated against the potential cost of such changes.

Professional construction management can help Owners in constructing the best project possible, on time and on budget. Construction management services are highly desirable, if not essential, to a successful project especially for Owners lacking this expertise in house.