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General Construction Services
The pre-construction phase not only helps clarify the entire project, it is the time when the greatest savings can be achieved. This is the most critical phase of the development process. Experience counts here.
This is where Intercede brings enormous value by driving down the costs, while maintaining the level of quality the client expects. With support from specific functional areas (legal, environmental, finance, etc.) we will serve as the lead negotiators and manage all of the processes listed below.
Pre-Construction Services
- Site Selection Study
- Needs Assessment Study
- Site Environmental Due Diligence
- Land Utilization Study
- Validate program and budget
- Assist with site acquisition and real estate planning
- Generate building pro-forma analysis
- Project Programming
- Develop the master budget, and cost-to-complete projections
- Develop lines of communication and project management plans
- Develop a comprehensive construction management plan
- Plan construction process - sequencing, bid packaging, fast-tracking
- Generate resource allocation projections
- Establish project cash flow
- Coordinate strategy and logistics for temporary facilites
- Support project programming
- Generate cost estimates, including soft and hard costs
- Oversee value engineering
- Review building systems and formal constructability
- Assist with the bidding process, review of bids, evaluation of bidders
- Clarify scope of trade responsibilites
- Assist with possible pre-purchase of long lead-time materials
- Determine mitigation measures for hazardous materials
Construction Services
- Clearly define roles and responsibilities during construction
- Develop a detailed construction management plan
- Coordinate contractor’s work and facilitate the project’s completion
- Lead meetings with owner, architect and contractor
- Coordinate testing and inspection of the project
- Review reports and make recommendations as required
- Coordinate activities of multiple contractors to avoid conflicts
- Produce monthly cost reports - prepare cash flow projections
- Review and make recommendations on change-order requests
- Maintain log, including change-order detail and cost estimates
- Develop and maintain submittal and shop drawing logs
- Develop and maintain a Request for Information (RFI) log
- Produce management summary reports defining work progress
- Review monthly payment requests for completeness and accuracy
- Monitor the construction schedule
- Review potential claims and make recommendations
- Perform field inspections to evaluate work-in-progress
- Monitor required inspections
- Work with all local and government agencies as needed
- Review and process all punch list items in conjunction with owner
Post-Construction Services
- Coordinate the delivery of all facility documents
- Assist in resolving all outstanding contract issues at project closeout
- Assist with obtaining occupancy permit
- Assist with commissioning the building and owner training, if desired.
