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Build and Consulting Services We offer
pre construction planning
Lease construction consulting
pm Consulting
Owner's REPRESENTATIVE
Design Build
Value Engineering
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PRE CONSTRUCTION PLANNING
Reducing risk on a any type of project starts at a very early stage with the balancing of Scope, Quality and Cost expectations. Defining and balancing these three elements involves defining a project’s spatial, functional and technical requirements in what is called a facility program. The program is then used to develop an appropriate budget of hard construction and soft project costs, along with an overall project schedule.
Also requiring evaluation is how the building will be built for the lowest risk. This could be done using design-build, construction management or traditional design-bid-build delivery. GWU is expert in managing any these methods and will guide you through the process of laying a sound foundation of planning before you implement the project.
- By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
- primary objective 1: determine the scope of work of the project
- Primary Objective 2: determine the cost of construction
- primary Objective 3: determine the schedule and potential long lead times
LEASE CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING
Project risks and costs are either reduced or increased depending on your agreement. Whether you are signing a lease that includes construction for Tenant Improvements (TI) or preparing a construction agreement as an owner or tenant, the language in your agreement must protect you. In preparing and reviewing agreements, Gro With Us knows what language to accept, reject and modify. We also know how to interpret the specifications, allowances and scope of work described by a landlord or contractor and can identify the risks in their proposed language. This is critical as your ability to negotiate change orders will be defined right here. We are experienced in and working with American Institute of Architects (AIA), Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) “ConsensusDocs” or other industry agreements to better protect your interests.
- what you do not know with hurt you! and pocket and possibly your entire business pro former
- Primary Objective 1: determine where does the landlord work start and end
- Primary Objective 2: determine what you need and what the land lord is providing
- primary Objective 3: determine what restrictions are placed on you
CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING
What does a construction consultant do?
Construction consultants help clients make sound preparations for their upcoming projects and ensure that contractors complete the project on cost. They provide cost estimates, draw budgets, select contractors, administer construction contracts, and resolve differences between contractors and project owners.
As we are heavily and very directly involved in the construction market in many diverse ways we are exceptionally well placed to overview advice and give a second opinion. Gro With Us is often asked to perform this service and their opinion is much respected. Our expertise is not just cost control but an acute and clear understanding of the market and technical details of construction and investment. For a second opinion of cost estimates, the following activities are typically undertaken:
- For a second opinion of cost estimates, the following activities are typically undertaken:
- Monitoring of the quantities of the largest cost components
- Control of standards, prices and offer prices in the budget presented
- Assessment of the total budget in relation to the current market
- Assessment of the composition and size of the General Implementation
- Assessment of the technical development in relation to the budget
- The preparation of a complete schedule against the budget
- The preparation of a risk analysis of the estimate
- The preparation of optimization proposals
- Explaining the results of the second opinion and conducting negotiations with the exporting Party
OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE MANAGEMENT
As an Owner or Tenant Representative, Gro With Us serves as an extension of your company in a project management capacity during the design and construction phases of a project. We are expert in writing competitive requests for proposals (RFP’s) for architects, contractors and developers and then managing the selection process, along with writing design and construction agreements that will be fair but still protect your interests. We handle the project details so you can focus on your core business. GWU manages adherence to project schedule and budget including reviewing and negotiating change orders on your behalf. We manage the project team and resolution of project issues that come up in construction. We know how the design and construction industry works and help you avoid the pitfalls of a project lacking experienced project management.
Design-Build Management
The Owner manages only one contract with a single point of responsibility. The designer and contractor work together from the beginning, as a team, providing unified project recommendations to fit the Owner's schedule and budget. Any changes are addressed by the entire team, leading to collaborative problem-solving and innovation, not excuses or blame-shifting. While single-source contracting is the fundamental difference between design-build and the old ways, equally important is the culture of collaboration inherent in design-build.
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