❑ Budgeting ​

• Prepare and advise on budgets for hard costs during initial acquisitions analysis

• Review and revise cost of construction based on the intent of 100% Design Development Documents

• Obtain proper insurance overage for owners, share holders and general contractor

 

❑ Coordination

• Coordinate design objectives, programming, schedule, and budgets between owners, design team and consultants

• Attend all meetings between owners, design team, and consultants

• Initiate any DOB, DOT, FDNY, and utility company plan approvals and permits

• Initiate DOB, DOT, MTA and neighbor requirements

• Prepare and advise on demolition logistics and means and methods

• Prepare and advise on permits, approvals and signoffs

• Prepare, advise and coordinate any neighbor licensing agreements

• Prepare, advise and coordinate monitoring requirements (crack, noise, vibration and dust monitors)

• Facilitate neighbor’s pre-construction survey (for risk mitigation)

• Analyze site conditions for safety and construction logistics

 

❑ Design and Bid Process

• Review design and development documents (progress drawings and specifications)

• Provide recommendations in value engineering for the project

• Provide building systems and equipment

• Provide recommendations on construction feasibility

• Advise on availability of long lead items -materials and labor

• Provide construction schedule that is coordinated with development schedule

• Bid project

• Advise on selection of finished materials

• Establish a minimum capital amount to begin construction

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