Construction Management

The key to running a successful business is making a profit and in the construction industry there are two basic components to increase your margins.

The first, projects must be kept on-time. To achieve this, the project manager needs to build a realistic schedule fully describing the contracted scope of work. Each stage of a project has beginning and ending dates with a list of tasks for completion. Effective scheduling requires adding extra time throughout the job to take into consideration inevitable delays. Staying on schedule, requires careful daily and weekly management of time to see that tasks are accomplished as planned.

Second, a working budget must be established from the estimate used to prepare the contract proposal. All material and labor costs plus time schedules must be confirmed with vendors, the job foreman and sub-contactors before the job begins. Any differences must be solved before the job begins to insure successful completion. When a project is managed and supervised efficiently on location, the rhythm and pulse of the schedule is monitored closely, where adjustments can be made in a timely fashion. "Minimizing impact to the schedule also minimizes impact to the overall cost". In the area of field production we will review the workflow by comparing two (2) different styles of management: linear versus central.

Brad Gray - Construction Job Costing, Tracking Professional and Be Cause Author

Field Production

• Linear Flow Process Management - Linear Process Flow Chart

            Review and Analysis

• Central Flow Process Management - Central Process Flow Chart  

            Review and Analysis

• Peak Performance and the C.O.P.A.R.T. Management System -  Peak Performance Flow Chart

            Review and Analysis 

Beyond The Scope of Work

• The Contract and Addendums
• Tracking Change Orders
• Getting Paid for Change Orders

The C.O.P.A.R.T. Management System

• Collect information from existing operations.
• Organize data based on a holistic overview. 
• Process analysis using existing flow chart designs. 
• Apply streamline integration for improved peak performance. 
• Review and recommend new procedural guidelines. 
• Train staff and personnel on implementation of updated systems.

Mottos To Change the Way You Do Business

• "Eliminate the Guesswork" 
• "For proper timing and firing of all cylinders, C.O.P.A.R.T. management is the key to maximum output." 
• "A bad contract leads to bad results."

Consulting Services

• Construction Contract Assessments
• Production and Field Analysis
• Documentation Processing
• Job Tracking
• Contract Billing
• Time and Material Invoicing

We understand the construction business. Call for a no obligation evaluation of how your job costing and tracking can be improved. Manage your change orders for greater customer satisfaction, efficiency of job completion and profitability.

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