Construction Management


M.L. Bell’s Construction Division has a variety of Construction Management experience on projects ranging from $2,000,000 to $125,000,000 in size and complexity. We are well versed in all AIA CMa contracts and have the ability to estimate, bid and manage multiple prime contracts. M.L. Bell can provide pre-construction and construction management services as follows:

Pre-Construction Phase:

    Communication:

  • Define roles and responsibilities.
  • Establish communication process.
    Strategy:

  • Identify and agree upon project goals and scope.
  • Define tasks needed to achieve goals and assign responsibility.
  • Identify and select options within the project time frame, budget, and quality.
    Planning:

  • Create a site-specific logistics plan to minimize disruption to user operations.
  • Create a computerized critical path method (CPM) schedule for construction.
    Cost Accounting and Control:

  • Produce a schematic estimate, design development and construction estimates.
  • Establish a soft cost budget and contingency fund.
  • Suggest value engineering options to reduce costs.
  • Design cost-control system with interface to the owner’s accounting system.
    Development of Project Documents:

  • Analyze the project’s construction; suggest and budget alternatives.
  • Develop general conditions specific to project.
  • Create a project submittal schedule.
  • Define contractor safety requirements.
    Bid Strategy Development:

  • Develop integrated work packages.
  • Administer contract document production and distribution.
  • Process all requests for information and clarifications from bidders
  • Receive, verify completeness of, and tabulate bids.
  • Recommend award of contracts.
  • Conduct pre-construction kickoff meeting

Construction Phase:

    Site Management:

  • Provide full-time on-site project supervision.
  • Provide project management support throughout construction phase.
  • Provide a forum, to communicate to the owner’s staff, the project program, and the expected impact on normal day-to-day operations.
  • Formulate the quality assurance program.
  • Enforce adherence to project schedule; modify when required.
  • Manage the submittal process.
  • Review and coordination of shop drawings.
  • Conduct regular project meetings with owner, architects and contractors.
  • Review of subcontractors’ safety plans.
    Quality Control and quality Assurance:

  • Require subcontractors and vendor qualifications.
  • Review product data and test reports for conformity with performance specifications.
  • Continuous inspections that work in place conform to contract drawings.
  • Immediately identify quality problems with noncompliance reports.
    Management of Construction Modifications:

  • Participate in change procedures by documenting and verifying conditions.
  • Review and recommend all costs associated with proposed change orders.
    Project Accounting:

  • Review contractor payment applications and make recommendation.
  • Maintain project accounting and report to owner and architect/engineer.
  • Assure timely payments from owner to contractors.