J.S. ALTIMORE, llc
Construction Management Services
Companies and individuals seeking to renovate or construct need a partner with a fiduciary responsibility to manage the construction processes with his or her best interest in mind. The Construction Project Manager must have a complete understanding of the owner’s needs and desires. He will be the centralized point of contact for all team members during the design, construction, and close-out phases relieving the owner of the burden, pressures, and time commitment during this process.
Benefits of J.S. Altimore, LLC as the Construction Project Manager
The Construction Project Manager is a vital member of the building team who is hired by the Owner to serve as their on-site representative. By hiring J.S. Altimore, LLC as the Owner’s Representative the Owner receives an unbiased opinion on whether the project is going according to plan or straying off course in relation to the design, specifications or schedule. The following highlights some of the benefits we provide to our clients.
J.S. Altimore, LLC is always an advocate of the Owner acting in his or her best interest. We assist the client in reviewing all documents. By staying in continuous communications with all parties we ensure that our client’s needs are met.
Construction projects require input and expertise from several key players in the project. These players consist of a wide range of experts including members of the clients in-house departments, legal teams, lending institutions, local jurisdictions, architects, engineers, contractors, and third party consultants. J.S. Altimore, LLC facilitates communications across all team members in a timely fashion to ensure each parties needs are met.
J.S. Altimore, LLC works with the client to identify his or her specific needs. We use this information during the preconstruction phase to ensure the product is exactly what our clients expect. We monitor the progress during the construction phase to once again ensure the desires of the client are indeed being met to satisfaction.
J.S. Altimore, LLC maintains contract documents, drawings, specifications, permits, changes, product data, and reports. These documents are continuously updated throughout the project and transmitted to our clients for their records.
J.S. Altimore, LLC develops a project specific quality in construction plan. The plan establishes specific quality goals and objectives for each division of work. The significant effort put forth in the plan is a firm foundation on which to meet and exceed the quality expectations of our projects. This allows us to ensure our clients are getting the product for which they are paying.
J.S. Altimore, LLC verifies each consultant and contractor pay requisition is compliant with the contract documents and accurately represents the percentage of construction work in place. In addition, we confirm if the proper authorizations have been given for each payment requisition. When stored materials are invoiced, we make certain the required due diligence procedures are followed.
Construction Monitoring and Reporting
During construction much time and attention is required to ensure the client is receiving the product for which he or she is paying. J.S. Altimore, LLC performs regular due diligence inspections to ensure these specific quality standards are met as well as to verify the proper the current invoices are in line with the actual construction progress and schedule. Clients are given regular scheduled progress reports verifying the status of the project.
Consultant / Contractor Negotiations and Selection
J.S. Altimore, LLC works with the client to select the best consultants and contractors to best fit the project’s needs. We selectively solicit and competitively bid each parties scope of work. Once the qualified parties have been selected we work with our clients to negotiate the contacts and ensure the he or she is receiving the best value of work.
The key to making an educated, appropriate decision is comprehensive documentation. J.S. Altimore, LLC maintains careful records and continuously tracks and maintains the project budget. All change requests are verified to ensure the work requested is outside the contract’s scope and is beneficial to the project.
J.S. Altimore, LLC works with the contractors and the developer to create an accurate projected cash flow. Each month we track the contractors pay requisitions against the cash flow projections.
Schedule and Phasing Management
Scheduling is not a static, one-time event, but a process initiated at project inception and continues through completion. J.S. Altimore, LLC manages a total project schedule document, which is a collaborative effort between all major stakeholders. The master schedule includes design, construction, owner, and commissioning activities which assist in the timely completion of our projects.
During construction it is often common for disputes between contractors, consultants and owners to arise. We represent our clients and their interests during these disputes and take the burden off of their shoulders.
We believe that project closeout starts at the beginning of the project. At project startup we develop a closeout matrix and follow throughout the life of the project. Our commitment to detailed preparation ensures each project has a seamless, timely, and efficient closeout.
Each of the services listed above bring a unique value to the project, and when these services are implemented into the project our clients benefit with significant cost savings. We take great pride in the comprehensive value we bring to each of our projects far exceeds our financial compensation.