Services

mc³ provides construction management consulting expertise required to meet our clients' pre-construction and course-of-construction needs. Our team of construction experts span all project disciplines required for a successful outcome. This team includes general contractors, architects, engineers, supervisors, cost estimators, risk managers, project managers, and information system specialists. mc³ not only creates an integrated coordination of experts, but also creates an integrated coordination of information.

Before breaking ground on a project, we provide a critique of existing quality control practices and a risk management review of the construction drawings for the project. This review helps identify those aspects that most often result in lawsuits, and help establish and implement quality control and quality assurance programs that deliver the greatest protection from legal action while increasing the availability of insurance coverage. Our clients typically get far better coverage at lower rates, which translates into reduced risk and increased profitability.

During the construction phase, mc³ guides and supports a comprehensive quality control and quality assurance program, which enables projects to be managed more effectively and profitably. We review all construction documentation to ensure compliance with quality control protocols and organize these documents to assist in a strong defense against construction defect litigation should it occur.

Specific construction management services include:

Construction Management
Advisory Services

mc³ provides pre-construction, course of construction, and post-construction construction management advisory (CMa) consulting services for institutional, hospitality, healthcare, commercial, industrial, retail, and residential construction projects. mc³ is a one-stop shop for construction management advisory consulting for clients seeking innovative CMa consulting solutions.

• Owner Representation
  mc³ provides clients with experienced construction management (CM) professionals that will manage any project from inception to completion. Our continuous management through project planning, design, estimating, purchasing, and construction ensures that the project is built with quality, occurs on time, and stays within budget.
• Project Budgeting and Cost Management
  mc³ provides clients with realistic budgets based on the project goals. mc³ monitors financial objectives throughout the budgeting process to minimize cost overruns and prevent unexpected surprises.
• Design Team Selection and Management
  mc³ identifies the necessary design and engineering disciplines, qualifies multiple professionals per discipline, and negotiates contracts on behalf of the client. Once the design team is in place, mc³ manages the team to develop a coordinated set of drawings and contract documents to minimize ambiguities. Prior to bid, tracking changes, and communicating those changes to the owner, mc³ monitors all design changes.
• Alternative Design Analysis
  mc³ reviews the project's architectural details, materials, products, and assemblies to identify areas for improvement in functionality, quality control, safety, code compliance, and cost.
• Cost Estimating
  mc³ performs a detailed study of all project documents and requirements by using current construction costs to establish detailed cost estimates for projects of all types and sizes.
• Project Scheduling
  mc³ provides detailed project schedules by identifying all necessary tasks, establishing accurate durations, and defining activity relationships. A comprehensive project timeline is established to document milestones, critical path activities, and project completion dates. mc³ is skilled in the use of multiple "industry standard" scheduling programs and tools.
• Project Bidding and Negotiations
  mc³ manages contractors, subcontractors, and multiple vendors through the bid solicitation, qualification, and award processes. mc³ conducts pre-qualification interviews with interested contractors or vendors, assembles bid packages, manages the distribution of bid documents, coordinates RFI responses, and negotiates and awards contracts on behalf of the owner.
• Change Order Analysis
  mc³ evaluates change orders to ensure that they are properly supported through documentation, communicated to all impacted vendors, and approved by proper building authorities. mc³ also provides cost estimates for the client for requested or performed change order work.
• Impact and Delay Analysis
  mc³ evaluates changes or disruptions to a project schedule to assist the client in effectively managing schedule adjustments and calculating cost impacts.

Risk Management Services

mc³ provides consulting services that assist clients in developing effective quality control and quality assurance programs.

• Quality Control
  mc³ assists clients in the development of a formal Quality Control Plan (QCP) or recommends improvements to an existing plan.
• Formal QC Plan
  When no Quality Control Plan (QCP) is in place, mc³ defines and develops a formalized written QCP. The QCP will include:

  • A written QCP, which includes quality control documentation and activities
  • Forms and protocols for QC/QA tracking
  • Recommendations for contractual language for subcontractors, vendors, and third-party inspectors
  • Training of internal and external staffs
  • A written Quality Assurance Program (QAP), which includes the review of quality control plan documentation and field activities
• Existing Plan Enhancement
  When a Quality Control Plan (QCP) does exist, mc³ reviews the existing plan, uncovers missing components, identifies areas for improvement, and recommends specific improvements to assist the client in developing an improved formalized written QCP.
• Quality Assurance
  mc³ performs on-site audits of the Quality Control Plan (QCP) and off-site reviews of the builders' quality control documentation to ensure that the formal QCP is being effectively implemented and managed.
• On-Site Auditing
  Through regularly scheduled or one-time site audits, mc³ investigates the field personnel's knowledge of the company's QCP, evaluates the builder's level of commitment to the plan, provides a report card of project performance, and documents all recommended improvements to QC practices.
• Monthly Plan Conformance Reporting (off-site)
  mc³ conducts monthly (or other periodic) electronic reviews of QCP documentation including communications, reports, and logs to ensure proper QC work procedures and practices. The review monitors the documentations of weekly project meetings, submittal procedures, field inspections, RFIs, change orders, rework compliance, and third-party inspections and testing processes.
• End-of-Project Conformance Reporting (off-site)
  At the conclusion of a project, a final audit of the quality control plan (QCP) is performed by mc³ to review QC/QA practices and provide recommendations for improving future QCPs and practices.

Assessment Services

mc³assesses and documents baseline conditions of existing properties that may be impacted by adjacent construction or existing properties prior to purchase. mc3 also reviews and evaluates the design, viability, and liability of existing or new construction materials or construction processes.

• Property Condition Reporting
  mc³ performs inspections of properties/projects and the surrounding site to disclose current property conditions. The inspections will include observations of the existing structures (including exterior and interior conditions), on-site improvements, and project boundaries. Findings will be systematically documented with referenced photographs.
• Pre-Purchase Evaluation
  Prior to purchase, mc³ performs inspections of targeted properties to clearly document features and conditions. Inspections include general site conditions, existing structures (including exterior and interior conditions), and other project features.
• Construction Material Analysis
  mc³ evaluates building materials selected or proposed for use in construction. The evaluation process provides a review of the material's specification, product instructions, warranties, and proposed use and assessment of the viability and liability associated with use of the material. Identification of alternative materials or installation practices are also provided.
• Construction Process Analysis
  mc³ reviews specific building processes focusing on those practices with the greatest risk of failure. The primary issues to be reviewed include field procedures and practices, competency of work force including trade experience, knowledge, and skill levels.

Certification Programs

mc³ offers a certification program to provide owners with qualified and competent general contractors and subcontractors prior to bid solicitation or start of construction.

• General Contractor
  mc³ interviews targeted general contractors to review their competence for managing the work of a proposed project. mc³'s investigations include evaluations of the firm's work experience, references, financial stability, insurance coverage, litigation history, training programs, and the competency of supervisors and staff.
• Subcontractor
  mc³ interviews targeted subcontractors to review their competence for managing specific trade work. mc³'s investigations will include evaluations of the firm's work experience, references, financial stability, insurance coverage, litigation history, training programs, and the competency of supervisors and staff.

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