Monday, July 28, 2014
The team assembled to deliver a building project has numerous members
being led by the Owner, Architect and Construction Manager.
Owner’s (Client’s) Checklist: very basic items required might include:
- Program goals, objective constraints and special systems
- Overall budget
- Schedule goals
- Identification of their most-favored consultants and vendors.
- As-Built drawings of existing facility showing changes that occurred during construction
- Copies of historical test reports
- Identification of work scope the owner wishes to self-perform or perform with firms outside the normal teams
- …and so forth
Contractor’s (or CM’s) Checklist: very basic items might include:
- Reviewing and evaluating all the owner supplied documents listed previously.
- Constructability reviews
- Availability of materials and labor
- Phasing
- Quality control procedures
- Alternative materials
- Evaluation of budget and schedule
- Cost saving recommendations
- Long lead time items
- Coordination work, administration meeting procedures
- Shop drawings, data, samples
- Budget monitoring & payment procedures
- Information flow
- Protection of finished items
- Permits, utility companies, temporary facilities
- Punch list
- Substantial completion strategies
- Final testing, start up, training, closeout, warranties, as build drawings
- … and so forth
Architect’s Checklist: very basic items might include:
- Reviewing and evaluating the owner’s supplied needs listed previously
- Coordination with all design consultants including civil, structural, interiors, equipment, conveying, mechanical and electrical whether they be in-house or not
- Geotechnical review
- Real estate reviews such as deed restrictions, utility coordination, surveys, zoning, etc.
- Reconcile design program with owner’s budget.
- Verify building functions, spaces, equipment, etc.
- Future growth availability.
- Public agency checklists
- Building permit requirements and all approvals to build
- Coordination with all consultants including the construction manager
- Periodic review with owner and project team members
- Quality control, budget and schedule reviews and verification
- Owner’s written authorization to proceed.
- … and so forth.
As project team members, let’s share our checklists. Let’s help each other and look for gaps and
overlaps. Let’s brainstorm, add to the lists and help one another make this the
best project ever! It’s all about communication.
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