Services

Project Advancement

Real estate owners and developers often find themselves in the difficult position of getting a project to stick to a budget while maintaining the market quality expectations and required delivery schedule. During construction, a real estate owner or developer may be faced with a questionable cost needed to complete a project or an unclear delivery schedule that is due to a contractor, design team, or another third party.

TPSi’s project advancement group adds several important elements to the project planning and design process: construction experience, critical thinking, and creative problem solving. These skills become advantages that ensure that a client’s cost, time, and quality project objectives are properly defined. TPSi weighs cost-benefit factors in each decision and strikes the tight balance between quality, cost, and time requirements.

TPSi consultants are expert in construction logistics, cost estimating, construction scheduling, constructability review, document review, procurement, contract negotiation, and other special technical support. TPSi facilitates communication among the project owner, the architect, engineer, contractors, and subcontractors by bringing together the knowledge of the industry through the design development process. The result is a value-enhanced and well-planned construction project.

During the pre-construction phase of the development, TPSi works with the client to evaluate alternative construction methods, materials, and contractual strategies to provide for the best approach for successful delivery of the project. Next is the planning phase where TPSi’s expertise is most able to influence the key cost and schedule drivers and to obtain best value for clients as the project develops. TPSi also plays an important role in construction activities through project close-out. Working to achieve or enhance the project objectives, TPSi provides an independent viewpoint that better maintains the overall design intent and schedule. TPSi believes in collaboration, integration, and a high level of coordination in order to have a cohesive project that functions smoothly, safely, and efficiently.

Benefits of using TPSi Project Advancement include:

• Owners realize a greater value from their investment.
• Quality-built projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Project delivery operations proceed smoothly and safely through integrated planning and resource management.
• Potential conflicts or claims are avoided through explicit contracts and detailed documentation.
• Any issues can be turned around in a short time period to allow for the investments to be re-analyzed.
• Accurate measures of progress are provided through timely budget and schedule status reports.
• Owners avoid having contractors get ahead on billings or get behind in project delivery.
• Owners realize "peace of mind" with a representative that protects their interests throughout the entire project development.

To enable Project Advancement, TPSi services include:

• Construction estimating and cost modeling against similar projects to identify areas of cost imbalance
• Value analysis to identify areas of cost reduction opportunities or best applied funding
• Conceptual design and constructability review to identify potential conflicts with the local market contractors
• Design team evaluation to ensure responsibility of all areas of the project
• Review of scheduling to allow for necessary phasing and sequencing as intended for project delivery
• Equipment and material procurement to ensure proper delivery schedule avoiding project delays
• Analysis of project specific material and labor requirements to identify potential impacts to time or quality based on local market practices
• Contractor prequalification and contract negotiations to ensure client’s expectations are communicated contractually
• Bid package preparation scoping/bidding/negotiating and advice to awarding contracts
• Construction management oversight to monitor and maintain or improve project intended goals