Pre-Construction

In collaboration with our client and architect, Thomas R. Butler, Inc. will define and establish responsibilities and general construction procedures. Initiate those procedures and conduct design and construction meetings. Provide recommendations on the feasibility of the strategies. Gather and disseminate all pertinent project information and incorporate those strategies into the design.

Thomas R. Butler, Inc. will identify and assemble the formal design team to include all necessary construction professionals and consultants. Establish specific responsibilities for each team member and incorporate those duties into the professional task matrix.

Thomas R. Butler, Inc. will gather and analyze valuable information for the owner’s benefit specific to the site including; utilities, soils conditions, development issues, zoning requirements, traffic and neighborhood issues.

Throughout the design process Thomas R Butler, Inc. will review the status of the design with the architect and engineer for compliance issues, design elements and project milestones. Our team will recommend to the owner material selections, building systems and methods of delivery.

Thomas R Butler, Inc. encourages all of our clients to incorporate sustainable design elements and green building methods when designing their project. Our LEED certified team can provide a cost analysis to determine the viability to the overall project budget.

The Thomas R Butler, Inc. pre-construction team will review all architectural, structural and engineering drawings. Our team will coordinate the drawings to be clear and complete, making sure there are no gaps or overlaps. It is at this time that we value engineer the design to maximize the project feasibility.

Our team will work diligently to manger crunch the project estimates using all plausible and foreseeable methods including income approach forecasting and pro-forma based budgeting. We will prepare conceptual estimates as major project requirements are established, use value-Engineering procedures, recommend alternative methods and materials that are cost effective yet maintain the integrity of the project design. Periodic budget updates are performed during the process as design and development changes are incorporated. These changes are tracked in comparison to the initial estimates and reported to the client. The client has the final decision on which design ideas will ultimately be use into the project.

Working closely with the architect and engineer, our team will oversee, review and compile all drawing documents generated by the various professionals into a complete bid package. The package will be presented to the client for final approval before initiating the competitive bid process.

Thomas R. Butler, Inc. will begin the process of pre-qualifying bidders and distributing bid packages to all eligible sub-contractors, suppliers and fabricators. We will actively advertise and solicit numerous bids for all work categories in order to provide our client with the best in competitive bidding. All perceived low bidders will be interviewed to evaluate both the validity and completeness of their bids. We will prepare a list of recommended subcontractors for each category for the client’s review and final approval.

Thomas R. Butler, Inc. will prepare and issue the sub-contracts, purchase orders and notices to proceed for each category of work. We will offer suggestions on how to structure the subcontracts and our team will conduct Pre-Construction meetings to discuss job site procedures and scheduling timelines.

In California, every employer is required by law to provide a safe and healthful workplace for his/her employees. The state mandated program is called the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Thomas R. Butler, Inc. and its employees are fully compliant in this law. We require all of our sub-contractors to be transparent. We achieve this by implementing rules and procedures into our contracts that best protect our client’s interests. Our team will work closely with our client to ensure that the sub-contractors remain compliant during their contract period.