Process
Construction Estimates
During the construction process, there are multiple budget milestones. At each one, we sit down with your team to review all costs, make sure we are staying on budget, and make any necessary changes. Like all of our construction services, consistency and attention to detail are key.
CS Estimate Services
A project’s cost can quickly become complicated with change orders or unforeseen complexities. To keep the process simple, we:
- Study all available design alternatives and provide a cost-benefit analysis to the design team and owner for review
- Coordinate with the owner to make certain the budget and design process fully incorporate the entire scope. Identify any issues within the program that may cause cost overruns
- Develop accurate work scopes with pricing input from sub-trades
- Assist design team with document coordination to eliminate holes in the scope of work
- Prepare and issue a construction estimate for approval at completion of each design phase
- Complete as much site investigation as possible prior to starting construction to obtain as-built information that affects the work
- Assist in coordinating specifications to avoid inconsistencies and assist CS in issuing enforceable subcontracts that cover the work scope
- Keep the process transparent. This ensures all members clearly understand where costs are allocated and help identify inconsistencies
Benefits of Construction Estimates
CS Construction’s estimate services differ from traditional cost estimating services. We pride ourselves on accuracy and transparency throughout this process and use a number of resources at our disposal to come to these figures. In addition to meeting with your team at all budget milestones, we also use software to visualize possible changes, encourage early onboarding, and keep everything we can in-house. Our ultimate goal is to eliminate all possible unknowns. We firmly believe that by eliminating construction phase change orders, we can keep our clients’ projects on schedule and budget.