Tecton FilteringTM is a trademarked construction management model emphasizing pre-construction planning and feasibility analysis in order to:
Eliminate Waste & Duplication
Tecton works with the design team at the earliest stages to add their cost-control disciplines to the design team’s project design. This advantage delivers a project that can be built and delivered, at, or under budget with no surprises. Tecton FilteringTM is a holistic and integrated approach to the construction process that directs projects through conception, budgeting, design, bidding, contracting, construction, and closeout.
Build Professional Services Team
Long before contractors are needed, you will develop a team to guide the project through financing options, scope development, budgeting, scope prioritization, and design.
A team will usually include:
• Tecton Construction Management, Inc.
• Legal Bond Counsel
• Municipal Bond Advisor
• Architect/Engineer
Tecton will assist the Owner in selecting other team members with recommendations, managing request for qualifications processes, and hosting interviews.
Review Finance Options
After Selecting the legal bond counsel and municipal bond advisor, the team will:
RESEARCH
financing options for your circumstances
INFORM you of your financing options
DEVELOPE a financing calendar
DIRECT you through legal steps for financing
Tecton will work with financial team members to develop a target for the availability of funds. After determining scope and calendar, Tecton will provide a cashflow estimate for the financial team members to manage investing bond sale proceeds and cash draws.
Determine Scope
Municipal facilities require on-going updates to maintain systems and keep up with technology trends. With limited funds and uncertain priorities, it can be difficult to know what to include and how to begin.
Tecton teams with elected officials, councils, boards, facility directors, and design teams to:
Identify potential scope
Prioritize scope line items to right-size projects
Maintain budgets on individual scope line items
Inform the design team on scope to design
Tecton will listen to the stakeholders’ needs, provide professional recommendations, incorporate specialized professional services, and work with a design team to keep your scope on target and in budget.
Budget & Design
The Owner retains the greatest opportunity to influence the cost of a project during the design process. Design and budgeting complement one another throughout project development. Tecton updates the budget at each phase of design.
Tecton will provide the information needed by the Owner to make the tough decisions regarding the inclusion of scope and amenities and guide the design team throughout the design process. Tecton’s FilteringTM process diverts unwanted surprises on bid day.
Tecton will:
Delineate hard and soft costs throughout the process
Produce a Conceptual Budget based on the Owner’s scope and priorities
Recalculate the budget with Schematic Design documents
Recalculate the budget with Design Development documents
Check the budget for compliance at Construction Documents
Bidding & Contracting
Tecton targets specific contractors best suited for the scope during the design phase and courts them through bidding. Broad sweeps are also employed to draw as many bidders as possible. The Tecton FilteringTM process manages risk and costs throughout the bidding phase with:
Contractor Participation Development
Multiple Prime Contracts
Tecton Work Descriptions
Multiple Bid Phases
Bid Qualifications
Contract Recommendations
Issuing Contracts
Tecton will remove as much risk as is possible and micromanage inherent risk so that your bid day will arrive with an in-budget project to contract.
Construction
Tecton will provide a project manager for your project. Your project manager will be on your project every day. Your project manager will be as it were, a construction professional, with time allocated to running every aspect of your project, added to your team for the duration of construction and project closeout.
Your Tecton project manager will manage every detail of your:
Schedule
Permits
Contractors
Contracts
Cost control
Contractor pay requests
Change orders
Material procurement
Tecton will be your right-hand in driving your project from start to finish.
Construction
Inspections
Closeout
Construction is a dynamic industry that necessarily faces significant risk. Adding to the dynamic and risk, your elected officials do not likely have time to commit to the details of developing and carrying out a construction project. By working directly with your leasdership, Tecton brings the specialized insight necessary to ensure your local initiatives are delivered effectively and efficiently.
