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This practice provides a full
suite of construction services including: cost recovery/compliance
investigations, construction project evaluation, project management
oversight, owner representation and fraud and misconduct assessments
and investigations. Our members’ professionals
have extensive construction skills including engineering, architecture
and design, project management and procurement.
Real Estate
and other large capital programs are high-profile projects that
represent one of the largest corporate expenditures that can be
made by an organization. They are often complicated, fast-paced
and risky endeavors that must be carried out in an environment
prone to fraud, misconduct, waste and abuse. In order for
these projects to succeed organizations charged with their administration
must pay close attention to financial oversight, cost and schedule
controls, governance, contract compliance and other fundamentals
of good project planning and administration. The appointment
of an independent construction monitor can help to reduce costs
and risks associated with a construction project. We can
provide owners with a single point of accountability for cost and
risk management designed to save time and money, improve project
delivery, reduce costs and manage risks. Although IAIPSIG
monitors are more typically associated with respect to State and
Federal Government projects. An IAIPSIG monitor may be engaged
on private construction projects where integrity monitorship and
auditing services are used to assure the accountability of funds
and the appropriateness spending during the construction process.
Our firm is also affiliated with construction
companies, which provide full-service construction management,
including, both pre-construction and construction phase services.
For most projects, they are brought on board early in the planning
and design phase to develop preliminary cost estimates and schedules
and to review proposed project plans for feasibility. During
project design, they review and comment on progress drawings
prepared by design consultants, conduct constructability reviews,
lead value engineering efforts, recommend cost saving measures,
and prepare independent cost estimates to verify design consultants
estimates. They also prepare and regularly update a comprehensive
CPM schedule covering all design and construction tasks and manage
pre-construction and construction activities in line with the
schedule. Finally, they prepare bid packages, manage the solicitation
and review of bids and assist owners in making contract awards. During construction, they manage all aspects
of projects including: coordination of trades; quality control;
safety management; shop drawing/submittal review; payment processing;
change order management; CPM scheduling; testing and inspection;
maintenance of project records; general project administration;
and project closeout and turnover. These services are carried
out by their in-house staff that includes cost estimators, schedulers,
licensed engineers and architects, project controls personnel,
contract specialists, accountants, and field personnel experienced
in inspection, safety, and all aspects of construction project
management.
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