CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
The team at Volunteer Properties is rooted deep in our core values and beliefs, one of these beliefs being that as your team partners with ours and collectively utilizes the expertise of our on-staff construction management team members as well as our extensive team of external partners to service your key need areas; the entire team, your projects, and your communities will be in the best possible position to succeed.
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
From our professional team to yours, we want to thank you for your consideration in utilizing our services as you seek to fulfill your construction management needs.
It is our pleasure to present you with this guide to an array of services offered by our team of professional construction experts.
We seek to join forces with your already dynamic team of experts in navigating this exciting journey that is to
come while renovating and adding value to your
community.
- Market Analysis
- Budgeting & Financial Forecasting
- Budget Review & Cost Control
- Loan Analysis - Financial Deal Making
- Risk Management & Insurance Assessment
- Risk & Reward Analysis
- Contract and Lease negotiations
- Budget Review
- Zoning & Government Relations
- Construction Management
- Budgeting & Financial Forecasting
- Vendor Management
PROFESSIONAL RESULTS
Volunteer Properties is laser focused on the ever smallest of details as we coordinate all project functions. We are committed to providing the very best in value analysis, constructibility reviews, project operations and management, cost management, scheduling, quality control, and safety.
Our years of expertise result in more efficient designs, increased budget confidence, lower bid prices, fewer change orders, decreased construction times, and exceptional quality.
To achieve maximum results, we are actively engaged in the project during the pre-construction and construction phases. Our expert construction team understands each and every facet of the business and we provide the detailed planning, coordination, and direction necessary to create efficiencies in time, cost, and quality.
RENOVATION SERVICES
Our team is highly experienced in renovating multi-family properties. With our knowledge of what tenants are looking for and our skilled in house construction team, contractors and project managers, we can transform and bring life to your rental investment.
Our vendor partnerships allow us to make your renovation budget go much further and reach completion much quicker than traditional construction. We collaborate with all stakeholders on each project, ensuring that there is a focused vision for a beautifully updated property that will attract high-quality tenants and boost property value.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASES AND TIMELINE
Relentlessly searching for ways to add value and growth to everything we touch is one of the many traits engrained into the core of our team that will allow this prospective partnership to achieve every goal set in place by the combined efforts of our groups. Key areas that have been identified by our team of construction management experts as processes we can add value are as follows
Asset Pre-Acquisition Inspections and Planning
The process of searching for, acquiring, and ultimately taking over a new asset
is invigorating to say the least! In our teams experience nearly every possible
emotion known to mankind is bound to be felt during this journey. It is an
honor for your team to consider partnering with ours as you navigate through
the process of inspecting and planning for potential construction related
pitfalls and needs on prospective new assets. Key services that our team of
construction management professionals have identified as areas of need we
could add value to your team and current process in place are as follows:
Existing Asset Conditions Inspections – Our team will walk potential new
assets alongside your team and aide in the identification of potential areas of
need be it life safety concerns or ways to efficiently increase curb appeal and
revenue streams. When needed we can help guide you in identifying and
retaining further professionals for added assurances in their key fields of
expertise.
Project Scope of Work Identification and Organization – Our team will assist
you in generating a list of property needs and wants and then help as you
begin to classify them into different categories based on priority and urgency .
Project Scope of Work Document Production – Our team will assist you in the
production of the necessary documents needed to identify, quantify, and
ultimately govern each scope of work as it makes its way through the bid,
contract, and ultimately production phase. When needed we can help guide
you in identifying and retaining further professionals for added assurances in
their key fields of expertise.
Project Budgeting – Our team will assist you in generating budgets for each
project in an effort help ensure future asset success that is rooted in accurate
pre project estimating and budgeting. When needed we can help guide you in
identifying and retaining further professionals for added assurances in their
key fields of expertise.
Asset Post-Acquisition Elective Project Planning
Congratulations on the acquisition of your newest asset and thank you again for your
consideration in partnering with us as you navigate the process of successfully
planning for every detail of your construction related projects. We are excited to have
the opportunity to partner with you from the beginning of your first project to the
successful completion of the last! Key services that our team of construction
management professionals have identified as areas of need we could add value to
your team and current process in place are as follows:
Bid Document Package Generation – Our team will assist you in gathering all the
information collected during the pre-acquisition period and compiling completed bid
packages that will contain all of the necessary information for qualified vendors and
contractors to provide pricing on specific scopes of work. It has been our experience
that this step is one of the largest factors in a project being a success and will serve
as the foundation for the final budgeting, contracting, and project production phases.
How much or how little the amount of detail in our bid packages typically determines
the quality of the bids we receive from our qualified vendors and contractors. By
taking as many of the questions and guesswork out of the process as possible it
allows our vendors and contractors to bid exact specifications with confidence and
clarity. Successfully performing this portion of the project life cycle typically produces
more aggressive pricing from our qualified vendors and contractors as well as fewer
contract change orders during the production phase of the project. Bid document
packages may include any number of the following: insurance/bonding/licensing
requirements, bid deadlines and instructions, detailed scopes of work with or without
quantities listed, photographs to correspond with the scopes of work, exact material
specifications, project logistics plans, shop drawings or designs, full architectural or
engineering drawings or designs, and etc.
Final Budgeting – Our team will assist you in utilizing the bids received to generate
final project budgets
Asset Post-Acquisition Elective Project Management
The groundwork for the completion of a successful project has been laid, and now it is
time to see all the planning and hard work payoff as we partner together to
successfully bring the visions had during the pre-acquisition phase to life! Key
services that our team
of construction management professionals have identified as areas of need we could
add value to your team and current process in place are as follows:
Contractor and Vendor Recommendations – Our team will work alongside your
team to choose which vendors and contractors to award each specific scope of work
to. During this process all things should be considered including level of service each
option can provide, historical track record of completing similar projects, overall
pricing, and ultimately the comfort level our combined teams have in the ability of the
chosen vendor or contractor to perform the services they have offered with the highest
available quality while staying on budget and on schedule.
Contract Management – Our team will work alongside your team to help ensure the
proper contracts are in place between the property and the vendor/contractor of
choice. Our team will verify that all required insurances, bonds, licenses, production
schedules, and payment schedules are in place prior to the execution of contracts.
Our team will work alongside your team to help ensure all deductive and additive
change orders are properly approved and executed
Project Production Management – Our team will work alongside your team to
manage the chose vendors and contractors on each specific scope of work to help
ensure all budgeting, scheduling, and workmanship goals are met or exceeded. Our
team will work alongside your team to help ensure that all project reporting,
documentation and signoffs are completed as required.
Vendor and Contractor Payment – Our team will work alongside your team to
manage the vendor and contractor payments ensuring all payments are made via the
terms of their contracts
Asset Yearly Preventative Maintenance Inspections and Planning
Industry data tells us that corrective repairs on asset parts and systems cost asset
owners as much as five times more than the associated preventative maintenance
costs would have been had the issues been properly identified and preventatively
maintained prior to reaching the point of part of system failure. Through your
partnership with Volunteer Properties, you have access to an incredible team of
maintenance and construction management professionals that are able to function as
one team which is uncommon in the industry and allows you the opportunity to have
true professionals that specialize in both corrective repairs and preventative
maintenance working in cohesion to inspect, evaluate, and plan for all of your asset’s
maintenance and construction related needs. It is an honor to have you consider
adding our construction management team and services to the already incredible
maintenance team and services you are receiving. Our team of construction
management professionals have identified as areas of need we could add value to
your team and current process in place are as follows:
Yearly Inspections – Our team will work alongside your team to choose which
vendors and contractors to award each specific scope of work to. During this process
all things should be considered including level of service each option can provide,
historical track record of completing similar projects, overall pricing, and ultimately the
comfort level our combined teams have in the ability of the chosen vendor or
contractor to perform the services they have offered with the highest available quality
while staying on budget and on schedule.
Project Planning– Our team will work alongside your team to prepare the necessary
bid documents, solicit bids from qualified vendors and contractors, prepare budgets
for each specific scope of work, and set a timeline in place for when each item would
ideally be completed based on urgency and your teams’ overall goals.
Project Management – Our team will work alongside your team to help select which
qualified vendor or contractor will be performing each specific scope of work, ensure
all contract requirements are met, ensure all contracts are properly executed, and
ensure the selected vendors are performing their contracted services in a manner that
meets all contracted requirements
Asset Yearly Elective Project Planning
If you are a designer at heart then planning your assets yearly elective spending
projects are likely one of the more enjoyable experiences you go through in the life
cycle of owning your asset, if you are not a designer at heart you likely enjoy the end
results of successfully planned elective projects much more than the process it takes
to get there. No matter which side of the spectrum you may fall on our team of
construction management professionals are excited that you are considering allowing
us the opportunity to partner with you as you navigate the elective project planning
phase. Key services that our team of construction management professionals have
identified as areas of need we could add value to your team and current process in
place are as follows:
Bid Document Package Generation – Our team will assist you in gathering all the
information needed to compile complete bid packages that will contain all the
necessary information for qualified vendors and contractors to provide pricing on
specific scopes of work. It has been our experience that this step is one of the largest
factors in a project being a success and will serve as the foundation for the final
budgeting, contracting, and project production phases. How much or how little the
detail in our bid packages typically determines the quality of the bids we receive from
our qualified vendors and contractors. By taking as many of the questions out of the
process as possible it allows our vendors and contractors to bid exact specifications
with confidence and clarity. Successfully performing this portion of the project life
cycle typically produces more aggressive pricing from our qualified vendors and
contractors as well as fewer contract change orders during the production phase of
the project.
Final Budgeting– Our team will assist you in utilizing the bids received to generate
final project budgets.
Asset Yearly Elective Project Management
The groundwork for the completion of a successful project has been laid, and now it is
time to see all the planning and hard work payoff as we partner together to
successfully bring the visions had during the planning phase to life! Key services that
our team of construction management professionals have identified as areas of need
we could add value to your team and current process in place are as follows:
Contractor and Vendor Recommendations – Our team will work alongside your
team to choose which vendors and contractors to award each specific scope of work
to. During this process all things should be considered including level of service each
option can provide, historical track record of completing similar projects, overall
pricing, and ultimately the comfort level our combined teams have in the ability of the
chosen vendor or contractor to perform the services they have offered with the highest
available quality while staying on budget and on schedule.
Contract Management– Our team will work alongside your team to help ensure the
proper contracts are in place between the property and the vendor/contractor of
choice. Our team will verify that all required insurances, bonds, licenses, production
schedules, and payment schedules are in place prior to the execution of contracts.
Our team will work alongside your team to help ensure all deductive and additive
change orders are properly approved and executed
Project Production Management– Our team will work alongside your team to
manage the chose vendors and contractors on each specific scope of work to help
ensure all budgeting, scheduling, and workmanship goals are met or exceeded. Our
team will work alongside your team to help ensure that all project reporting,
documentation, and signoffs are completed as required.
Vendor and Contractor Payment– Our team will work alongside your team to
manage the chose vendors and contractors on each specific scope of work to help
ensure all budgeting, scheduling, and workmanship goals are met or exceeded. Our
team will work alongside your team to help ensure that all project reporting,
documentation, and signoffs are completed as required.
Asset Yearly Preventative Maintenance Inspections and Planning
Industry data tells us that corrective repairs on asset parts and systems cost asset
owners as much as five times more than the associated preventative maintenance
costs would have been had the issues been properly identified and preventatively
maintained prior to reaching the point of part of system failure. Through your
partnership with Volunteer Properties, you have access to an incredible team of
maintenance and construction management professionals that are able to function as
one team which is uncommon in the industry and allows you the opportunity to have
true professionals that specialize in both corrective repairs and preventative
maintenance working in cohesion to inspect, evaluate, and plan for all of your asset’s
maintenance and construction related needs. It is an honor to have you consider
adding our construction management team and services to the already incredible
maintenance team and services you are receiving. Our team of construction
management professionals have identified as areas of need we could add value to
your team and current process in place are as follows:
Yearly Inspections – Our team will work alongside your team to choose which
vendors and contractors to award each specific scope of work to. During this process
all things should be considered including level of service each option can provide,
historical track record of completing similar projects, overall pricing, and ultimately the
comfort level our combined teams have in the ability of the chosen vendor or
contractor to perform the services they have offered with the highest available quality
while staying on budget and on schedule.
Project Planning– Our team will work alongside your team to prepare the necessary
bid documents, solicit bids from qualified vendors and contractors, prepare budgets
for each specific scope of work, and set a timeline in place for when each item would
ideally be completed based on urgency and your teams’ overall goals
Project Management – Our team will work alongside your team to help select which
qualified vendor or contractor will be performing each specific scope of work, ensure
all contract requirements are met, ensure all contracts are properly executed, and
ensure the selected vendors are performing their contracted services in a manner that
meets all contracted requirements
8. Asset Yearly Elective Project Planning
If you are a designer at heart then planning your assets yearly elective spending
projects are likely one of the more enjoyable experiences you go through in the life
cycle of owning your asset, if you are not a designer at heart you likely enjoy the end
results of successfully planned elective projects much more than the process it takes
to get there. No matter which side of the spectrum you may fall on our team of
construction management professionals are excited that you are considering allowing
us the opportunity to partner with you as you navigate the elective project planning
phase. Key services that our team of construction management professionals have
identified as areas of need we could add value to your team and current process in
place are as follows:
Bid Document Package Generation – Our team will assist you in gathering all the
information needed to compile complete bid packages that will contain all the
necessary information for qualified vendors and contractors to provide pricing on
specific scopes of work. It has been our experience that this step is one of the largest
factors in a project being a success and will serve as the foundation for the final
budgeting, contracting, and project production phases. How much or how little the
detail in our bid packages typically determines the quality of the bids we receive from
our qualified vendors and contractors. By taking as many of the questions out of the
process as possible it allows our vendors and contractors to bid exact specifications
with confidence and clarity. Successfully performing this portion of the project life
cycle typically produces more aggressive pricing from our qualified vendors and
contractors as well as fewer contract change orders during the production phase of
the project.
Final Budgeting– Our team will assist you in utilizing the bids received to generate
final project budgets.
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