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.

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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.