Construction

Construction Services

Crane GSAI has provided project and construction management services for projects ranging from airports, clinics, and multifamily housing renovations, to industrial cleanups. GSAI provides project management (PM) and construction management (CM) services on both public and private sector projects. Our approach incorporates the very best project and construction management practices along with the flexibility to accommodate the unique aspects of a client’s organization and project needs. GSAI professionals provide full agency CM or can serve as an extension of staff for our clients providing both office and field personnel.

GSAI professionals have managed projects valued at over $300 million and involving more than 20 subcontractors in the areas of civil, building, and remedial construction. We are recognized for delivering challenging projects on time and within budget. Numerous projects have required extensive interaction with public interest groups, business and community leaders, and local, state, and federal agencies. With the aid of computerized budget and scheduling systems, we can monitor resource allocation, project cash flows, generate schedule updates, create critical path time lines, and track many other variables quickly and efficiently. Many of these projects have required extensive interface with public interest groups, business and community leaders, local, state, and federal agencies. GSAI’s construction managers are supported by our in-house engineering and environmental experts who provide technical expertise and integrated solutions. Recent assignments have also dealt with more stringent security measures.

Representative projects include:

Design and construction assistance for stormwater improvements
Design and construction assistance for $6 million sewer pipeline
Closure of 20-acre landfill, with installation of a landfill gas collection system
Design and construction services for primary wastewater clarifiers with a capacity of 120 mgd
Constructability and traffic control for 4-mile pipeline through wetlands and metropolitan area
Development and construction oversight of a new 30-acre solid waste landfill cell, requiring 2.7 million cubic yards of excavation
Design and construction oversight of a mile of 108-inch-diameter sewer interceptor and connecting structure

Preconstruction Services

Preconstruction Services enable our clients to bring the perspective of professional staff with hands-on construction experience to help the design team with the timely completion of the planning process. GSAI’s preconstruction team works closely with the Owner’s representative, the A/E team and the Contractor’s project manager and estimator. We serve as an extension of the Owner’s staff, and as an advocate for the Owner’s interest. The preconstruction phase of the project is the foundation upon which the project is built. Our extensive experience in preconstruction services allows us to build solid foundations, which enable us to maintain project schedules and budgets and to minimize questions and change orders during construction.

Preconstruction Services include:

Cost Control
Quality Enhancement
Assistance in Permitting
Predictable Completion

Construction Management

GSAI historically began as a construction management firm. With a current staff of 120 construction managers, professional engineers, architects, scientists and technical personnel in Washington, DC; Bellevue, WA; Portland, OR; Anchorage, AK; Tucson, AZ; and Houston, TX; we have delivered multidiscipline services globally. GSAI has managed construction of conventional, design-build and fast-track projects for federal, state and local agencies.

Building

Cost Control

Establish and maintain construction cost code of accounts.
Cost estimating for contract changes.
Cost estimating and cost control systems
Prepare computerized cost reports.
Development and implementation of construction cost control procedures.
Interface with Owner cost and accounting personnel.

Contract Administration

Submittal and RFI administration
Contract change order control.
Backcharge management.
Invoice approval and preparation of payment certifications.
Material expediting.
Preparation of cash flow projections.
Contract claims analysis/recommendations.

Material Control

Material receipt inspection.
Monitoring contractor storage maintenance programs.

Area Construction Coordination

Area coordination of contractors.
Documentation of coordination efforts.
Construction coordination meetings.
Establishment of area work priorities.

Project Field Engineering

Drawing and specification interpretation.
Resolution of engineering problems.
Liaison with the engineer’s project manager and design group.
Maintenance of project “as-built” records.

Construction Quality Assurance

Establishment of quality control responsibilities.
Review of contractor’s quality control program.
Performance of quality assurance audits.
Administration of testing contracts.
Full-time quality control inspection.

Construction Progress Monitoring & Reporting

Key commodity S-curve reports
Contract labor earning curves.
Manpower curves.
Schedule status summary.

Analysis of Schedule Deviations

Procurement status reports.
Contractor work-in-progress summaries.
Meeting summaries.
Photographs.

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Project Controls

To ensure consistent quality, GSAI structures and manages its teams to enable them to quickly mobilize, and sustain smooth, efficient field operations. We rely on our established internal management practices (such as line reporting methods and established health and safety, quality assurance, and employee education programs) to serve as a basis for implementing a project’s management structure. By having an established and successful corporate management foundation, GSAI can easily customize its teams and lines of authority to accommodate client, project, and site-specific needs.

GSAI report structures maintain central authority while delegating sufficient autonomy to team or staff specialists to allow them maximum operative efficiency. Individuals will be responsible for executing their project task within a defined schedule and budget. Through clear organizational structure, effective oversight and control of the project’s progress is maintained.

GSAI uses this system of centralized authority to achieve the following objectives:

Ensure optimal control, tracking, and reporting of work tasks;
Provide appropriate technical, administrative, logistical, and clerical support;
Administer continuous control of quality, schedules, and budgets;
Manage and maintain an effective and productive team at all times;
Facilitate effective and efficient contract performance; and
Allow for flexibility in response to changes in project scope.

GSAI uses Expedition, Primavera and Microsoft Project depending on client request. Deliverables are initially scheduled on Microsoft Project at the time the schedule is established. Our Contract Management Program, Primavera Expedition, allows us to review actuals received and issued and to distribute the committed costs on a daily basis. Monthly progress reports demonstrate progress relative to deliverables, as well as graphing of critical items. Project costs are tracked on budgeted, committed and actual cost basis. Expedition provides our project managers and contract administrators the peace of mind that all project information and documents are linked to critical issues and available on demand. The program provides GSAI’s management with a clear, consistent approach to managing projects. GSAI places a strong emphasis on project controls through integration of estimating, scheduling, cost tracking, and field management, which in turn results in timely performance on all our work.

Construction

Constructibility

GSAI has been performing constructability reviews on a wide variety of construction projects for over throughout our 20 years of operation. In performing the reviews, GSAI utilizes our integrated approach to address all potential issues that could affect a facility’s constructability. The types of projects on which GSAI personnel can perform reviews include: