Construction
What Sets Us Apart…
AP Framing Inc. provides commercial wood framing, turnkey sub-contracting services from Design/Bid/Build to negotiated contracts. We have a commitment to construct a quality project that is completed on time and within budget.
The construction services we provide include Schedule Management, Cost Control, Subcontractor Management and Design/Build.
Schedule Management
AP Framing Inc. prides itself on delivering a project on time and within budget. We believe that through effective staffing and communication this goal can be reached on every project. Reaching these goals are often a direct result of our teams’ efforts, both internal and external. AP Framing's managers and field staff make every effort to have impact on the critical path.
The first critical step is outlining proposed timelines and schedules. Each are examined in detail, placing information into both scheduling software, as well as other forms that our teams have developed. This information includes, but is not limited to, milestone dates, meeting timelines, reviews and approvals by governing bodies, shop drawing production and review, long lead items, subcontractor interaction and sequencing.
Prior to the beginning of construction, we hold site meetings to coordinate efforts with staff and suppliers to secure delivery timelines and identify long lead items.
Schedule management is facilitated by the Senior Project Manager, Material Logistics Manager, and Field Supervisors throughout the construction process. One point of contact is created to document, track and organize the decisions. That said, schedule control is the responsibility of everyone involved. This interactive process includes the General Contractor and Owner which allows us to create a road map that tracks through the project from start to finish.
Keys to Controlling Schedules
- Design and Owner Reviews
- Value Engineering/Constructability Reviews
- Long Lead Procurement of Materials/Equipment
- Tracking Project from Start to Finish
Each member of the AP Framing team brings their own skills and expertise to complement each phase of the project. Our past history and experience of working together helps to ensure that our services are of the highest quality and our team’s collaboration meet the best standards.
Cost Control
Aggressive cost control for a project is essential to its overall success. The management of cost control starts early in a project’s creation with the decisions having lasting impacts on the overall financial outcome. Discussions involving timelines, value engineering, long lead items and procurement of material packages are scheduled and tracked. Schedule-driven items can have huge impacts on financial costs created by delays and time extensions.
Cost control must be managed by everyone working on the project. Our organization utilizes project managers and material managers to act as the advocates for this task. These project facilitators will track and organize the decisions associated with budgets and schedules that could affect the project. They create detailed schedule documents, initial budgets and facilitate all meetings necessary for the project. These initial steps help to set the project’s overall tempo, target costs, as well as budgets. These vital documents will be utilized from the beginning of the project through close out.
Cost control and adherence to contract amounts are monitored in real time. With the help of experienced project estimators, we can coordinate decisions as they are made and understand the cost impact to the
project. This collaborative interaction allows our project managers to see project costs in daily, weekly or at monthly intervals. Project managers also work directly with the material management team, creating detailed unit costs and division-based spreadsheets showing budgets, lead time procurement actions and actual expenses. We use this as a tool to work with the General Contractors and Owners throughout the project to provide reviews at each phase. AP Framing Inc. strives to deliver a high-quality project for the most competitive financial expense.
• Coordinating with local, state, and national governmental agencies to ensure workmanship compliance with building codes and permitting.
• Plan review at various stages of completion for value improvement, constructability, and cost savings.
• Establishment and monitoring of RFI log and submittal log.
• Review and compiling completion documents such as as-builts, warranties, O&M Manuals, etc.
• Evaluation, budgeting, and scheduling of initial project scope of work.
• Participation in the creation of ongoing budgets and development of unit prices and allowances.
• Establishment of procedures for coordination among trade contractors with respect to all aspects of project implementation.
• Scheduling and coordinating progress meetings with key trade contractors, jointly discussing and resolving important project issues.
• Onsite inspections for conformance to schedule, design, quality, and safety.
• Leading and monitoring the work to complete the project in accordance with the quality, cost, safety. and time objectives.
• Providing regular monitoring and updating of the schedule as construction progresses.
• Providing summary reports — monitoring and documenting all changes in schedule.
• Evaluating the adequacy of and making adjustments to the personnel, equipment, and the availability of materials and supplies to meet the schedule.