ALFA Tech

COST MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Cost estimating

ALFA provides reliable and comprehensive cost estimating and preconstruction services to government agencies, developers and contractors on various projects using the latest computer technology. Our staff has extensive experience in cost estimating system including SUCCESS, MII, M2, BCOM, CSI and Unit Format. We stand out from our competitors because we implement our unit pricing system that is based on logistic, local wage rate, current material price and labor production.

We provide Cost estimating services on:

• Early Budgeting at program stage/ Concept

• Schematic Design Stage

• Design Development Stage or GMP

• Construction Document Stage

• Prepare Scope of Work for Each Trade for Hard Bid Project

Value engineering:

With fluctuating labor and material costs and blown budgets, we are seeing an increase in the need for this service. We however take a different approach; we not only look at the project from the perspective of reducing costs to meet a budget, but from the perspective of giving the client the best value for that budget while still achieving the building value and protecting equity.

Change Order Management:

Change orders are a major source of cost overruns on projects and can impact the project schedule immensely. As partners on a project, we work on tracking, managing, and resolving change order situations early to avoid contractor/subcontractor relationships and schedule issues. We have experience evaluating and managing change orders for Owners, General and Subcontractors to ensure labor rates, overhead, profit and other fees are billed correctly.

Building conditions assessment:

Building conditions assessment: We work with Real estate portfolio managers to optimize their goals with our strategies and support. We review existing facility conditions, make necessary recommendations, and projections on construction and maintenance costs over its lifetime. Through this service, we deliver:

·         Ten-year life cycle capital expenditure forecasting

·         Evaluation of “as-is” condition

·         Quantity Surveying

·         Building element analysis

Construction Management:

ALFA manages the organized chaos that construction projects are synonymous with. We can act as the client’s representative during the entire construction process while looking out for their best interest. We utilize our expertise to ask the right questions and set up protocols that benefit the project’s schedule and budget. Our involvement begins during the preconstruction phase where we write and evaluate scope, schedule, pricing, project budget and contractor qualifications. We then carry over our efforts to the construction administration of onsite operations by the subcontractors. We achieve this through:

·         Preconstruction Services Architects selection process Document/ Design Review (cost perspective) Contractor Selection Evaluation of bids and contract documents Buying Jobs Scope development & writing contracts

·         Construction Services Project monitoring services Comprehensive CPM Schedule evolution Review contractor payment application Evaluate change condition and PCOs Provide design alternative solutions Perform cost to complete forecasting