Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Selecting A Design And Build Contractor

By Marissa Velazquez


The design and build contractor that you choose to work with will often have a very huge impact on your project. Quality is not the only factor that is affected. As a client, your choice will also have an impact on how smooth or rough the journey to project completion is. Your choice on who to work with during construction will therefore be a very important point of consideration.

In the hunt for an engineer to oversee your project, you need to consider a variety of factors. Personal recommendations are a very good stepping stone. Through them, you can get to inquire on how the engineer oversaw any problems that may have arisen in the course of the construction work.

You will often consider the experience each designer has had with such projects in the past. When looking at experience, you will also want to consider the skills that he is bringing on board. Consider whether the skills are relevant to the work you want done.

Size will usually matter a lot when it comes to selecting a service provider. Engineers will often choose to handle either new construction work or take up conservation work. It is important to determine the type of size that an engineer can handle effectively.

Financial checks must be performed on all firms that have issued bids. You do not want to work with a firm that will fold when the project is halfway. Ensure it has the financial capacity to oversee all the work to the end.

Completed work is the best way to judge any firm. There is absolutely no substitute for completed work. Checking out work that has been done by the same company is the only way by which you can correctly judge its potential.

The ability of a firm to effectively organize its workers will determine how successful any work will be. A firm with good organization capabilities is able to ensure that a supervisor is always on the ground at all times. The supervisor will be there to deal with all and any issues that are bound to arise.

In any firm, there are employees that have been employed directly by the firm that has been awarded the tender and there are those who are hired as sub contractors. Before awarding any tender, seek to know how many employees are employed in each category. This can tell you a lot about each company.

Check with the firms to establish whether they have health and safety plans in place. Without these type of plans, they should not be considered for your project. You must be sure that there is plan to deal with any accidents that may occur at your site when work is on going.

When looking for a design and build contractor, there are certain things that many people may disregard as being irrelevant. This may include visiting their offices and looking in to their work vans. Checking how managed and organized the personnel are can tell you a lot about the attitude of the staff.




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