Construction Management
Our goal is nothing short of perfecting multi-family development. We have taken giant steps toward that perfection through standardization.
Just as in modern manufacturing, we have created an on-site system that relies on using proven, familiar techniques and materials. By using the same subcontractors, the same architects and engineers, the same materials, and the same suppliers — all of whom specialize in multi-family building — we are able to use the same design assemblies job after job after job. This familiarity with the process is the most proven method to eliminating mistakes.
Our management groups and long-time superintendents have also worked project after project with the same teams. And we have established long-term relationships with municipalities and community leaders.
We also only use the best. That holds true for every element of the process, from our subcontractors to our materials. This obsession with quality often costs us up front, but the long-term returns far outweigh the initial investment, especially when it comes to risk management and quality assurance.
We develop products, not projects.
Historically, developers have built multi-family projects instead of multi-family products. That’s a risky way of doing business and will almost certainly erode the opportunity to build multiple projects within the same market.
What’s the difference? Building a project means building a new, unproven design requiring unproven construction methods, and often, with unproven subcontractors and other external resources. It’s a one-off approach, requiring a developer to “reinvent the wheel” with every new development. Because the designs have never been built before, you’ll never be able to accurately predict constructions costs.
Solving problems when building projects requires money more than skill. Project building requires everyone involved to learn new techniques on the fly, on site. You can’t prepare for the unknown, so each obstacle, each problem must be addressed at the moment it occurs.
Project building is like gambling on a long shot. It’s a high-risk approach for the possibility of higher returns. It just isn’t sound business.
On the other hand, building a product means building a proven design with proven, repeatable construction methods provided by proven subcontractors.
Whose side are you on?
A client should never have to worry about whose side their GC is on. The GC must be an advocate for the client. It has to ensure that the client’s objectives are the singular motivation for all parties involved. When multiple companies bring individual agendas to the project, it becomes extremely risky and introduces many hard-to-control variables. Everyone must share the same goal.
Of course, it’s easier written than done. At Pacific West, we show everyone involved in a project how they can benefit, how they can increase their own company’s efficiency, how they can attain higher profits, by working as a team, not through individual achievements (“Well, we did our job.”).
Pushing the design-build process to a new level.
By using an integrated, modular design-build approach, we provide clients with the most livable space per acre at the lowest possible per-square foot cost. All while allowing for A+ institutional-grade quality.
We’ve restructured and repurposed the traditional design-build framework.
We apply superior design and engineering. We create products that maximize the use of off-site manufacturing and modular construction. We use products that incorporate familiar assemblies and building processes. It’s a familiarity that exponentially increases efficiency.
Because we use a repeatable and scalable system we can establish a historical standard, a baseline. That allows us to accurately estimate material and construction costs before construction begins. In fact, we’re so confident of our estimates that we guarantee them.
We also self-perform most trades, from framing to painting. This provides us with exceptional control over a building’s structure. It also streamlines scheduling, assists with risk management, and improves quality control.
To avoid price fluctuations and supply chain issues, we purchase many materials in bulk direct from the manufacturer.
We also employ our self-designed customized technology, a $4.5 million investment that ties everyone together and keeps everyone on the same page.
All told, it’s a design-build approach that allows us to greatly reduce labor costs. It eliminates virtually all stages of markup. It speeds up construction. It enhances quality.
It’s a better way of real estate development.
Construction Management Common Questions
Construction management firms provide oversight services for large-scale building projects in the construction industry. A construction management firm oversees the entire process from beginning to end.
A construction manager coordinates and supervises a variety of projects, including building infrastructure, residential, commercial, and industrial structures, as well as roads.
A quality construction management company will effectively manage a project’s schedule, cost, quality, safety, scope, and function from cost estimating, to pre-construction, to the construction process, and to the finished new construction.
General Contractors are business entities, whereas Construction Managers are individuals. A Construction Manager will be employed on behalf of the company owner to oversee a project from design to completion, whereas a general contracting companies will be hired via a bidding process as a third party to manage the construction.
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Pacific West Companies incorporates industry-leading software to increase operating efficiency and to ensure each project is completed on time.
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