Construction Management


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Construction Management – giving sound advice and leadership every step of the way

The owner hand picks a team to work collaboratively together from the start

When an owner chooses Construction Management they’re involved in orchestrating the entire project and making decisions. They are at the helm and in control.

With this way of building, an owner begins by selecting their own team that usually includes an architect/engineer, design consultants and a construction manager. As the design packages develop, each piece of the project is tendered and prices are guaranteed.
 
What makes this way of building different from the others is that the owner is in charge of his team. Team members are hired under separate contracts and then brought together by the owner right from the early stages of a project.
 
The owner asks his team to work collaboratively together from the beginning preconstruction phase right through to final project close out. In this way, the owner draws on the expertise and strengths of the various team members throughout the entire project.
 
The results of this early collaboration make all the difference to a project.
 
This early collaboration between team members helps reduce an owner’s risk because the team draws on each other’s area of specialization to maintain a tighter control over the details of a project that affect the budget, schedule and quality.
 
Early collaboration can speed up an entire project and make it easier to stay on budget.
 
The real problem with this way of building is choosing the right Construction Manager for your team. The Construction Manager is a key team member and their experience and resources will make all the difference in guiding a project and leading a team.
 
It’s important to understand the basis for their advice. Will they be able to guide you on larger issues such as planning, materials, costs, schedule, market conditions and constructability? Will they be able to identify and correct budget or quality issues early in the design phase?
 
When EllisDon is your Construction Manager you can trust us to give sound advice and provide overall leadership to your team.
 
Over the past fifty years, we’ve worked collaboratively on construction management teams across Canada and around the world and we’ve encountered a wide range of project issues. This experience gives us a solid knowledge base that can help keep your project on budget and ensure a better building gets built.
 
Our Construction Management teams in the field rely heavily on the strength of our internal resources to solve difficult problems. Our R&D, Preconstruction, Health and Safety and Sustainable Building teams all give us valuable answers.