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It's What We Say, And Do.

DWe've struggled to articulate what distinguishes Beyer Construction from the competition, so we asked the experts - you. Your answer: getting projects off on the right track with accurate budgets and preconstruction consulting, and following through to a quick closeout with enthusiasm and energy.

Recently, we have defined and organized these activities with the tagline "Start Right. Finish Strong." It's a slogan we're incorporating in our daily communications, from job signs to mouse pads. 
But it's more than just a slogan; it's a philosophy we embrace and cultivate with every project in which we're involved. The activities it encompasses represent a competitive advantage we offer our customers, and it includes several new initiatives.

Starting Right

Our Start Right practices assure early on that all of the construction team members - the project owner, architect and our people - are on the same page, with the same goals and expectations.

In the preconstruction phase of the project, we focus on planning, role assignments, development of a preliminary construction schedule, schematic design reports, budgeting, and establishing milestones leading to the construction phase.

During our early involvement with the client and architect, we review architectural plans and building systems for constructability issues. If we detect problems, we offer time and cost-effective alternative methods and/or materials to achieve the project's objectives within its schedule and budget. In concert with our value management services, it is often possible to reduce costs in the process. The earlier we're involved in such analyses, the higher the yield of our value engineering.

DoubleCheck System Helps Minimize Change Orders

One of our unique methods to ensure that projects start right is our DoubleCheck  system, which touches on all aspects of our front-end services.

DoubleCheck is an interdisciplinary design and construction review system that addresses the source of most errors and omissions - the point where one trade or discipline intersects with another.

With DoubleCheck, we're able to overlay the plans of various trades with one another to see where there may be potential conflicts. For example, do architectural drawings agree with structural drawings' column locations and grid lines? Will a planned ventilation duct run into a structural beam?

Learning as early as possible of inconsistencies (such as electrical drawings indicating equipment with different horsepower ratings, voltages and phases than mechanical drawings or specifications) allows for more timely and less costly solutions. Just as important, our innovative DoubleCheck system helps assure that jobs are bid correctly, a critical key to minimizing change orders.

Finishing Strong

To help assure that we finish each project with the same level of enthusiasm and dedication with which we start, we have developed a more comprehensive and organized approach to our closeout procedures.

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 Start Right Finish Strong" high sign.

Some of our procedures are new and are currently being implemented for the first time. Our intent is to provide a level of value added services to our customers that goes well beyond the standard punch list. 

Unique Closeout Services

We're establishing a formalized turnover meeting to wrap up all the loose ends at the conclusion of a project. Our turnover includes a clean-sweep list of activities we formally pre-sent to the owner, including a rigorous walk-through of the property. We're even developing a "SWAT team" (Special Workers And Techniques) approach to project closeouts to assure that customers are satisfied, and to tend to any outstanding or overlooked items.

Enhanced Warranty Service

Standard industry practices provide a 12-month warranty upon job completion. To add value to this practice, we'll be calling and meeting with customers 11 months after they're issued the letter of substantial completion. We instituted this policy January 1 to help assure that any problems with warranted materials and labor are addressed before the warranty expires.