Greatings from Northern California

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KaraCoatsConslt

Discussion Starter · Sep 9, 2013

Just joined and checking things out.

I've recently created my own little consulting company providing assistance to project management teams. I'm sure we all know what its like to have more than one project going on, a pile of RFIs, change orders, etc but not enough time in the day or money in the budget for a second person.

My attempt to help this recurring issue in our industry is to provide a support service that can bring some one (with 12 years experience) in to help your team get caught up or get a new project started off on the right foot.

What are your thoughts on this type of service?

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Morbidzero

· #2 · Sep 10, 2013

KaraCoatsConslt said:
Just joined and checking things out.

I've recently created my own little consulting company providing assistance to project management teams. I'm sure we all know what its like to have more than one project going on, a pile of RFIs, change orders, etc but not enough time in the day or money in the budget for a second person.

My attempt to help this recurring issue in our industry is to provide a support service that can bring some one (with 12 years experience) in to help your team get caught up or get a new project started off on the right foot.

What are your thoughts on this type of service?

If they don't have enough $ to get a second person on the project to help, what makes you think they will go off and hired a consultant. I think the pm will just have the super help him split the work in that case, as most supers are on salaries and know for the most part how to handle what you are talking about them doing. ( well at least we're I'm from pm dont do much other than bidding, and the super does most of the work you are mentioning.)

Let us know how it works out for you.

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griz

· #3 · Sep 10, 2013

Welcome to CT....

I have to agree with the above post....

I hate to break your heart but you are a VERY LONG ways from Northern California....:whistling:laughing::laughing:

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KaraCoatsConslt

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 10, 2013

Lol, I lived in San Diego for about 6 years so anything north of LA feels like northern California...

BTW thank you for your feed back.

A company who can not pay 60K for a full time employee could still budget in for a person to come in for a few weeks (depending on their need) to help get paper work caught up. In my experience not all supers know how to review submittals, put together project files, or necessarily use PM software. A general contractor on a 5 million dollar project will usually have a couple of hundred submittals which need to be reviewed, stamped and transmitted.

Here is my thought process:
5 million, 56 week project.
Bid half time PM and half time admin = $1750/wk or 98K total

First 12 weeks of project requires full time effort from both PM & admin = $3750/wk or 45K total. You have only budgeted for 21K so now you have overrun on your management labor by 24K

Not to mention both of these people probably have a couple of other projects going on and the project superintendent is busy finalizing a schedule plus getting work stated in the field.

New Option: Bring in person for 8-12 weeks, spend 10K-15K, submittals are managed, files are set up, and drawings are up to date.

OR subcontractor to have someone assemble and transmit their submittals for them for a few hundred dollars depending on the work scope.

These are just ball park example cost btw.

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brunothedog

· #5 · Sep 10, 2013

welcome

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Morbidzero

· #6 · Sep 12, 2013

KaraCoatsConslt said:
Lol, I lived in San Diego for about 6 years so anything north of LA feels like northern California...

BTW thank you for your feed back.

A company who can not pay 60K for a full time employee could still budget in for a person to come in for a few weeks (depending on their need) to help get paper work caught up. In my experience not all supers know how to review submittals, put together project files, or necessarily use PM software. A general contractor on a 5 million dollar project will usually have a couple of hundred submittals which need to be reviewed, stamped and transmitted.

Here is my thought process:
5 million, 56 week project.
Bid half time PM and half time admin = $1750/wk or 98K total

First 12 weeks of project requires full time effort from both PM & admin = $3750/wk or 45K total. You have only budgeted for 21K so now you have overrun on your management labor by 24K

Not to mention both of these people probably have a couple of other projects going on and the project superintendent is busy finalizing a schedule plus getting work stated in the field.

New Option: Bring in person for 8-12 weeks, spend 10K-15K, submittals are managed, files are set up, and drawings are up to date.

OR subcontractor to have someone assemble and transmit their submittals for them for a few hundred dollars depending on the work scope.

These are just ball park example cost btw.

I personally don't know how other gc may work else were but here you got a pm, his assistant, engineer/assistant, and the super, and his assistant all on the project taking it from the start.

Now for any job that is around 5 mill and higher i just don't see how any one would not budget for the man power to do all the paperwork(submittals, bidding, plan check, etc.) when all this should be priced in with the overhead and charged with the proposal to begin with. As for consultant work as how to manage a project i doubt it will happen as why would any one take one a job of that size and send in mediocre employees to cost you money? I can see maybe engineering/ architectural consulting being a viable option but most gc around here employ engineers as its always cheaper in house and the architects work directly for the client or the city.

I don't want to rain on your parade mate but rather think hard as to what you want to go for and how you intend to market yourself to make it happen. And where you looking to do it: residential, commercial, industrial.

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Ninjaframer

· #7 · Sep 12, 2013

I grew up in Lodi. I have a cousin that's a homicide detective in Stockton. My dads family settled lockford.
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zopy

· #8 · Nov 26, 2013

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I have to agree , if you only
have 1 trade, no problem.
Depends as shown, in a contract a
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2 & 2 = 4
2 & 2 = 22
2 & 2 = 0
I don't know what it means but is short to read.

WELCOME :whistling

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Fender

· #9 · Nov 26, 2013

griz said:
Welcome to CT....

I have to agree with the above post....

I hate to break your heart but you are a VERY LONG ways from Northern California....:whistling:laughing::laughing:

What constitutes Northern California to you Griz? Everyone's opinion differs. I'm from near where she's at. And everyone considers it NorCal.

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Calidecks

· #10 · Nov 26, 2013

This is a very old thread

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Fender

· #11 · Nov 26, 2013

Haha. So it is...

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griz

· #12 · Nov 26, 2013

Fender said:
What constitutes Northern California to you Griz? Everyone's opinion differs. I'm from near where she's at. And everyone considers it NorCal.

Say north of Redding...:thumbsup:

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Fender

· #13 · Nov 26, 2013

griz said:
Say north of Redding...:thumbsup:

Haha. So Southern California is south of LA? Works for me. The rest is mostly crap anyway.

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griz

· #14 · Nov 26, 2013

Fender said:
Haha. So Southern California is south of LA? Works for me. The rest is mostly crap anyway.

LA, where's that?

Isn't it Northern Mexico now days?....:whistling:laughing:

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