Allowance Review
Project: 3208 GLWA Oakwood CSO HVAC Upgrades STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: On the GLWA provided estimate form, CCC mistakenly included base bid budgets for roofing work within the allowance lines instead of in the base bid section. ROOT CAUSE: Misinterpretation of the allowance bid category which was "Roof Repairs". …
Document Control Lacked by Prime
Project Phase: Procedural Management Delivery Method: General Contractor-Sub Document control lacked by Prime. Data storage, drawing log, punch list, etc....was not available.
Water/Wastewater Market Single Source Suppliers/Materials
Project: E23-058 GLWA Front Entrance Rehab STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Specific to water/wastewater estimates, clarifications and exclusions are not permitted. In some instances the specified material or sole sourced supplier(s) is not meeting the spec or are refusing to bid. In these instances alternative solutions mu…
Lack of preparedness from Prime
Project Phase: Procedural Management Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Prime was not prepared to execute project. Prime project team was not adequate (not enough qualified engineers and support staff). - Prime over extended.
CCC being held to CS1 specification on existing conveyor
Project Phase: Contract Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Customer wanted to hold CCC to CS1 Specification on existing conveyor (15 years old)
Estimating and VDL Knowledge
Project Phase: Estimating Delivery Method: General Contract-Sub Estimating made the assumption that VDLs were shipped in and never ran off. CCC doubled hours due to this. Manual provided for installation was not used per VDL Expert.
Cost Management/Continuous Estimating
Project Phase: Construction Delivery Method: EPC (Engineer Procure Construct) Statement of Problem: Self-perform work costs were well managed in an open-book format with the Owner, but the mech/elec systems costs escalated greatly without sufficient warning for proper reaction with DTE purchasing. Thi…
Communication between shifts
Project Phase: Estimating Delivery Method: Construction Mgmt. Communication between shifts, there was no follow through on second shift. Plans provided.
