The top-down management of an entire construction project requires a team of dedicated, highly organized, well-focused individuals. At SBI, each construction management team remains with a project from start to finish, ensuring a smooth transition from pre-construction through completion.

In addition to ensuring consistent quality assurance, and serving as a liaison between the construction team and senior management, the principal responsibilities of a construction manager include:

Communication Flow:

• Control and coordinate all communications within and outside of the team
• Create and promote open communication channels to facilitate discussion and solve problems
• Coordinate all meetings between client, design professionals and subcontractors
• Establish and secure agreement on a clear definition of project program and scope including final budget and schedule

Project Schedule:

• Provide continual schedule updates
• Control lead item procurement, site logistics
• Establish staging plans
• Maintain consistent contact with the local municipality to ensure timely issuance of Certificate of Occupancy

Project Cost:

• Review and approve final construction budgets generated during pre-construction phase
• Review all contractual documents and scopes
• Monitor and compare actual cost to budget cost
• Supply timely estimating and cost input information

Procedures Implementation:

• Develop and implement procedures for communications, tracking logs and reporting formats
• Establish and implement protocol for delivery of information and meetings
• Issue standard schedule for all meetings and identify key players