Construction Management
Ramsons offers comprehensive construction management services, ensuring your project is delivered on time and within budget. As your advocate, we oversee every phase, from preconstruction to project completion, ensuring the highest craftsmanship standards are met.
If chosen as your Construction Manager, Ramsons will have specific duties during each phase of the project, but will always act as your advocate. During preconstruction, we will work as a team with the architect, providing pre-construction services throughout the design phase. This will ensure your project is designed in the most cost efficient manner possible. We will also manage the bid phase and be responsible for constructing the project. As your Construction Manager, it is our job to ensure your project is delivered according to both time and budget, with only the highest degrees of craftsmanship.
Types of Construction Management
There are three basic types of Construction Management contracts in Arkansas. The primary differences between the three are related to guaranteeing the project cost vs. not guaranteeing the project cost. And if the owner holds all the trade contracts or if the Construction Manager holds all the contracts.
Agency Construction Management
The construction manager provides pre-construction and management services during the design and construction phase but does not guarantee the project cost or budget and does not self-perform any of the work.
Construction Management At-risk
The construction manager provides pre-construction services and serves as the general contractor during construction. Much of the project is divided into bid packages which bid directly to, and contract directly with, the owner. The construction manager guarantees the project cost.
General Contractor Construction Management
Similar to “at-risk” only the subcontractors bid to and contract with the construction manager.
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frequently asked questions
Who mostly uses construction management?
In the state of Arkansas, construction management is mostly used by public institutions, hospitals and companies operating in the industrial sector.
Is there legislation dictating how construction management can be utilized by public institutions?
Each state will have their own laws, but in Arkansas, any public entity can use agency construction management. Universities can use At-Risk or AS-GC so long as the project is over $5 million in construction costs. Cities can use Construction Management if the project is over $2 million in construction costs. K-12 can use any type of Construction Management with no restrictions on project costs. Counties can only use Agency Construction Management as the state constitution only allows for projects to be awarded via low bid.
How are construction managers selected?
Private entities have a lot more flexibility than public ones and many simply select a Construction Manager they already have a relationship with. However, if the client requires competitive evaluations, public and private Construction Managers are selected in very similar ways. The client will develop and advertise a Request for Qualifications or a Request for Proposals. This request will typically ask for information related to the history and competency of the firms responding. Public institutions in Arkansas are not allowed to select a Construction Manager on price, but private industries are and will often ask about fees, proposed cost savings splits and expenses related to reimbursable costs. The client will then review the Qualification Statements and create a shortlist that is then interviewed. After the interviews are conducted, the client will weigh the information presented and choose the firm they most feel comfortable with.
Read more about how to choose a K-12 construction management partner.
Will I still get the cost benefits of bidding under a construction management contract?
Yes. During the preconstruction phase we’ll divide each component of the project into specific bid packages (i.e. sitework, concrete, drwyall, roofing, etc.). Subcontractors will then be invited to submit a bid on a specific package. We always seek to get a minimum of three bids on each bid package.
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