Pre-Construction
We are here to ensure your project begins with the ultimate endgame in mind. Hoffmann’s pre-construction services includes every aspect of your project’s scope.
Maximizing construction efficiencies and reduces risk
We deliver the insight, expertise, and communication to ensure the project is clearly defined and executable by all parties involved. Before construction begins, we work with our clients on the overall analysis, strategy, and feasibility of the project in question. Involving a general contractor like Immel early on in the process helps guide clients through the project from a constructibility viewpoint.
Our team collaborates with engineers to identify systems and infrastructural details that need specific courses of action.
Defining project goals
Construction project planning is the initial and most important phase of the project management. Planning comprises defining objectives of the project, sequence of works, construction methods, planning of resources, preparing estimation, and durations for various activities to bring about the satisfactory completion of the project.
The documents for construction planning consist of designs and drawings, quantity estimates, construction methods to be adopted, contract documents, site conditions, market survey, local resources, project environment, and the client’s requirements.
Identifying potential issues
Certain features, like parking, might be difficult to incorporate into the design, or there may be a potential for flooding or erosion. You can even prepare ahead for any procurement delays of special materials/equipment. All of these issues can be addressed during the pre-construction phase.
Pre-Construction surveys
A pre-construction survey is an extensive analysis of the physical state of the property and its surroundings (adjacent buildings, sidewalk, landscaping, etc.) undertaken before any construction takes place. These surveys help contractors and architects pinpoint potential problems beforehand and help determine whether damage has occurred due to construction activities. These surveys help find major flaws like drainage or foundation problems. Smaller things like grading—leveling out uneven land—are also checked at this point so that site challenges do not emerge later during construction or after move-in.
