How to Leverage the Power of Software for Preconstruction
Cloud-based preconstruction technology is becoming increasingly important for commercial general contractors (GCs). Why? Because owners are shifting away from traditional Design-Bid-Build delivery methods and bringing GCs into the construction process earlier than ever before.
“Preconstruction has emerged as one of the [most] important capabilities driving the success of commercial construction businesses,” says RedTeam Founder Michael Wright in a recent webinar on preconstruction. “[But] once you go under contract to provide preconstruction services, client expectations go up,” he says.
“There’s a lot of market pressure for seamless collaboration and innovation.”
Using cloud-based software for preconstruction, helps you provide the collaboration and innovation the market wants. Here’s how you can elevate your preconstruction services and meet heightened expectations.
Use preconstruction technology to centralize data and documents
Keeping bid packages, vendor quotes, cost estimates and proposals in multiple systems results in disconnected data. These disconnects often create duplicate or conflicting information, which leads to poor decisions and rework in the field. Cloud-based preconstruction technology reduces these issues by keeping plans, images and communications in a single location.
In just a few clicks, you can:
- Enter scope details
- Configure project preferences
- Upload plans and specs
- Build cost estimates
- Track and level vendor quotes
- Link your Schedule of Values to your budget
- Create proposal packages
Improve cross-functional collaboration with preconstruction technology
Cross-functional communication drives creativity, innovation and efficiency. But the construction industry is notorious for operating within silos that limit collaboration between stakeholders. Partly because GCs need to protect proprietary data. With construction management software, teams can share ideas while keeping confidential information safe.
For example, subcontractors can review bid packages and submit quotes without necessarily having to log into your system of record. Software solutions also enable you to invite stakeholders to collaborate on only one assigned document or section at a time.
Consequently, you can give owners the transparency and collaboration they want, while keeping their access to information focused on what they need to see.
Webinar: Maximize Profits by Steamlining Preconstruction through Technology
By leveraging the right solution, contractors can expect more predictable project outcomes and increased overall efficiency and productivity. This on-demand webinar addresses how to elevate preconstruction to maximize your ROI with construction management software.
Using software for preconstruction to optimize bid management
Using software for preconstruction, speeds up the bid invitation process. By enabling you to aggregate your cost items in bid packages, you’re able to bundle your cost items more effectively. Not only saving you time when reviewing quotes from vendors, but also generating efficiencies for your vendors when submitting for the bid.
Construction management software further supports the vendor selection process through historical data and tracked vendor performance. So, as you compare quotes side-by-side, you’re not only able to compare quotes, but are able to tap into previous performance data.
This allows the GC to make a more informed decision and select the best vendor for the project, without the need to sort through numerous emails and paper documents.
Streamline proposal creation with preconstruction software
Traditionally, contractors handle cost estimates and pricing of proposals separately, creating the need for duplicate data entry. Construction management software takes these manual and disjointed steps and allows General Contractors to leverage one continuous data set from estimation through proposal creation. Along with time savings, this reduces the chance of errors introduced during the transfer of data.
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