Construction Management
Gold Medal Construction Management
Gold Medal Construction Management draws upon its rich experience and strong leadership to offer an innovative line of project development and construction management services.
We have the resources and partnerships to tackle virtually any project—commercial, industrial or residential—for clients located anywhere in the Eastern United States. Our expertise covers a full range of construction services allowing us to oversee any project from inception to occupation.
Our focus begins and ends with you—your expectations and objectives, budget considerations and deadlines—whether it’s a $1 million project or a $100 million program. We succeed through pro-active communication, close collaboration, extraordinary attention to detail, field-proven techniques, and an unsurpassed work ethic. No one works harder to bring a project in on time and on budget. Maybe that’s why we have so many satisfied clients.
With some other construction firms, you know that the only tools they have are the ones they hold in their hand. As construction management professionals, we extend this concept to include other tools such as high standards of performance, a broad network of resources, unsurpassed professionalism, and unwavering integrity. This is what makes Gold Medal Construction Management, Inc. the right choice for your next project.
Our first-hand knowledge and expertise in every facet of design development, project management, and construction management enables us to provide the wide variety of services that you may require.
From the beginning, your timing and budget goals drive the decision-making process. All projects— regardless of scope or scale—employ our rigorous, field-proven project management techniques to ensure success. The following is a list of the many services we offer our clients, as needed:
Pre-Construction
Conduct site evaluation and environmental reporting
Assist with site acquisition and real estate planning
Generate building pro-forma analysis
Validate program and budget
Develop, maintain, and update over time the master budget, cost estimates and cost-to- complete projections
Develop seamless information systems, lines of communication, work roles, and project management plans
Develop a comprehensive construction management plan
Plan construction process—sequencing, bid packaging, fast-tracking, and so on
Generate resource allocation projections
Establish project cash flow
Coordinate strategy and logistics for temporary facilities
Design standards for systems
Support project programming
Generate cost estimates, including soft and hard costs
Oversee value engineering
Review building systems and formal constructability
Evaluate lifecycle costs
Bidding
Assist with the entire bidding process—outreach, bidder pre-qualification and qualification (bonds, insurance coverage, financial resources, etc.), advertisement, review of bids, evaluation of bidder responsiveness, verification of references
Clarify scope of trade responsibilities
Assist with possible pre-purchase of long lead-time materials
Assist in conducting pre-bid and pre-construction meetings
Construction
Work with owner, architect, and contractors to clearly define roles and responsibilities during construction
Develop a detailed construction management plan
Coordinate contractor’s work and facilitate the project’s timely completion
Lead meetings with owner, architect and contractor
Establish notification procedures for any utility shutdowns
Coordinate testing and inspection of the project; review reports and make recommendations as required
Coordinate activities of multiple contractors to avoid conflicts
Produce monthly cost reports to monitor and manage costs throughout the project; prepare cash flow projections
Provide administrative assistance to manage the filing systems, meeting minutes and other office functions
Develop and maintain correspondence logs
Review and make recommendations on change order requests from the contractors, design team or owner; maintain log, including change-order detail and cost estimates
Develop and maintain submittal and shop drawing logs; review for accuracy and completeness before submitting to design team
Develop and maintain a Request for Information (RFI) log; coordinate and track responses with the design team
Produce weekly and monthly management summary reports defining work progress including change orders, RFIs, submittals, and schedule of potential claims
Our Staff
The strength of Gold Medal Construction Management lies in the quality and depth of our professional and technical staff. We have built an unmatched team of qualified and dedicated employees, who are highly experienced in all aspects of the development and construction process.
While our senior staff average over 25 years of experience, our remaining staff members average over 15 years of experience. This experience ensures service and quality at a level second to none. In addition, we select other professionals whose expertise is tailored to the project’s requirements. This has led to Gold Medal Construction Management’s exemplary track record for completing projects on schedule and within budget.
Gold Medal Construction Management has consistently encouraged our staff to continue their education. Our Executive Director is a Certified Construction Manager by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). They are among only 500 individuals worldwide who have completed the rigorous requirements to achieve this certification. One staff member has made progress towards certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, and LEEDTM Accredited Professionals.