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MARKED BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS
The design to implementation (design / build) is a method of delivery of the project in which the project leader, the general contractor, takes charge of all stages from design to the end building. The consumer gives the entrepreneur the tasks of architecture, design, procurement and all installation services. Key in hand, including permits.
This approach differs from the traditional practice where the consumer hires the workers himself (designer, architect, engineer) and then get bids from three contractors from its plans and chooses the lowest estimate. This approach often leads to targeted prices, like the Gaspesia kind !
ADVANTAGES OF KEY IN HANDS :
Quality :
Since the contractor performs the drawings and specifications, he is responsible for their accuracy. He listens to the needs and expectations of customers, inspects the property and, should an error appear when running, he is responsible On the contrary, when the customer calls an independent designer, for example, he is "owner" of the plans. If details are missing or errors occur, changes to the contract must be made.
Cost reduction :
Key in hands process is just like a bicycle chain: every link drives in the same direction. As the designer, the contractor, employees, subcontractors and suppliers have formed team for many years, working methods were tested. The experience gained over the projects and the knowledge of materials have a significant result: cost reduction.
It saves time :
The client and the contractor working hand in hand, the process is shortened. The preliminary plans approved, the scope of the preliminary work is published. Corrections to plans in the process are immediately transferred to estimate. It is all on the same wavelength. For major projects, as soon as the plans are approved, construction could begin even if the details are fixed later. In the traditional method, the contractor bids when all the plans and specifications are completed. The delay longer by a factor of two !
The ménage à trois :
Additional meetings to resolve the contradictions between plans and reality, the judgments of the project pending a decision and altercations (which is responsible for the error?) Do not exist. The household trios brings stress, lost time and divorce. It has often been seen projects frozen several weeks. Shortly handy when clients are flat !
The Turnkey is a household to two and there was only one charge: the prime contractor.
Knowledge of costs :
After the initial visit, approximate costs are known. Why? The contractor, who has made several hundred projects can compare yours to its database. "We conducted a similar project in the district two years ago and the price was $ 20 000. Our database contains 24 categories or trades and + / - 7000 units, prices indexed annually. The customer has the possibility of reducing the scope of work, quality before quantity, dividing the project into two phases or simply postpone the project. With us, he only had to invest a few hundred dollars. In the traditional system, he will often spend thousands before noticing the budget has doubled. Deception !
The risk is unique :
Since the project manager takes care of everything, he is solely responsible for the risks. This is normal because the general contractor is the one who is going to manage the entire process. The amendments to the contract, commonly called extras, due to errors or omissions are virtually eliminated because the project manager has the responsibility to develop the plans and implement the work.