Preconstruction
Estimates, schedule, constructability review and long-lead purchasing, done before the first permit.
What it involves
Estimates that follow the design
A budget at concept, and again at each stage of the drawings, so the cost of a decision is known when it is made.
Schedule
The whole project laid out: design, permits, purchasing, construction, inspections and move-in, with the dates that cannot move marked.
Constructability review
The drawings read by the people who will build them. What is hard, slow or costly for what it achieves is raised while it is still a line on paper.
Long-lead purchasing
Switchgear, mechanical equipment, elevators, storefront and specialty finishes identified early, and ordered when the schedule says they must be.
Permit and logistics plan
Which approvals the project needs and in what order, and how the site will work: access, hoisting, deliveries, hours and the neighbors.
Questions about preconstruction
When should a contractor join the project?
Before the drawings are finished. The decisions that fix most of a building's cost and schedule are made early in design, which is when an estimate and a constructability review are most useful.
Is preconstruction a separate agreement?
To confirm: how Noble's Crest contracts for preconstruction, and whether its fee is credited to the construction contract.
Talk to us about a commercial project
Tell us what the space is, where it is and the date you need it.