Preconstruction

Out-Of-The-Box Thinking

DCBA strives to deliver a transparent view of the scope, schedule, and cost of each project from the beginning, presenting the most accurate overall picture and minimizing surprises and challenges that could arise later on.

Setting the Standard in Preconstruction Excellence.

Renowned for excellence, DCBA’s Preconstruction team delivers expert budget development, project scheduling, procurement strategy, value management, and constructability review. We remained integrated in the project team throughout construction to ensure that we deliver a superior quality project that stays within each client’s unique requirements.

Providing our clients with a transparent and honest assessment of their project from day one ensures that they are not met with surprises later in the construction process. By setting realistic expectations upfront, we build relationships grounded in predictability and trust, giving owners confidence that their project will be delivered as promised.

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What to Expect:
Estimating
  • Leveraging of in-house historical data and market insights to provide rough estimates quickly, beginning as early as the initial concept phase or even from a simple napkin sketch
  • Integrated operations staff input in the estimating process, calling on relevant project experience to select the right partners and vendors and contribute to value engineering efforts.
Purchasing
  • Purchasing direct to manufacturer from trusted, prequalified vendors to maximize cost savings, improve scheduling, maintain quality control, and streamline communication throughout the project lifecycle
  • Flexible procurement approach that allows for purchasing from the initial concept phase and refines decisions as detailed scopes of work develop, leveraging client vendor agreements and thorough bid tab lifecycle analysis to ensure the best value
Scheduling
  • Employ proactive and creative problem-solving strategies to manage aggressive schedules, recognizing time as a critical financial factor
  • Deliver continuous schedule monitoring through integrated tools such as Primavera and Microsoft Project, incorporating weekly progress reports, photos, four-week lookaheads, and variance analysis to identify delays and implement corrective recovery plans
Logistics Planning
  • Develop detailed, phased plans that address site constraints and account for high risk and disruptive activities, ensuring they are clearly communicated and coordinated to all stakeholders
  • Early opportunity to engage the greater project team, incorporating input from preconstruction, field operations, HS&E, and BIM/VDC to align on site use, access, and sequencing
  • Incorporate logistics into schedule and budget development, utilizing impairment matrices and Method of Procedures (MOPs) to ensure alignment
Constructability Review
  • Initiate constructability reviews from day one to evaluate the most efficient and cost-effective execution methods with the least impact to client operations.
  • Provide detailed feasibility reports, photos, and option analyses to support informed decision-making and guide value engineering, equipment selection, logistics planning, and design changes before mobilizing in the field

Strategic, Transparent, and Cost-Effective Estimating.

Our team works with each client to understand the purpose behind their project – from how the facility will function, to budgetary and schedule goals.

From there, we leverage longstanding relationships to bring the most qualified, competitive subcontractors to the table. Our strong, robust subcontractor base is built on our commitment to executing work in an efficient and transparent manner.

DCBA manages the development of the procurement schedule, subcontractor bid forms, and detailed scope of work narratives. After thorough analysis, DCBA issues recommendations for award.

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