Our Approach to Construction
     Yack Construction believes that teamwork is the cornerstone of any successful undertaking. By utilizing our team approach to project development, we can combine our experience with the needs of the client to maximize the efficiency of all design and construction elements. Together, our team can produce the best possible return on the Owner's investment. Our goal is to always respond to the client's needs established from carefully listening to clients - especially the "end user". To accomplish this, we will always ask the "extra" or one last question.
     This teamwork approach creates a synergy among team members that builds upon itself. Teaming allows all members of the project team to overlap and interlink their experience, talents and specialties and allows a project to move faster and more defiantly through every phase of development.

Preconstruction Phase:
•     Pre-qualify contractors and suppliers in order to ensure that only the most capable will be involved.
•     Develop a shop drawing submittal process to best increase the efficiency and quality control to avoid any potential delays.
•    Initiate a detailed scope letter for all bidding suppliers and subcontractors that determines their schedule expectations, services and duties in order to clarify the teams's expectations of their goods and services.
•     Review and analyze all bids to determine that they properly meet the scope of work required.
•     Negotiate and award contracts with qualified subcontractors and suppliers to avoid potential scheduling or availability problems.
•     Expedite the procurement of long lead items by paying special attention to problem areas that have a recent history of impeding a project's development.

Construction Phase:
•     Hold weekly meetings with team members and expand the meetings to include key subcontractors and suppliers
•     Provide a constantly updated project schedule in the weekly construction meetings that focuses on the next three upcoming weeks and integrates all subcontrator schedules.
•     Constantly review each aspect of the project and determine how it relates to the project as a whole. This allows input from all team members.
•     Provide monthly progress and cost reports to all team members and analyze all changes to determine their impact on the success of the project.
•     Utilize scheduling software for Critical Path Management scheduling. We will customize and detail the project schedule through construction completion to meet the project's specific needs.
•     Allocate the timing of labor and material to ensure that the project proceeds smoothly and all bid packages are coordinated properly.
•     Provide comprehensive on-site management with a qualified full-time Superintendent.
•     Continual, daily review by the contractor and consultants of the workmanship and quality of subcontractors and employees.

Post Construction Phase:
•     Walk through the project to define punchlist items and complete all unfinished details in an expedient manner.
•     Provide dependable follow-up and excellent availability due to reputation and proximity.
•     Provide as-built drawings that realistically reflect changes and/or modifications to the original documents.
•     Provide owner operation manuals of all building equipment and conduct on-site training.
•     Follow up with one year walk through of the facility to discuss items that need additional attention.



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