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MaxKon LLC was formed to bring construction, project management and design solutions to owners, developers,
architecture firms, and general contractors.
Maxkon design phase services include a preliminary site evaluations to ensure expectations of the owners program
are being met.
RISK ANALYSIS
There are 5 concepts in the Maxkon risk management strategy:
- Risk: The danger that injury, damage, or loss will occur by taking an action
- Opportunity: Recognizing a favorable outcome and the impact this outcome has on the project
- Project Uncertainty: “The gap between the information required to estimate an outcome and the information already possessed by the decision maker.”(CII 1989)
- Risk Analysis: The process of identifying risk factors and the measure of those factors
- Risk Mitigation: The process of developing a plan to respond or deal with risk on a project, maximize opportunities and narrow the gap of project uncertainty.
Site conditions and construction methods subcontractor selection can all contribute to “risk” on a project. Maxkon will perform analyses of these items and more. To understand the risks on project before ground is broken is the first step to a successful building project.
CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATING
Maxkon’s estimating department is trained to handle all project estimating needs.
Drawing upon our extensive database and current information from vendors and subcontractors, Maxkon provides estimating that not only forecast costs but also functions as a cost management procedure. Throughout the pre-construction phase, as conceptual information is converted to details, each system cost is compared to the corresponding estimate and updated. As a result, our team readily identifies changes in the project scope and increases in the anticipated construction cost. This allows the team to continue work on cost efficiencies as design efforts progress.
LEAN CONSTRUCTION
Maxkon employs LEAN construction as a way to schedule construction sites to minimize waste of materials, time, and struggle in order to create the greatest possible amount of value. Scheduling a construction site to accomplish on time an on budget results is only possible through the collaboration of all project participants (Owner, A/E, Constructors, Facility Managers, End-user) at early stages of the project. By utilizing this system in construction projects Maxkon aims to use all of the project participants to influence design and flow of work rather than be on a reaction basis.
The LEAN Construction Principles:
- Schedule optimization through collaboration and accountability
- Continual improvement/pursuit of perfection involving general contractors, subcontractors and designers
- A focus on delivering the value desired by the owner/client/end-user
- Allowing value to flow by systematically eliminating obstacles to work flow.
- Creating pull production
- Keep work flowing so that the crews are always productive installing product
- Reduce inventory of material and tools
- Reduce costs
- six goals of construction best practice: proprietary
- Finished building will deliver maximum functionality, which includes delighted end users.
- End Users will benefit from the lowest optimum cost of ownership.
- Inefficiency and waste in the use of labor and materials will be eliminated.
- Specialist suppliers will be involved in design from the outset to achieve integration and buildability.
- Design and construction will be through a single point of contact for the most effective co-ordination and clarity of responsibility.
- Current performance and improvement achievements will be established by measurement.
COST CONTROL
prepare preliminary cost estimate utilizing conceptual estimating techniques
as Design progresses, prepare more detailed estimates with supporting data
update and refine this estimate at appropriate intervals--often as is needed
SUBCONTRACTOR AND PROCUREMENT STRATEGY
develop subcontracting strategy and procurement plan for both qualifications and price based subcontractor selection and achieve goals for supporting M/WBE firms
develop subcontractor interest in the Project and share list with team
recommend a schedule for procurement of long-lead-time items
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