Establish Goals

• Establish the roles and responsibilities for all team members involved in the project.
• Create an estimated date for the project completion.
• Project the owner's budget goals and format requirements.
• Identify the value engineering studies needed for the mechanical, electrical, and structural systems.
• Establish the owner's desired architectural approach, landscape and building function requirements.
• Coordinate with the owner and existing facility and operations staff, to schedule construction activities.
• Establish milestone dates, important decision points and project approach.
• Establish the level of construction quality, counter measures and serviceability.
• Develop program schedule dates for Cost Control, Procurement of Subcontract Work, Construction, Permits & Entitlements.
• Prepare a draft schedule incorporating the owner's goals with the anticipated construction activities and entitlement process.
• design/build.
• Identify early lead items.