Before starting any building project, it’s essential to understand the various stages of construction so that you know how to manage your funds and resources well. No matter the type of construction project you’re embarking on, it’s important to know the three main phases like the back of your hand. Read on to find out everything you need to know about the three stages of a construction project!
The Pre-Construction Stage
The success of a project hinges on the pre-construction stage. Establishing a strategy and roadmap, drawing up a design, obtaining permissions, and assembling the manpower and other resources needed for construction are all vital in this first step. Project owners can use pre-construction services to build a systematic method for determining expenses, scale, and timeline to complete the project punctually and within budget.
This is also when the project team should become coordinated and unified in their goals, which serve as the foundation for effective communication and workflow. A construction project that lacks a solid foundation can swiftly spiral into disarray, resulting in communication breakdowns, operational errors, and possible timetable delays.
Pre-Construction Project Team
The owner’s agent, funding partners, property advisor and lawyer, insurer, project leader, architects, and contractors are all crucial parts of the team that the client hires. The client discusses which members are operating as trustees and which are functioning at a commercial capacity.
Pre-Construction Project Specifications
When defining project needs and design specifications, the established objectives should be as specific as possible to ensure good communication between the client, architects, and contractors. This allows the project vision and budgeting to be established early in the process.
Pre-Construction Project Schedule
The client, together with the team, will evaluate project timelines and identify target goals like which month and year the building will be open. The client highlights a few areas in the schedule that might cause delays, for example, the licensing process.
Pre-Construction Location Assessment
Construction expenditures and timelines can be greatly influenced by venue and onsite variables. As such, these should be thoroughly assessed very early in the project.
Pre-Construction Projected Expenses
To move the project from idea to reality, a feasible cost estimate depending on the owner’s specifications and requirements are necessary. The project timetable, legal requirements, manpower, location variables, and different types of building materials are all factors to consider.
Pre-Construction Contract Signing
Following the initial pre-construction steps, a construction agreement is signed, allowing the contractor to execute the design building on behalf of the owner.
Pre-Construction Scheduling of Additional Tasks
Once the contract is signed, the builders will organize some additional important operations like soil analysis, submitting the project plan to the council, and acquiring the building permits.
The Construction Stage
The second, most visible stage of a construction project starts from the commencement of physical construction to its completion.
The Post-Construction Stage
The post-construction phase comprises the time between the completion of physical construction and project delivery to the owner. A checklist of things that require more attention is compiled and resolved. All machinery is returned, and work crews are usually disbanded for reassignment to other projects. Finally, all paperwork is turned over to the owner, and the owner’s employees are taught how to manage all of the building’s machinery and systems.
