Whether your multifamily property requires remodelling or extensive repairs, owners and contractors need to be razor sharp with their work practices to ensure efficiency and timely productivity. It is very important for property owners to hire contractors who employ a definite work plan to deliver desired results. That means the contractor should have a team of professional who understands the project, and helps in budgeting and installing amenities in multifamily properties.
This blogpost discusses several components that form a multifamily construction lifecycle.
Pre-construction Planning
Pre-construction planning consultancy for your multifamily property involves a set of meetings to discuss work estimate and project management. Project management team is given enough time to prepare meetings and present their case. Purpose of these meetings is to have a solid strategy before starting the renovation or construction work and ensure everyone involved is on the same page.
Short-term Targeting
Once the pre-construction planning is complete, you have the wire-frame of the work to be done. Now, it is time to execute the plan. Short-term planning helps in breaking the entire project into small, realistic targets, enabling the team to work on one thing at a time. The field manager assigns appropriate labor or trade partner resources to ensure targets are met. Employing a uniform planning tool across all verticals eliminates uncertainty.
Daily Update
A quick meeting before starting the day’s work and at the end of the day, establishes the goal of the day and verifies the performance, respectively. It is the duty of the field manager to set the goal of the day, ranging from installing pipes and painting rooms to laying flooring tiles and roofing insulation. Additionally, daily updates ensure necessary materials and equipment are in place to avoid work stalemate.
Exit Strategy
Exit strategy is as important as a pre-construction planning. It is a brainstorming session done with about 10-20 percent of remaining project work. The idea is to ensure projects complete as per the decided deadline and not linger on. Be it installing amenities, painting walls, or refurbishing, multifamily construction contractors require a structured approach for a strong finish. Besides planning a strong finish, the sessions help contractor ensure that the customer is satisfied with the project and closeout documents.
Post-work Review
Post-work review matters a lot, for it involves analysis of all the work undertaken during the project, whether they met the expected results or were a failure because of internal or external expectations. The review meetings are designed to gather construction nuances and intricacies, along with customer intelligence to come up with a final score of the project and rating accordingly.
The Bottom Line
The underlined best practices ensure that contractors deliver what they promised. Having said that, the construction and repair processes can be modified or enhanced according to changing needs and budget. So as a property owner in search for budgeted installation of amenities and any other repair work, hire a reputable contractor who aims at achieving operational excellence.
Lastly, it is advisable to go for multifamily pre-construction planning consultancy before undertaking the project.
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