Design and estimating.
A project team gets a scope and a budget number early, before it becomes a change order.
General contractors and owners bring us in during preconstruction. We review the plans, lay out the lightning protection system and price it, for budgets, bids and design-build teams.
Where it applies
- Preconstruction budgeting
- Design-build teams
- Bidding contractors
- Value engineering reviews
What is included
- Plan and drawing review
- A system layout
- A takeoff of materials
- A budget or firm estimate
- Coordination with architects, engineers or the GC
What changes hands
You send
- Plans
- Drawings
- Specifications
We return
- System layout
- Takeoff
- Written estimate
Reference standardNFPA 780Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems
What you receive
A written estimate in a clear format your team can review.
Questions
- Can you review a design that already exists?
- Yes. We do value engineering reviews on projects that already carry a lightning protection design.
- Budget number or firm price?
- Either one, depending on where the project stands.