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<br /> <br /> <br />Cost Estimating <br />MBR uses a customized estimating program, our estimating team is lead by one of MBR’s <br />Principals Ronald R. Boss with over 30 years experience to provide you with a complete and <br />accurate GMP and we will allocate Federica Douaihi to working specifically on your project and <br />she will be directly responsible for preparing, testing in the marketplace, explaining, and <br />defending the estimates. <br />MBR performs take-offs from drawings, analyses bid and consults with knowledgeable <br />subcontractors and develops estimates at various design phases. These will include system <br />analysis and an examination of the relationship between elements. <br />This process is an open book to be reviewed by the Owner, Architect and Contractor’s team. <br /> <br />Value Engineering <br />Value Engineering can be defined as the process of relating the functions, the quality, and the <br />costs of the project in the determination of optimum solutions for the project. <br />Typically, we apply the procedures of value engineering during the Design Development phases <br />by a multidisciplinary study team that: <br /> Gathers information <br /> Performs Function analysis <br /> Develops Fast diagrams <br /> Generates ideas <br /> Evaluate ideas <br /> Chose best idea <br />At a presentation meeting attended by VE team and owner and/or owner’s representative we: <br />- Present idea <br />A building project and its costs are determined by several factors. Including its functions and <br />purposes, its aesthetic appeal, its profitability, the owner’s needs, the performance <br />specifications of its architectural and engineering systems, the construction method and <br />completion time, and its maintenance. <br />In applying value engineering to a building project, the multidisciplinary team obtains a solution <br />that emphasizes the functions of the project and the best judgment of the team in making final <br />choices, and which results in a cost-effective design for the project. <br />The factors that determine a building project and its costs can be separated into two groups: <br />one consisting of factors related to specific engineering systems and the other of factors that <br />are general in character and relate to the whole building. <br /> <br />Bidding and Award Phase <br />The following are steps followed before awarding all contracts: <br /> Select from our list of pre-qualified sub-contractors includes Small Disadvantaged <br />Businesses to bid each portion of the project <br /> Advertise to Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Pompano’s local businesses. <br /> Prepare bid packages for each function <br /> Schedule pre-bid conferences as required <br /> Obtain bids <br /> Analyze bids <br /> Meet with client to present our findings and obtain their approvals <br />APPROACH / METHODOLOGY