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8 TAB C - PROJECT APPROACH & UNDERSTANDING In addition, we employ many different systems to ensure schedule, cost, and quality control. The following are descriptions of our systems and processes that we will utilize on your project: COST CONTROL MEASURES: The Pirtle Construction team is committed to maintaining the budget of the project without sacrificing the quality. Our project controls and budget approach is particularly appropriate in light of the highly volatile pricing and construction conditions throughout Florida. Our firm has outstanding relationships with Central Florida subcontractors and we will use those relationships to help ensure this project remains within budget. SCHEDULING PROCESS: Pirtle Construction has never delivered a project late and been accessed damages in the 47 year history of the company. This is because we understand the need for facilities to open on-time. We utilize the latest technology (Primavera) to schedule every aspect of the project from preplanning, construction, and even the turnover of the facility. We also create specialized “look-ahead” schedules for 30 days in order to make sure that the work is sequenced properly and everyone is aware of what needs to get done. One aspect that makes us better at scheduling than most is that our project teams are the ones that create and upkeep the schedule as opposed to many companies that have a scheduler that is not part of the project creating the schedule. Our team creates and takes ownership of the project schedule which results in a much more hands-on approach to making sure the project starts, builds, and finishes on-time. LEED INITIATIVE: We are committed to sustainable construction methods and lessening the impact of the projects we build on the environment. As a “National Certified Green Contractor” and a “Most Outstanding Green Business”, we believe in leading by example in Florida’s construction industry. We even built our own Headquarters to meet the USGBC’s LEED Silver certification when LEED was relatively new. Our accomplishments range from Broward County’s first LEED Silver Building, the State of Florida’s first LEED Gold project, to Florida’s first LEED Platinum Public School and one of Florida’s first Green Globes projects. To date we have 1 LEED Platinum facility, 14 LEED Gold facilities, 16 LEED Silver facilities, and 4 LEED Certified facilities all locally. UTILIZING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY: Pirtle Construction is utilizing the latest technology in our construction efforts by pioneering the Building Information Modeling (BIM) front lines and has an internal BIM department with an in-house BIM Coordinator, Elaine Choe. Pirtle introduces our BIM approach as an option to clients by engaging the entire project team in a collaborative modeling process that allows every team member to provide valuable input on design and constructability issues early in the construction process. Our BIM services provide our clients with schematic renderings, phasing coordination, virtual constructability analysis, clash coordination, design and engineering visualization, as-built locations, as-built photography, O&M maintenance posting, RFI and Change order posting, and more. We are knowledgeable about and can implement life cycle monitoring, Level 4 schedule integration, and Level 5 cost integration depending upon the client’s specific needs.