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Scheduling Fastrack MCI uses Primavera Project Planner to provide computer generated schedules for the management of construction. This is state of the art software that is recognized throughout the industry. We also perform this as a consulting service for clients. Here at Fastrack MCI we believe the construction schedule should be a tool for everyone to use. The reasoning behind this is the more detail that we can show, the better the decisions that can be made. A proper and detailed schedule gives the project a solid foundation to succeed. The thinking behind this is that everyone buys into the schedule, good, bad or indifferent so that all team members have made commitments to successfully complete the tasks at hand. We update schedules weekly internally and then present them to the owner during the weekly meetings. We put everything on the schedule from the shop drawings and other submittals right down to the activities such as; the owner approving colors and building department approvals. What this does is give the team the buy in to complete the activities within the specified time so that the project is not delayed. Projects do not fall behind due to lack of knowledge: they fall behind due to lack of decisions and lack of knowledge on when to make the decisions!! This is why you have a detailed schedule from the beginning. Development of schedule information from subcontractors is a critical process in the compilation of the project schedule. We, as the Construction Managers will perform a very detailed baseline schedule. We will then issue this to the subcontractors in the bid packages during the bidding. Then prior to awarding the project we will sit down with the sub and discuss crew sizes and productivity. Every sub is different, some may hang drywall faster but finish slower. You cannot use the same productivity for every project and every sub. This is why a detailed schedule sets the groundwork for a successful project. We sit down with the subs and then use Primavera and input the crew sizes and also input them by discipline. If the owner or any team member, including the subs, need only the specific trade, we can filter just those activities and only look at the impact on all of the areas that the sub needs to be performing work. Many other firms do not provide this because of the extra time it takes upfront. The benefit far outweighs the time. Usually when a project starts to go south the team does not have the time to do this; this is why it needs to be done upfront. City of Sunny Isles Beach I Request for Qualifications No. 12 -06 -01