Lowder Construction's Pre-Construction department brings more than 30 years of experience to every bid and treats every job as the most important one on the board, whether it's a 400,000 square foot hotel or a small multifamily building. Takeoffs, framing budgets, schedules and submittals come back complete and on your deadline, with nothing hidden in the numbers.
Field work, estimating, superintendent and project management experience on both the subcontractor and general contractor side.
Scope letters that spell out inclusions, exclusions and alternates, so there are no surprises after award.
Our Pre-Construction department handles every inquiry from the first budget to notice to proceed.
Pre-construction is where a framing package is won or lost, and precision is the whole job. Our department has worked every side of construction, from the field to the office, with estimating, superintendent and project management experience at both the subcontractor and general contractor level. We know what it takes to pull a project together, and we build our numbers to hold up once the framing starts.
We review the drawings and specifications in detail, build the takeoff from the structural drawings up and return a framing budget you can bid with, along with a schedule you can hold the other trades to. When a question comes back from the general contractor, the owner or a vendor, it gets a complete answer the first time.
Throughout the bid cycle we stay in regular contact with your team and with our own field leadership, reviewing site conditions, sequencing and schedule so obstacles are identified on paper instead of in the field. Every answer is tied to how we actually build, because the same company frames the project, manages the site and manages the material.
The safety evaluation begins before anyone sets foot on site. During pre-construction we analyze the job site for potential hazards and assess the building for safety issues that could come up during framing, so the plan our superintendents carry onto the site already accounts for them.
Working with Lowder pre-construction, you can expect:
