The following combination of preparatory, administrative, and supervisory items creates a project of which everyone can be proud and bring it to completion within budget
1. Safety begins with choosing contractors who are confident in their respective fields, who have the proper insurance, both liability and worker's compensation and have the financial strength to maintain their companies.
2. Having a critical path chart making the date when completion of each step of the job and each delivery of
materials is expected, keeps management and labor informed as to their performance.
3. Testing of the soil, concrete, interior and exterior coating, and roofing materials assure that all materials used meet quality specifications. Keep tabs on the dirt, sand and clay when they are delivered to verify the quality of each load. This averts catastrophe that could develop from using inferior products.
4. Check the references of superintendent, foreman, and subcontractors along with doing background checks.
5. Daily checks of plumbing, electrical, and air condition work comparing items installed with specific materials.
6. The more familiar job personnel are with safety rules, the safer everyone on the jobsite will be. Propionate posting of those safety rules is a must. Barricades have saved many lives.
7. Roofing deck should be very dry when laying the roof, otherwise mold and mildew growth will occur.
8. Heavy loads do not get driven across parking areas for 30 days after the slabs have been poured. This protects a parking area with no cracks or sloping areas for water to stand.
9. The monthly draws of the contractors are allowed only to extent of work completed. No overdraws are allowed.
10. Daily reports to the owner/developer on the job progress. This knowledge helps to sell the project to the prospective buyer.
