PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Professional Commercial Cost Consulting
Cost Estimating & Budgeting
Competitive Bidding
Preconstruction Coordination
Construction Connections
ACCURATE & COMPREHENSIVE
Ken Woodward, Owner/Senior Cost Consultant
KW.CCSolutions@gmail.com
860-748-0718
SERVICES
Preconstruction
Accurate, professional, timely and highly detailed construction cost estimating at any level of documentation (concept, schematic, design development, construction).
Market expertise: Municipal, Academic, Athletic, Multi-Family, Mixed-Use, Healthcare (medical, dental), Industrial/Manufacturing, Historic/Mill Renovations, Performing Arts, Hotel/Boutique, Food Service, Commercial, Retail, Financial, Veterinary, Waste Water Treatment, Data Center, Broadcast, and more.
Competitive bidding services.
In-house quantity-take off including detailed sitework and mass excavation calculations.
Preparation and analysis of site and project logistics.
Preliminary planning and scheduling.
Site investigations.
Construction document review and comments on means, methods, and constructability.
Research and involvement of appropriate vendors for establishing accurate costing.
Development of and cost analysis of viable alternatives.
Development of detailed value engineering and cost reduction initiatives.
Development of comprehensive project narratives, trade scopes-of-work, and bid packages.
Construction Services
Design team meeting attendance and meeting minutes.
Change order review.
Cost report review.
Planning and scheduling and critical milestone reviews.
Review and commenting on all contractor responsibilities.
Other Services
Business development consulting by providing connections to owners, architects, engineers, owner's representative consultants, general contractors, subcontractors, real estate brokers, and anyone else in the construction industry.
Insurance estimates.
Assistance with site selection.
Assistance with contractor selection.
Assistance with design team selection.
Assistance with choosing any construction consultant.
ABOUT
Kenneth A. Woodward, owner, senior cost consultant.
Mr. Woodward has over 30 years of field, preconstruction, estimating and construction management experience. His experience ranges from being a self-employed carpenter to preconstruction and purchasing with a top twenty Engineering News Record (ENR) construction manager. His experience allows him the unique perspective and ability to provide accurate and timely preconstruction services unlike any other in the industry.
Mr. Woodward has been a certified professional estimator (CPE) with the nationally recognized American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) and is working on updating his certification.
The relationships Mr. Woodward has cultivated allow him the ability to provide construction related connections to many highly qualified construction professionals.
Mr. Woodward’s style and positive attitude make the preconstruction process efficient, productive, cost effective, enjoyable and exciting for all that are involved. He is client and team focused, driven, professional, organized, continuously interested in improvement, and committed to providing problem solving solutions.
WHY CONSTRUCTION COST SOLUTIONS
35
Years in Construction
Thousands
Estimates Completed
Hundreds
Competitive Projects
Awarded
Construction Cost Solutions, LLC has the following advantages compared to competitors:
1. Field experience: Over 10 years of physical field experience allows Construction Cost Solutions, LLC to have the expertise to understand and analyze better all facets of the construction industry including: construction means and methods, materials, equipment, soft costs, labor requirements, and project durations.
2. Preconstruction experience: over 20 years of preconstruction experience on a wide range of competitive projects up to $500m.
3. Sitework specialist: complete understanding of all aspects of sitework on any given project and the in-house ability to calculate quantities of mass excavation.
4. Market expertise: broad knowledge of commercial, healthcare, academic, industrial, municipal, waste & water treatment, retail, residential and mixed-use projects.
5. The ability to comprehensively review and provide factual constructability analysis which is critical to the development of a complete set of drawings. A complete set of documents is critical to reducing change orders throughout the construction process which ultimately reduces construction costs.
6. The ability to quickly generate comprehensive and accurate conceptual, schematic and design development budgets.
7. Expert scope of work development for every construction trade.
8. Great attention to detail is given to all tasks and every aspect of work.
9. Open and honest communication style that promotes a healthy and enjoyable work environment that results in a very efficient and productive work product.
10. Non-bias cost estimating versus construction company estimates which can include unnecessary items that can increase costs.
11. Extremely flexible and can provide the product the way the client requires.
12. Provides very detailed and timely cost estimates at any level of documentation so that major decision making can be made with regard to the client’s program.
13. Flexible reporting that can be customized so that the client can communicate the most efficient way possible to other members of their team.
14. Substantial 30-year construction contact database so that the client has access to who they need, when they need them.
15. 30-hour OSHA certified.
16. A recipient of the Central Connecticut State University Stuart Bennett Alumni Award, which is given to alumni who have brought credit to the university by their professional accomplishments made to the industry.
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CONTACT
Inquiries
For any inquiries, questions or commendations, please call: 860-748-0718 or fill out the following form
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Employment
Construction Cost Solutions, LLC is always looking for high quality construction professionals.
