Services

Our services include program management, pre-construction, construction and contract closeout services and are further outlined below:
Program Management
  • Identify professional consulting services and develop RFPs
  • LEED registration, grant application, identification of environmental grant programs
  • Develop LEED goals and perform feasibility analyses as design progresses
  • Integrate peer review, constructability review, particularly as it relates to sustainable design and construction throughout the design process
  • Provide on the spot cost estimates throughout the design process to enable integrated and sustainable design at the lowest possible cost
  • Provide presentations to Board members and community related to construction costs, schedule, etc.
Pre-construction Services
  • Review drawings and specifications (constructability reviews) for reasonableness of construction, budget and schedule, as well as accuracy
  • Front end specifications
  • Review estimate, budget and provide value engineering suggestions
  • Review contractor bids and make recommendations
  • Reconcile estimate, budget
  • Repair construction schedule and phasing drawings
  • Attend and / or conduct pre-bid meetings
  • Continued value engineering to foster integrated design
Construction Services
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) Schedule preperation and updates
  • Review, analysis, and reporting of multiple primes
  • Change order management, parallel estimating, review, negotiation, recommendations to Owner
  • Quality review, contract document monitoring, reporting and corrective action
  • Submittal and shop drawing review and adherence
  • Designer / Owner coordination - i.e. RFI tracking, submittal tracking, action item tracking
  • Progress Tracking, Requisition Review, Schedule of Values review of multiple primes
  • Meetings for Construction Coordination / Owner Updates / Pre-construction / Pre-installation
  • Miscellaneous Meetings (Government, Neighborhood, Agencies)
  • Collection of permits, certified payrolls, etc.
  • Coordinate with external testing and inspection agencies for progress and final inspections
  • Provide value engineering suggestions
  • Review contractors’ as-built drawings for accurate updates
  • Maintain parallel record set of drawings with bulletins, RFI’s and field changes annotated
Contract Closeout Services
  • Punchlist development and management
  • Occupancy Certificate coordination
  • Closeout document review (lien release, consent of surety, final as-builts, warranties, etc.)
  • Year end warranty inspection and report, if desired
  • Annual facility inspections, if desired
  • Coordinate contractors & equipment stat-ups and trainings
  • Coordinate deliveries of owner purchased furniture and equipment
  • Equipment balancing and commissioning oversight


Eckles Construction Services
301 N. Mercer Street
New Castle, PA 16101

724-652-5507