As Agent of the Owner, Jones & Jones provides services during planning and design, as well as during and after construction, to effectuate “best ever” project delivery.  These services include, broadly:

Pre-Construction

• Concept Phase planning
• Consultant contract and procedural manual development
• Design deliverables criteria
• Appointment and management of design professionals and other consultants
• Master Schedule preparation
• Phasing studies
• Feasibility Phase planning
• Building systems evaluation and recommendations
• Utilities review and evaluation
• Coordination with political and governmental authorities
• Advise on agency review process
• Management of Schematic Design Phase, Design Development Phase and Construction Documentation Phases of design
• Project Budgeting in all phases of design from Concept Phase to CD Phase
• Value Analysis, Cost Engineering and Value Engineering
• Constructability Review and design coordination review
• Recommendations on peer review of design
• Procurement strategy development
• LEED and USGBC achievement strategies
• Fixtures, furnishings and equipment (“FF&E”) procurement planning
• Construction contract development
• Pre-qualification of general contractors and other vendors
• Preparation of Bills of Quantity and bidding documents
• Bid evaluation and recommendations
• General contractor and vendor selection
• BIM implementation
• Purchasing of testing and inspection services

Construction

• Construction management
• Establishment of CM IT system
• Contract administration of consultants during construction
• Contract administration of general contractors during construction
• Field coordination of independent contractors
• Construction network scheduling
• Evaluation of general contractors’ network schedules
• Cost control and reporting
• Financial accounting and control
• Analysis of change orders and management of the change order process
• Claims avoidance
• Negotiation of change orders
• Management of Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Post-Construction

• Facility start-up
• Facility commissioning
• Dispute resolution
• Claims mitigation
• Coordination of FF&E suppliers and deliveries