Construction planning and scheduling

One of the most significant exercises in the construction industry is planning and scheduling of projects. The goal of any construction company, or indeed any company, is to be optimally efficient. In the construction industry the key to optimum efficiency is precise and detailed construction management. This includes planning, directing and coordinating the multifarious project activities for peak project performance. Since no two projects are alike there will always be unique obstacles to overcome for each project. Therefore, the
project manager has to rely on experience with projects of a similar nature and use his/her initiative and judgment to current project conditions. Until recently, there were no generally accepted procedures and guidelines that could be applied in management of construction projects. Each project manager had his/her own methodology and approach, a situation which now stands changed.

Construction management has come a long way since, and Platinum Builders Inc., San Jose applies the latest construction management principles to their projects. This Bay Area contracting firm undertakes all types of commercial building projects. It specializes in being the ‘Construction Concierge’ to project owners through a single point of contact. Platinum Builders offers you a free ‘project timeline’ for your next project. To know more about its expertise and projects, log on to http://www.bayareacontractors.biz/.

Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering is a broad field that makes use of scientific principles to provide a pollution-free, safe environment. Environmental engineers apply their skills to protect the environment and to help correct environmental damage that has already occurred. Environmental engineers also work on creating eco-friendly building techniques, developing eco-friendly ways to generate power and produce green vehicles. Such eco-preventive measures are popular with environmental engineers since it takes them to the cutting edge of technology. In construction projects relating to public health, environmental engineers concern themselves with design and analysis of three categories of water treatment plants – Drinking water treatment; sanitary waste treatment; and industrial waste treatment including recycling.

Platinum Builders in San Jose is a socially responsible general contracting company which places emphasis on environmentally-friendly building processes in construction projects. Its main focus is on design-build projects using the latest techniques in project and construction management. When doing design-build projects, this Bay Area construction management company operates through a single point of contact and service which makes for easier communication with better accountability. In its two and a half decades
of service, the company has completed diverse construction projects including schools, offices, hospital/healthcare facilities, warehouses and more. To read more about their construction expertise click on http://www.bayareacontractors.biz/.

Construction Management

The framework of a successful construction project is construction management which includes a number of activities. These entail contract reviews, material ordering, hiring of sub-contractors and scheduling their tasks, resource planning and quality control. If all these disparate elements are well considered and planned, the project has an excellent chance of being completed on schedule and within budget.

To successfully meet the goals of a construction project, planning and scheduling of activities is vital. Too often projects are approached with only a loose definition of these critical aspects resulting in project delays, confusion in activities, rescheduling and an inevitable cost over-run. A common axiom in construction projects is that the longer they take, the more expensive they become. Cost escalation is an inevitable fall-out of project delay.

Platinum Builders in San Jose is a client-oriented general contracting company which provides a full range of construction services. While it undertakes all forms of commercial construction projects, its focus is more on negotiated design-build and select-invited bid projects. This Bay Area construction company is backed by over two and a half decades of construction experience in diverse construction projects. You can reach them by calling 408.456.0300 or at http://www.platinumbuildersinc.com/.

Design Perceptions

Louis Sullivan, a well known Chicago architect, maintained that as far back as the latter part 19th century that ‘Form followed function’. This statement, which was the guiding principle of 20th century architectural design endures even today as one of the finest architecture maxims. What Sullivan suggested was that a building’s ‘form’ is the outcome of its functional demands. To those with utilitarianism leanings, this aphorism was particularly appealing. Nonetheless, cultural concepts and aesthetics have largely influenced
ornamentation and building form throughout history.

Today however, cultural manifestations are inhibited by economic, technical and social environments. A tectonic shift in cultural values provides only a cautious yardstick for assessment. Visual expressions of those values - or more simply put, style – are even less decided.

Platinum Builders Inc. of San Jose is a construction company which believes that a building goes beyond just a structure containing cement, steel, glass and wood. This construction management company views every project in terms of an environment where the users will manufacture, trade, store, sell and conduct any of the numerous activities associated with a business. In its architectural perception, Platinum Builders strives to
create the best environment possible in resonance with, amongst other criteria, commerce integrated with social conditions. For details of this construction management company,
click on http://www.californiabuilders.us/.

What is a cost-effective building?

What every owner desires is a cost-effective building. How do you define cost-effective? Depending on priorities and interests, cost-effective could mean different things to different owners. It could be any of the following:

• The building with the lowest first-cost structure
• The design with the least operating and maintenance cost
• The building which has the longest lifespan
• A facility where the users are most productive
• The building which provides the best ROI

An efficient project will certainly have one of more of these elements. However it is quite impossible to determine cost-effectiveness by a solitary benchmark. To establish cost-effectiveness would require a whole-life perspective, where all benefits and costs are assessed and equated over its useful life. To put it another way, a building design may be considered cost-effective if the benefits it provides is on par with alternative designs with a lower cost life, or overall cost to the owner.

Platinum Builders of San Jose is a construction management company and professionally managed general contractor with over two decades of experience in the construction industry. The company has a simple philosophy – to deliver the best value in building to clients through integrity, honesty and professionalism. Click on http://www.bayareacommercialbuilders.com/ to know more about this building company. The building which provides the best ROI

The Design-Build Philosophy

Platinum Builders follows the design-build system of project delivery as one of the many advantages it offers. Design-build is the philosophy of the whole project coming under the umbrella of a single contract to provide a comprehensive package of design and construction services. The concept visualizes a single entity and a single contract leading to a coordinated work flow from conceptualization to completion. Design-build is sometimes called design-construct or single source responsibility. It is the new project delivery system
which, around the globe, delivers schools, office buildings, commercial complexes and infrastructure projects with exceptional results.

Design-build is often confused with the traditional design-bid-build method. This is quite a different approach where design and construction are separated with different contracts and split responsibilities.

The three most commonly adopted project delivery systems in the U.S. are design-build, construction management and design-bid-build. Design-build has demonstrated a superiority which has now made it the preferred design and construction system in the country.

Design-build has many significant advantages not the least being faster delivery at projected costs, better quality and reduced risk. For details of Platinum Builders, its projects and methodology click on http://www.platinumbuilderssanjose.com/.

Construction Services from Platinum Builders

Every construction project is unique. It has its own dynamics and complexity levels, different to other projects. Each construction project will also have its own budget, schedule, owner participation, owner comfort level and a host of variables which make it a stand-alone venture. Platinum Builders offers a range of construction services with customized delivery methods to integrate seamlessly with any job or priority.
Whichever delivery method Platinum Builders uses, it delivers the buildings to the owner’s expectations. Platinum Builders also prides itself on is adherence to cost and timeframes.

Platinum Builders’ approach can follow the design-build concept with many construction projects. By using this approach, Platinum Builders forms a team with the customer and the architect. The team objective is to design and construct a project that will meet all the needs of the owner in totality.

Any construction project is involved and complex. Platinum Builders strives to simplify it for the owner. It adopts the design-build concept because of single point responsibility. As the general contractor of the project, Platinum Builders assumes complete responsibility. It streamlines the entire project from inception to completion. For more details of this Bay Area construction management company log on to http://www.platinumbuildersinc.com/.