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Construction Management (CM)
"Brick and mortar" disciplines are used to succeed with today’s technology
Typically, companies engage a construction manger to oversee the development of new or renovated structures—buildings and bridges. This construction manager, an expert in the applicable project type, acts on the buyers behalf. Services generally include:
- selecting the best contractor(s) to deliver the project,
- negotiating contracts with those contractors and
- overseeing the project.
A construction manager is used because it is a cost effective way to ensure an expert is managing the project on the buyer’s behalf—not a vendor motivated by project profit; and not an employee on loan from his or her day job.
You can now engage A-Frame to be your IT project construction manager. You will pay a small percentage of the project cost (and far less than the money you will save) for a team of experts that select the best possible vendors; negotiate low-cost, low-risk contracts for you and ensure quality during delivery. A-Frame’s construction management professionals are typically the most experienced people on the project—ensuring effective oversight of contractors. A-Frame professionals have helped successfully deliver dozens of IT projects worth over a billion dollars.
Key IT Construction Management processes
Governance/Control
- Establish project vision and approach including cost/benefit objectives
- Prepare materials and facilitate Steering Committee meetings
- Ensure proper communications and engagement of stakeholders
Program Management
- Establish and maintain project management guidelines, standards and controls
- Monitor status and manage escalated issues and change requests
Validation & Verification
- Prior approval of project staffing
- Continuous verification of key deliverables by independent subject matter experts
- Monitor status and manage escalated issues and change requests
Sourcing & Contract Administration
- Rigorous vendor selection process
- Structure, negotiate and manage vendor contracts
- Resolution of disputes and/or recovery of defaults
Benefits of engaging an IT Construction Manager
- Qualified vendors selected, feasibility ensured before beginning
- Contracts transfer quality, timeline and budget risk to vendors
- On-going, expert oversight improves predictability and control
A-Frame qualifications
- Constructing Technology methodology developed over +12 years and dozens of large complex projects
- Dedicated sourcing and contract negotiation practice, practice lead dedicated to IT sourcing and contracting for +12 years
- World class project management professionals, typically +20 years of experience managing IT projects
- Experience delivering highly complex, multi-year, global projects with hundreds of team members; as well as accelerated implementation of projects by small teams in less than one year