When H.M. HUGHES is awarded a pre-construction assignment, an Executive Team member joins a Project Manager to provide management continuity, thorough feasibility analysis, and meticulous budget control.
When H.M. HUGHES is awarded a pre-construction assignment, the Company provides general contracting and/or construction management services.
At the outset, an H.M. HUGHES Executive Team member often will join a Project Manager in supervising the enterprise throughout its duration. With this approach, a crucial strength of H.M. HUGHES—staff stability—gives continuity of management to all aspects of pre-construction. Employees at H.M. HUGHES have been with the Company for an average of fifteen years. Members of the Executive Team have devoted their entire professional lives to the Company.
"These experts are on the job to carry out their duties until an engagement's completion, a significant advantage for any client seeking the best value from an industry known for frequent staff turnover."
Once the pre-construction phase is underway and benefiting from the experience developed at H.M. HUGHES, the Company calls upon a storehouse of accumulated knowledge to solve every challenge and identify any opportunity that may arise with the new project as so many elements come together for the first time.
Early involvement allows H.M. Hughes to identify opportunities, resolve design conflicts, and establish firm cost certainty before ground is broken.
An Executive Team member joins the dedicated Project Manager on every assignment, ensuring leadership accountability from concept through completion.
Thorough analysis of design documents, equipment feasibility, and labor availability to provide recommendations that maximize savings.
Budgets and schedules are meticulously formulated to maintain ongoing operations and patient/tenant comfort during active venue construction.
When H.M. HUGHES serves in the role of construction managers, a disciplined sequence of steps is implemented:
Entire concept review, feasibility of assumptions, design document analysis, and efficiency recommendations.
Coordinating design services, preliminary construction work, and vendor deliveries to avoid waiting and waste.
Reviewing drawings, vetting premier subcontractors, establishing long-lead purchasing, and safety programs.
Initial budget formulation accounting for active venue operations, revised with suggested cost savings.
When H.M. HUGHES also serves as the General Contractor for pre-construction work, probes and measurements of the site are established so that field conditions may be ascertained and findings given directly to project architects and engineers.
Whether H.M. HUGHES combines management and contracting services for pre-construction or provides either skill-set separately, the client is assured completion on budget, on time and with the best craftsmanship.
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