Best BIM Construction Project Management Services US

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A Comprehensive guide on BIM Construction
Management Firms, Services, and Processes
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A BIM construction project is based upon
construction management or construction project
management. Thus, a construction project manager
needs to attain a plethora of competencies and
skills to conduct a project and achieve robust
communication and collaboration. Whilst moving
through a construction project lifecycle, there
are many alterations that come along the way, but
the key to efficient project management is
stability.
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What is the definition of project management?
BIM projects can be highly complex, and thus it
requires defined construction project management
wherein the entire stakeholders move in the right
direction, conform to building regulations, and
supervise the project through enhanced
collaboration from start to finish or from
2D, 3D modeling to onsite construction and
facility management. The true goal of
construction management lies with clients being
satisfied with the entire project in terms of
cost and budget. Every construction project is or
can be classified into residential, commercial
industrial, hospitality, healthcare,
infrastructure, and more. Construction
Management Firms or BIM Construction Management
Firms are closely connected budget ,time, and
execution, and it also takes a lot of
communication or collaboration between project
stakeholders viz. Architects, Subcontractors,
Fabricators, etc.
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So, what are BIM Construction Management Services?

• Construction management services or firms are
  responsible for budgeting, coordinating,
• planning, and supervision.
• Construction managers supervise projects from
  start to end viz.
• Prepare and negotiate budgets or cost estimates
• Prepare work schedules
• Select the most efficient construction strategy
• Collaborate with others in terms of technical
  details
• Monitor personnel onsite
• Communicate or collaborate with other third
  parties

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So, what are BIM Construction Management Services?
Best construction project management companies or
services use fundamental principles to execute a
construction project. The process can be quite
complicated and thus requires a few steps that
need to be followed viz. Construction Management
Companies in the US or in general begin with the
simplest process of bidding. There are two kinds
of bids viz. open and closed. An open bid is open
for all companies or contractors, and is
promoted openly, whilst a closed bid is a private
bid, wherein the owner sends an invitation to
selected parties.
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The bid selection is based on 3 selection methods
viz.

• Lowest-bid selecting a bid based on the cost
• Best Value selecting a bid based on quality and
  price
• Qualifications selecting a bid based on
  previous experience or qualifications

There are various kinds of contract types viz.

• Lump Sum Construction management firms consider
  this method as the most
• popular type of contract. This includes
  proposing cost for the entire project
• Unit Price When a decision cannot be made on
  the total cost of the project,
• owners use this method to work with the unit
  price of each material or service
• The other two contract types include guaranteed
  maximum price and cost plus fee

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What is the Construction Project Management
Process?

• Initiate a Project
• This is the first phase of the project that
  determines its feasibility in terms of its
• cost and budget. If the project is
  feasible, a project initiation document can be
• created.
• It provides the initial groundwork for the
  construction process, and it is the most
• vital aspect of BIM construction project
  management services or firms.

• Plan a Project
• In the project planning phase, the
  construction management team segregates the
• work that needs to be done, and runs the
  numbers for time, cost, and resources
• or the project. This can be defined as the
  scope of the project. This can be defined
• by the parameter Work Breakdown Structure
  or WBS. As soon as the planning is
• done, the team moves to the execution phase.

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What is the Construction Project Management
Process?

• Execute a project
• In the execution phase, the construction
  management manager monitors each
• team and its responsibility to maintain the
  control of the project from start to
• onsite construction.

• Project Closing
• This is the final stage of the project
  wherein the construction project manager
• creates an official completion report, and
  also prepare a budget of the tasks that
• have remained unfinished that need funding
  and resources.

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To Summarize
There are various aspects of construction project
management viz. project scheduling, cost
estimation, legal issues, etc. BIM construction
management firms put together a robust project
plan with various parameters that can be
analyzed. BIM construction management companies
in the US use software like Oracle Primavera,
Trello, Gantt PRO, BIM 360, etc. to plan and
execute projects based on cost and time.