Williams Development & Construction
Cost Monitoring Systems
Williams Development & Construction, Inc. employs extensive computer control systems to
track job costs and progress. Several of the monitoring reports and systems which are utilized to
ensure constant control of job costs, scheduling and material expedition are addressed in this
section.Materials Expediting
From the outset of your project, Williams Development & Construction, Inc. will meet with all of the
project material suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to identify the delivery lead times for all materials.
Williams Development & Construction, Inc. will develop a detailed prioritized list needed to expedite
deliveries, including dates by which information on materials must be submitted to the architect and
engineers for review, and dates by which items must be manufactured, shipped and arrive at the job. This
data will be incorporated into a submittal log, which will be distributed each week to the client, the
architect, the engineers, and the subcontractors to track all progress and highlight problem areas,
bottlenecks, and potential late deliveries.In-house computer programs track every entry made into the submittal log. If a material supplier or subcontractor is late in making a material or detailing submittal to the project design team, Williams Development & Construction, Inc. will flag that specific item and the Williams Development & Construction, Inc. Project Manager will immediately contact the party responsible for the submittal to get the submittal into the system and prevent any delay to the project.
Williams Development & Construction, Inc.'s system also tracks how much time the architect and
engineers spend on reviewing submittals. If for any reason a submittal is taking too long for architectural
or engineering review based on the time frame required by the project, the Williams Development &
Construction, Inc. Project Manager will immediately contact the appropriate design professional to
discern if a problem exists and to help expedite the solution.Williams Development & Construction, Inc. formally documents all inquiries for clarification from the design team with a Request for Information form letter. This system prevents confusion and crystallizes any points of ambiguity. The result is an end product built in accordance with the architect's original vision and the engineer's intended exactness.
Schedule Controls
To maintain all costs within the budget, the project must be kept on schedule. In our weekly on-site
meetings with each subcontractor, Williams Development & Construction, Inc. will review the
subcontractors progress on the job that week and to date, the status of all the subcontractor submittals of
proposed materials and equipment to the architects and engineers, the delivery schedule of all materials
and equipment, and the subcontractors manpower and staffing on the project. This tight span of
subcontract control enables Williams Development & Construction, Inc. to make staffing changes and
adjustments to keep the project on schedule and maintain quality.