We offer this additional service in a slight return to the original concept of the architect as "master builder". We feel that too often small projects suffer from a lack of daily scrutiny that larger projects receive from on-site construction management. This service is an enhancement to the basic Construction Administration described in standard AIA Contracts. Electing to add this service allows us to assign qualified personnel to the construction phase in an on-site role.

What does this on-site role provide the client? Our service provides qualified personnel on-site acting on the client's behalf with no bias towards profit. Our bias is on quality, schedule and budget.

Doesn't the general or prime contractor already provide this service? No. Recently we've observed that contractors have had difficulty providing qualified, responsible personnel in a supervisory role on smaller projects. In addition on projects where separate prime contracts are required there is a diffusion of responsibility. Both of these conditions put the client in the difficult position of playing a de-facto role of construction manager / general contractor. The end results we've observed are most often a lack of on-site coordination, cursory attention to construction documents, slippage in schedule, slippage in material ordering, etc. We believe that the problems, which we've seen clients experience could be easily prevented with qualified, regular OVERSITE.