Development & Project Management Service
Development Services - Our capabilities span all phases of development, and our services are available as an integrated package or on an individual basis. They include:
- Definition of physical needs
- Conceptual budgeting, scheduling and value engineering
- Site planning and design coordination/support
- Technical team assembly and management
- Site selection and acquisition
- Land due diligence coordination
- Project Financing/financial evaluation
- Detailed design, architectural and engineering coordination
- Coordination of project approval, permitting & entitlements
- Owner representation construction management
- Move-in assistance and completion of punch list items
Project Management - Project management, from an owner/tenant representation perspective, is a critical and complicated element of the development, redevelopment or tenant improvement process with many integral components of its own. We often offer this service on a stand-alone basis. Key elements of the project management process include:
- Project organization and scheduling
- Initiation and supervision of the bid negotiation process
- Contractor selection and contract negotiation
- Project administration
- Review and process contractor pay applications
- Move-in coordination
- Project punch list and close-out
- Change order processing and control
- In-process value engineering
- Review of the subcontractor selection and contract negotiation process
- Quality control/quality assurance
- Project schedule control
Build-to-Suit Development - Successful build-to-suit development is a comprehensive process requiring superior implementation of all the elements shown above for both development and project management services. The founding principal of Heartland Partners has successfully completed numerous build-to-suit projects. Our comprehensive build-to-suit process merges elements of development and construction management into an integrated system, with increased focus in the following areas:
- Demographic analysis
- Site search and acquisition
- Customer facility programming
- Logistics consulting
- Customer consultant coordination
- Planning and design including facility programming
- Multi-city development
Quality
- Establishing a project concept and corresponding design that are completely consistent with the needs of the customer
- Ensuring the location and characteristics of a chosen land site are consistent with the customer requirements
- Selecting materials and imposing workmanship standards that meet or exceed customer requirements and market standards
- Managing the development and project management process in an efficient manner with clean, clear communication, using the latest technology and appropriate lines of authority
Cost
- Identifying project concepts that cost-effectively satisfy customer quality standards
- Selecting land sites that are cost-effective and suitable to acquire, approve and develop
- Providing insightful conceptual and detailed value engineering ideas
- Delivering market economies when purchasing design services, engineering services, building materials and building construction services
- Establishing bonus/penalty fee structures to support on-budget project delivery
Schedule
- Establishing project schedules that meet customer occupancy requirements without compromising budget or quality standards
- Providing a clear understanding of project-specific issues and general development and/or construction issues that will drive project schedule
- Establishing a critical path that clearly identifies at-risk elements of the timeline and elements that provide opportunities to compress the schedule
- Establishing a bonus/penalty fee structure that promotes on-schedule project delivery
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