Our Services
We provide some of the most robust and comprehensive services in the industry with an incredibly deep suite of options. Services are tailored to the specific needs of each project and client. The best opportunity to set up a project for success is in the preconstruction phase. Epic Advantage provides a proactive, informative, and collaborative approach to preconstruction committed to providing exceptional value for the client. Each effort must begin with a complete understanding of the values, concerns, priorities and expectations of the client. To that end, we will identify goals, constraints and risks to better understand budget, schedule and to establish a priority list of “must haves”. This effort allows us to customize and better serve the needs of the client while aiding in establishing the specific services needed from our full suite of offerings.
Plan Review and Analysis:
Plan review and analysis is provided at any of the project development stages from “Napkin Sketches” and Concepts all the way through Construction Documents. Objectives are tailored to the project as well as the level of documentation.
Key Objectives
o Constructability - Verifying documents, details and specification information is buildable while identifying effective alternatives and solutions
o Competitive Pricing - Ensuring documents are clean, clear, and detail rich to effectively communicate the scope of work
o Added Value - Providing innovative alternatives, complementary methods and materials that can be utilized to save time and money
o Operational - Harnessing our experience to review operational aspects of the program
o Systems - Analysis for appropriate application, energy efficiency, cost effectiveness, life-cycle-analysis, standardization, and prefabrication opportunities
Site Development Analysis and Logistics:
Epic Advantage provides comprehensive site development and logistics analysis. We analyze, comment and provide solutions to such items as:
o Effective site usage and layout for parking, buildings and open spaces
o Storm water retention analysis
o Utility layouts and alternatives
o Cost effective grading and site drainage analysis
o Construction staging, security, access, waste and separations from ongoing facilities
o Review of traffic patterns – vehicular, pedestrian and public transit
o Consideration of impacts of construction on the surrounding community
Estimating:
Conceptual Estimating
Epic Advantage specializes in providing, comprehensive in depth conceptual estimating. Dave Zastrow’s extensive experience enhances his incredible understanding of the “parts and pieces” needed for a full project analysis and estimate. We take things as simple as “napkin sketches” and develop fully detailed estimates and alternatives, providing the client with a high level of certainty regarding initial cost parameters.
Project Estimating
Accurate cost estimates and budgets are prepared through detailed quantity takeoffs for each division of work and specification section. Quantity takeoffs are updated at each phase of documentation. Historical cost data helps us establish the most current, complete and accurate cost of construction.
o Detailed milestone cost estimates, to track alignment of design and budget, are generated at Schematic Design, Design Development and final pricing of Construction Drawings
o Budget tracking formats provide continuous, real time status of the budget reflecting current design documents along with innovative opportunities to manage and enhance the project scope and design