The Crucial Role of Processes and Procedures: Ensuring a Quality and Smooth Construction

In the world of custom building, the adage “measure twice, cut once” rings especially true. A rigorous construction process is vital not only for timely completion but also ensuring the end result meets our quality standards. At the heart of achieving this harmony lies the presence of well-defined procedures orchestrated by the team behind A Finer Touch Construction.

General contractors are the linchpins of any construction project. They are entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the project from start to finish, managing various aspects such as budgeting, planning, coordination, and ensuring the highest levels of quality building. This complex task necessitates a set of carefully crafted procedures that guide every stage of the construction process.

Estimated Budgeting

Estimators, now more than ever, are profoundly important to getting the ball rolling on a construction project. When clients arrive with detailed and matching architectural plan sets, design drawings, and specifications, our estimators are able to get to work on collecting a total budget for the project. The more details provided, the better for estimators to get directly in touch with the subcontractors that will supply and install exactly what the client desires. With our dynamic markets, there are several specifications that can go into an aspect of design, and at a variety of price points, so it is crucial that these decisions are made in advance. Of course in custom home building, there are variables and conditions that can fluctuate, so it is also vitally important to have contingency included for future change orders.

Page Turns

During and after budgeting, estimators get together with job coordinators, superintendents, and construction managers for a collective review of the plans. Page turns are typically led by the estimator, scrolling through the estimated Schedule of Values and corresponding pages of plan sets and design specs. In this detailed meeting, the coordinator and superintendent can confirm exactly what the clients desire based on the plans, as well as who will be performing the scope of work to ensure that the job is understood and executed at the highest quality.

BuilderTrend

A Finer Touch partners with Buildertrend to address a variety of needs in organizing the construction of its luxury homes. Buildertrend’s project management tools are incredibly helpful for managing the dynamics of a custom home’s construction. Their schedule allows our superintendents to implement our standard operating procedure seamlessly to new jobs, as well as adapt to changes throughout open construction. We also utilize daily logs to track ongoing progress at our job sites with the utmost accuracy and detail. Managing so many construction jobs at once, Buildertrend supports our company with a helpful framework to organize our project information.

Super-Walks

Nearing the end of our builds, we need to dial in every last finishing touch. Similar to the mantra of page turns, super-walks are for getting as many eyes on the project as possible. During super walks, most of the company will gather at the site of the project with personal rolls of tape to mark up any minute imperfections. These areas range from insufficiently smooth painting on drywall and cabinets to misaligned electrical boxes. Marking up all these areas ensure to maintain a high level of detail and quality. Collectively tackling these final details allows every set of eyes to apply their sense of quality to the project as a whole. The superintendent can combine all these notes in a check list and build their knowledge on finer building.

Overall, the strong procedural foundation of A Finer Touch Construction is built by a strict adherence to regulatory standards as well as self-mandated best practices. Our dedication to these policies and procedures is profoundly important and we constantly strive to improve them in the day-to-day. Constantly working to progress and improve the way we work guarantees construction of robust homes and client satisfaction.