Mission Critical Solutions Services
Whether you are thinking about building a new mission critical facility or making modifications to your existing one, XEC has the service offerings to assist you every step of the way from the conceptual design stage of a project through commissioning and beyond. XEC’s offering of professional services include:- Pre-Construction Services
- Conceptual Estimating
- On Screen Take-Off
- Case History of Past Projects
- Constructability Design Reviews
- Peer Reviews
- Risk Mitigation
- Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- Value Engineering
- Life Cycle Costs Analysis
- Comparative Cost Analysis
- LEED Certification/Green Technologies
- Conceptual Estimating
- Construction Services
- Integrated Project Controls
- Timberline Estimating
- Timberline Project Management
- Timberline Accounting
- CPM Scheduling:
- MS Project
- Primavera Suretrak
- Field Management:
- Full Time Supervision (24 x 7, if necessary)
- Daily Documentation
- Methods of Procedure (MOPs)
- Accident Prevention Program
- Integrated Project Controls
- Post-Construction & Facility Services
- Testing and Commissioning
- Retro Commissioning
- As-Built Documentation
Project Delivery Methods
How your project is contracted is an important decision. The project delivery methods most common are:- Design-Bid-Build (Bid)
- Cost-plus with a GMP (Negotiated)
- Design-Build with a GMP (Negotiated) or Fixed Cost (Bid)
Project size, complexity and timing can play a major role in the decision-making process, too. Corporate and procurement policies can also factor in the decision as to what project delivery method is used.
Many of our telecom clients use the design-bid-build method. Yet, CM at Risk with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) is also very popular because it reduces risk and provides our clients with a higher degree of estimating reliability of probable cost during the design phase.
Design-build project delivery or turn-key method can be a very effective and risk mitigating approach for many data center owners, whether it is an enterprise data center or multi-tenant data center. The single-point responsibility can be the most compelling reason why an owner would choose the design-build approach. If fast-track scheduling is necessary for any number of reasons, design-build is by far and away the best method of contracting.
