Services tailored for the HOA or COA Board of Directors
Are you a member of an HOA or COA Board of Directors? We understand your world. Volunteering as a board member is a lot of work! You work all day, come home to answer HOA emails and complaints, and participate in HOA meetings. Residents in the community frequently contact you personally to complain about a wide range of problems in the community.
All of this effort and headaches for zero pay and very little appreciation! Add in a construction project or, even worse, a construction defect project, and your workload will increase exponentially! It won't matter if you are a self-managed community or if you have a great community manager, you will still handle most of the responsibilities.
Our team at DHA understands what it's like to be on the board and the challenges you face, and we know how to help you. We can ensure your project doesn't exceed your budget and meets your expectations. We can partner with you to provide whatever services you need most, or we can offer a complete turnkey solution. We are happy to work with your and your community manager.
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE
DHA Construction Management specializes in construction defect projects. Our innovative management process guarantees better results than the outdated method of simply picking a contractor and hoping for the best. DHA's experience results in higher quality, lower risk, and significant savings in valuable board member time and HOA money.
Although hiring a construction manager is relatively new to most HOA communities in Colorado, many community management visionaries in other states have already realized their value. The executive management team at The Helsing Group published this blog post to help board members understand the importance of hiring a construction manager.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Effective construction management abilities are necessary to finish construction projects on schedule, within budget, and to the desired level of quality since they demand a lot of time and money. Staying cost-effective and competitive in the building and construction sector requires businesses to have key capabilities in managing risk, coordinating project sites, and controlling costs.
The group of construction managers at DHA is well-suited to offer the oversight necessary to complete your projects on schedule and at your desired quality, scope, and functionality level. Our professionals know the difficulties HOA/COA board members face during construction. We can provide a full turn-key solution for your project.
PROJECT PLANNING & BID MANAGEMENT
DHA can help your board define what needs to be done. We can field measurements, work with you to set the expected quality of materials, and prepare the Request for Proposals. We utilize our network of thousands of contractors and send your RFP to potential contractors using the latest technologies allowing you to evaluate more than one or two contractors. Once all bids are returned, we can level them for you, making it much easier to assess which contractor to choose.
CHANGE ORDER MANAGEMENT
Change orders are the most common source of budget overruns, which makes change order management one of the most challenging responsibilities of a construction project. Failing to address these challenges through a change management process would probably result in more project interruption and deterioration of the owner-contractor relationship.
Effective change order management has several critical issues, and DHA is well-equipped to analyze and answer each one.
1. Is the request changing the original scope of work?
2. How will it impact the schedule?
3. How will it affect the budget?
4. Who is responsible for its cost?
5. Are there better alternatives?
6. What is the impact of not proceeding with the change?
7. Is the change request legitimate?
8. Is it reasonably priced?
This process can often become contentious and challenging, but DHA's experience can resolve them quickly and effectively.
CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATING
Construction cost estimation is an area of expertise for DHA Construction Management. Our clients receive detailed quantity takeoffs and pricing from the planning stage of a construction project through closeout thanks to DHA's experience in construction estimating, whether as a stand-alone service or as part of total construction management.
For projects large or small, DHA is prepared to generate cost estimates to help verify estimated construction costs at various phases of the development process. DHA accurately evaluates how the construction process is developing throughout the lifespan by identifying and assessing the project's scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance.
VALUE ENGINEERING & RISK MANAGEMENT
A typical construction project is comprised of thousands of variables, such as materials, means and methods, design, and even timing. Each variable contributes to the project cost and schedule. DHA has a proven track record of identifying cost-effective solutions in materials, construction methods, and design. It's one of the most beneficial services we offer.
Risks are common in construction projects. The keys to managing them are to avoid them when possible, shift them to the most appropriate party, mitigate them or control them. Our experience from a wide variety of projects helps us identify risks others miss. The result is less risk for the board and the HOA or COA.
QUALITY CONTROL & QUALITY ASSURANCE
DHA can help guide you through the material selection process to make sure your contractors are bidding the same materials. Once the project is underway we can also provide periodic onsite inspections to ensure the contractors follow through with the scope and quality requirements.
CONSTRUCTION BUDGET MANAGEMENT
Before spending the time and money needed to turn an idea into a realized project, this is the first and most crucial question to ask. Failure to adequately respond to this issue during the concept stage will undoubtedly result in cost overruns and time delays later on. DHA Construction Management is well-positioned to offer you conceptual project budgets that address the economic viability of your project from the outset.
DHA's specialists have the construction budget management knowledge to give you the conceptual project budgets you need to get your project off the ground, even if your construction project idea is still just that—an idea—without drawings or designs.
Would you like help with your Request for Proposals?
One of the essential steps of any project is getting bids. The common practice is to create the RFP or Work Order and send it to a couple favorite contractors from a preferred vendor list. This process has been used for decades and, for the most part, worked. The most common challenge is getting enough, timely, and comparable responses. Another one is the list only represents a small fraction of all the available contractors. How do you know if the few responding contractors provide the best value for your community?
What if you could send your RFP to one company connected to a network of thousands of qualified contractors. What if that one company would follow up with the invited bidders and make sure they all bid on the exact scope of work and bid the same quality of materials? Would this save you time? Would more bidders potentially save money?
DHA Construction Management is that company. We can get more qualified and competitive bids for you. Just fill out the Request form, and we will guarantee you at least three bids every time. We understand that trying something new is intimidating, so try us out, and your first RFP is free!
