OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Our company is dedicated to all our stakeholders that each should benefit from having been a part of our work.

PROJECT APPROACH

If you take the time to read this information, our brochure or to view a company video. You will see we urge getting in early so as to develop a tighter plan which ultimately will gain you more project for your money. We have developed a well earned reputation for being in the truest sense of the word "owner’s representatives".

We will start by doing a Project "due diligence" review of your plans and specs to be sure that the architect has not made any mistakes and that his assumptions are in fact correct. We are familiar with new construction, renovations and reconstruction. We are intimately familiar with the workings of DOD, DOC, HUD, SED, as well as all New York State regulations. We would start immediately to work on your project, if chosen as your construction management firm. We would share the findings of our due diligence with the design team (architects and engineers). Our goal would be to see to it that you get the most project for your money.

We stress accountability by all that are involved with the project and we are among the first to buy in. We call it project ownership. Our function will include the clear and honest dissemination of information to all who are involved in your project both in the pre-construction and design phase of the project, as well as in the construction phase.

We begin by trying to tighten your plans and specs. We know from experience that, the tighter the plans and specs, the better and more accurate the standard deviation when bid time comes. As a team we must all share a goal to create a superior project completed on time and at or under budget.

• We solicit reputable contractors in all disciplines for their interest in your project so that at bid time you get more and better bids by a variety of dependable contractors.

• We will save you money with our attention to detail. In most cases we can save you our fees, sometimes several times over.

• Our firm practices consensus management and by so doing we assemble for you a team of construction professionals whose goal is to see that you get the most project for your dollar.

• Win-win, all our team are versed in win-win negotiating techniques that will serve you well as the project takes shape.

• Our approach to procedure is simple – accountability – we expect it from the very start by all who are concerned with the project. It starts with us and is stressed and that culture is developed with the contractors. We create an extensive paper trail, as well as photograph documentation of your project.

• We tailor our reporting format to best suit your needs. We want you informed, but not buried in paperwork.

• Change orders – our approach to change orders is this: to deny change orders exist or happen on jobs is simply untrue. Unfortunately change orders have become a way of life in today’s construction environment. However, your life needs not be dictated by change orders. We work to keep them to a minimum.

Our goal will be to see to it that change orders are for those extra things you decide as an owner to add as construction takes place.

Our goal will be to create a schedule that minimizes disruptions to your building’s operations and scheduling, we will do this by utilizing critical path scheduling, as well as straight line planning methods.

We create a pay out format that is most favorable to the owner, municipality or district we represent, and allows you to maximize interest gained through arbitrage where allowable by law. We start by projecting payouts throughout the project and setting out an aggressive policy to capture as much "float" money as possible. We are well versed in the latest changes from New York State that says as of June 15, 2000 you must pay out 10% of your bonded amount within ninety (90) days of the awarding of bids on municipal contracts and know how to make this work to your advantage. Whether municipal or school related we work to protect our client(s) and to assure accountability by all who are involved with your project.

We excel in claim and conflict resolution. We meticulously document our work on paper and photographs. We are there to protect you, the owner. We excel in clear and honest communications and in fair and honest conflict resolution. When conflicts have come about our clients have emerged the ultimate winners due to careful documentation.

We have full in depth experience in building and developing difficult task areas of projects like distance learning facilities or computerized BAS, EMS and DDC systems, as well as computer centers and full integration with technology. We have extensive experience in security and security enhancement technology. These are areas in which you cannot afford to make a mistake, areas in which all the pieces must fit together at the project’s completion.

Generally, we put a great deal of time and effort into front-end verification. We have one fulltime Project manager assigned to each job. He is assisted by additional associates based on the job specifics. Michael Morkaut, David Madore and our Senior Construction Managers will be onsite regularly. We will go as far as to project man days to be spent on your job. Ask our references, no one spends more quality time on any job then we do.

We hold pre bid meetings for contractors and before projects start hold an informational meeting for the community, in the school for students and faculty. We hold at least one general information meeting so people know "what is going on". This builds "ownership". People need to know how they will be impacted by a project. We hold meetings to build ownership and express the importance of safety. When schools and communities becomes involved in a project, accidents become nonexistent, vandalism vanishes, and it becomes a people’s project. We produce newsletters and press releases to help you market the project to the community, staff and students.

COMPLIANCE

On staff we have a full time compliance associate. This persons duties include meeting or exceeding

your M/WBE compliance goals regardless if it is for a school, municipal, or dormitory authority project.

We tailor our reporting to fit your needs. Our goal is to keep you informed, but not buried in paper. We do:

Daily job log forms

Weekly summary reports to Owners and Architects and Engineers

Monthly summary reports

Track long lead items

Track change order requests

Daily diary (internal)

Budget fine line report

Schedule and timeline report

Track all hard and soft costs

Compliance accountability forms

We attend Board of Directors meetings regularly to answer questions and to report on the job’s progress.

So as to help assure you a higher quality job we take ongoing job photographs. This is standard practice with Morkaut and Associates. You receive regular updates and at project’s end have a full project book of photographs, a disc with all project photos, as well as copies of any video taken during your prject.

We will work with your architect and engineering firm to create a prime bid strategy that meets your project profile, whether it is aggressive or slow paced. We have done projects with four to six primes to as many as twenty-six primes. This strategy will emerge as your bid package takes shape. We assist in building the bid packages and in making bid recommendations. We aggressively solicit quality prime bidders before the bid goes out. The more informed the bidders are, the better your bid results will be.

In schools, aidability in your district is of the utmost importance. Your must work to get as much aid ability as possible. We are well versed in what is aidable and what is not, as well as the best way to structure your final plans and specs for submittal to SED.

Our goal will be to see to it you get a superior project done at or ahead of schedule, deliver at or under budget. We stay focused on your budget like we owned the job. We share in the architect’s goal to deliver a superior product done as planned and specked.

Our company is a small, privately held corporation. You will deal directly with Michael Morkaut, the owner, or Dave Madore Vice President, VP operations. They will be on your site regularly overseeing the project. As to our financial stability, we own our buildings, office, shop, computers, vehicles and equipment outright and have no indebtedness at this time. We pride ourselves on being "small by design", we limit the number of projects we handle at any one time. We feel this gives you, the owner, a better end project.