Preconstruction

At Wagman, our Preconstruction services are focused on partnership, collaboration, and proactive planning. Early engagement with our team ensures alignment of goals, drives efficiency, and sets the stage for successful project delivery. Our team works closely with clients, design partners, and stakeholders to manage cost, quality, and schedule from the earliest stages.

Team Collaboration

We believe in a highly collaborative approach during preconstruction. From the initial assessment through preliminary design, our focus is on creating solutions that reduce project cost and schedule while maintaining quality. We work alongside owners, architects, consultants, and key stakeholders to deliver a shared vision — building trust and transparency from the start.

Estimating, Value Engineering, and Cost Control

Accurate estimating and proactive value engineering are critical to every project’s success.

• Partnership Focus: We foster strong relationships with clients, designers, and consultants to finalize documents for a complete and comprehensive Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP).

• Detailed Estimates: We develop estimates by division (site work, building structure, MEP systems) and bid package scope, ensuring precision and alignment with marketplace conditions.

• Subcontractor Selection: Our extensive database of prequalified local subcontractors allows us to align the right partners with the right packages, supporting local economies and maintaining schedules.

• Lean Principles: Using Target Value Delivery and Lean construction methods, we innovate to maximize value, minimize waste, and keep the project aligned with operational and budget goals.

Cost-Saving Measures and Constructability

Our team continually reviews design documents at each stage to provide real-time cost feedback, ensuring constructability and capturing opportunities for savings.

• Continuous Reviews: We perform ongoing constructability reviews and iterative estimating, informing bid alternates and understanding schedule impacts early.

• Risk Mitigation: Early identification of challenges helps reduce potential issues during construction, ensuring a smoother project delivery.

Procurement

Wagman’s procurement strategy is built around quality, efficiency, and community engagement.

• Subcontractor Prequalification: Our rigorous prequalification process evaluates subcontractors based on risk, performance, safety history, bonding capacity, and financial strength, allowing us to mobilize quickly and efficiently.

• Supplier Diversity: We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing diverse, minority-owned, and veteran-owned businesses in our subcontractor selection.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Wagman leverages Building Information Modeling to enhance project coordination and visualization when beneficial. BIM tools help improve design integration, clash detection, and constructability analysis, supporting better communication among project teams and stakeholders.

“As Keystone Kidspace’s Construction Manager, the Wagman team has been an instrumental part of our planning and budgeting. I can’t wait to see them bring our project to life! We couldn’t have done it without you, Wagman!”

Jessica Brubaker, Co-Founder, Keystone Kidspace