A comprehensive review of the contractual documents, including all design drawings, scheduling, site logistics plans, etc, to identify areas that need attention and potential hazards that warrant further investigation.

The sequence of construction activities will be investigated to determine if conflicts exist, provide suggestions to resolve them, and optimize construction scheduling to ensure the project runs smoothly. This service typically includes a comprehensive analysis of the different trade activities, resource and manpower loading of each subcontractor, site constraints, and potential logistical issues. Additionally, the sequencing or blocking diagrams for each trade will be reviewed to ensure there are no erection continuity issues present.

Contractual documents issued for construction, especially in the early stages of a project, frequently have inherent contradictions that complicate the constructability of the structure. This service provides a sanity check that the structure as currently detailed is constructable in a manner that is safe, efficient, and consistent with the highest industry standards.

For steel structures, connection design is often delegated to the structural steel fabricator and erector, who aim to ensure the connections are erectable, safe, and straightforward to fabricate. When the EOR takes point on designing connections, they are often designed for loading not for practicality or ease of fabrication. This service reviews the structural steel connections, ensuring they are economical from a fabrication perspective, safe, and erection efficient. In addition, this offering can be provided on an ongoing basis, helping to guide the detailers to ensure structural steel connections that arise during the project’s lifecycle conform to these standards.

Efficient and safe structural steel erection benefits all project stakeholders. This service aims to ensure that the logistics surrounding structural steel erection are up to industry standards, from site lay down areas, shakeout activities, blocking sequencing, load list and logistics system set up, hoisting areas, and workflow.

O&I will help streamline the trade coordination effort, increasing stakeholder collaboration and helping trade partners contribute to optimizing the pre-construction phase, ensuring their workflow can proceed efficiently.

Support in the establishment of project budgets, cost analysis, and overall project financials during the pre-construction phase, providing more stability and confidence during the early phases of the project.

Cost estimation services to help clients explore different options, make important decisions, and generate intelligent solutions during the design and pre-construction phases.

Working in tandem with the client’s staff, O&I can help cover knowledge gaps, provide additional estimation capacity, and analyze previous estimations to ensure compliance and accuracy. This parallel service can support the growth and expansion needs of your business while efforts are made to hire and onboard additional in-house estimators.

A comprehensive review of the project to identify areas that can be optimized through materials substitutions, means & methods substitutions, alternate connections, design modifications, and construction methods to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality and schedule concerns.