You are not buying steel. You are buying a date. The frame has to be topped out so the deck can go down, so the pour can happen, so the envelope can close before winter. A steel sub who is optimistic in the bid and late in the field costs more than one who was honest and more expensive.
Platinum bids the duration we can actually hold, and we tell you where the risk is before you carry the number.
Bid turnaround
Send drawings and we confirm receipt the same business day, with a yes or no on whether we are bidding. If we cannot make your date we say so immediately rather than going quiet through the bid period.
- Structural drawings reviewed against the schedule before we commit
- Written assumptions, exclusions and clarifications with every number
- Alternates priced where the sequence could go two ways
- [[CLIENT TO CONFIRM: bids returned within X business days]]
Prequalification and paperwork
Nothing stalls a start like a sub who cannot produce a COI. We keep the packet current so your compliance manager is not chasing us.
- Certificates of insurance issued same day, with your additional insured and waiver language
- W-9, safety program, EMR and experience modification documentation on request
- Prequalification packets completed: [[CLIENT TO CONFIRM: ISNetworld / Avetta / Procore / Building Connected]]
- Site-specific safety plans, JHAs and toolbox talk records
- Prevailing wage and certified payroll where the project requires it
Schedule adherence
We build the erection sequence with your fabricator and your crane company before mobilization, then we report against it. If a delivery is short or a bolt pattern is wrong you hear it the day we find it, in writing, with the schedule impact attached.
Picking up a dropped scope
Subcontractor defaults happen, usually at the worst point in the schedule. We take over partial erection and deck scopes: we document what is in place, verify it against the drawings, and give you a number and a date to finish it rather than a lecture about the last guy.
One point of contact
One person owns your project from bid through closeout. Your superintendent has a phone number that answers, and RFIs and submittals go through a single channel instead of three.