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Chronicle Consulting, LLC is an engineering and LEED consulting firm established early in 2005 to provide personalized construction management and a la carte program management services such as estimating, scheduling, change order management, claims analysis, LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) design and construction coordination and Owners' representative services. We specialize in public institution and K-12 educational facility construction and renovation. Chronicle Consulting, LLC is a woman-owned business as certified by the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program and the Pennsylvania Department of General Services Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities. Chronicle Consulting is also a veteran-owned business.
Chronicle Consulting is a member of the US Green Building Council, the Green Building Alliance, Council for Educational Facility Planners and the Engineers. Society of Western Pennsylvania. Our staff includes professional engineers, a registered architect, estimators, schedulers, inspectors, project managers, and a LEED Accredited Professional.
Our vision is to provide Owners with a variety of professional project management, construction management and consulting services coupled with a commitment to sustainable building practices.
Program Management and Design Development Services
- Identify Professional Consulting services and develop RFPs that include LEED qualifications
- LEED registration, grant application, identification of environmental grant programs
- Develop LEED goals and perform feasibility analyses as design progresses
- Integrate peer review, constructability review, particularly as it relates to sustainable design and construction throughout the design process
- Provide on-the-spot cost estimates throughout the design process to enable integrated and sustainable design at the lowest possible cost
- Provide presentations to Board members and community related to LEED progress, construction costs, schedule, etc.
- LEED documentation and application preparation for design review
Preconstruction Services
- Review contractor prequalification statements
- Collaborate with Architect/Owner to develop contractor interview and goals
- Review drawings and specifications (constructability reviews) for reasonableness of construction, budget and schedule as well as accuracy and compliance with LEED goals
- Review/comment on front end specifications ensure appropriate contract language to meet goals
- Review estimate, budget and provide value engineering suggestions while maintaining LEED goals
- Review contractor bids and make recommendations
- Reconcile estimate, budget
- Review construction schedule
- Attend and/or conduct pre-bid meetings
- LEED goal development and continued value engineering to foster integrated design
Construction Services
- Frequent jobsite inspection to ensure compliance with contract and LEED requirements
- Schedule management, review, analysis, reporting and coordination of multiple primes
- Change order management, parallel estimating, review, negotiation, recommendations to Owner
- Quality review, contract document monitoring, reporting and corrective action
- Submittal and shop drawing review and adherence, particularly related to LEED documentation
- Designer/Owner coordination-i.e. RFI tracking, submittal tracking, action item tracking
- Progress Tracking, Requisition review, Schedule of Values review of multiple primes
- Meetings for Construction Coordination/Owner Updates/Preconstruction/Pre-installation
- Miscellaneous Meetings (City, County, Neighborhood, Outside Agencies) as needed
- Collection of all permits, certified payrolls, etc
- Liaison and coordination with tenants of adjacent facilities
- Facilitate and analyze Requests for Information, Substitution Requests for consistency with contract documents and cost/schedule impacts
- Coordinate with external testing and inspection agencies for progress and final inspections
- Provide value engineering suggestions
- Review contractors. as-built drawings for accurate updates
- Maintain parallel record set of drawings with all bulletins, RFIs and field changes annotated
- LEED coordination and document collection, verification of goal adherence
Contract Closeout Services
- Punchlist development and management
- Substantial completion oversight, Occupancy Certificate coordination
- Closeout document review (lien release, consent of surety, final as-builts, warranties, etc.)
- Year end warranty inspection and report, if desired
- Annual facility inspections, if desired
- LEED documentation and application preparation
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