General contractors · Subcontractors · Federal contractors

Bid packages and site reports, moving while your office is closed.

Takeoffs, estimates and proposal schedules before your bid date, P6 schedules that meet your contract's specification, and daily site reports checked against the drawings, specifications and schedule. For U.S. contractors, GMT+4 is 8 to 12 hours ahead, so the work keeps moving overnight.

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Bid leveling workbook comparing three electrical subcontractor quotes on one scope, with scope gaps found and priced — Bid leveling, three electrical quotes · illustrative, not a client project

500+U.S. federal and military-base projects, USD 100K to 10M each

7yrsSupporting U.S. federal contractors remotely, Dec 2010 to Nov 2017

8–12hrsAhead of U.S. time zones, working from GMT+4

Clients

Who we work for in construction

General contractors, their subcontractors and federal contractors, in the U.S. and worldwide. Most of our founder's contractor work has been for U.S. federal general contractors.

General contractorsBid packages, preconstruction and remote site monitoring, from the first takeoff to the daily record.

Federal contractorsQC, accident prevention, environmental protection and waste management plans; submittal registers, preparatory checklists and certified payroll review.

SubcontractorsP6 baselines and monthly updates that meet the contract's scheduling specification; recovery schedules when dates slip.

Design-build teamsTakeoffs, multi-trade estimates and cost proposals for design-build bids, with drawings from our Design & Engineering service if needed.

Civil & utility contractorsSchedules, estimates and progress for roads, paving, sewer, stormwater, water lines and fueling systems.

Contractors facing a delayTime impact analysis and extension-of-time submissions, backed by the schedule updates and the daily record.

Services

Two services, one point of contact

Use either on its own. Both are delivered remotely, in the platforms your team already uses, such as Procore and Buildertrend.

General contractors · Bids

Bid packages, ready before your bid date

Takeoffs, pricing and a proposal schedule turned around in time, without adding estimators to your payroll.

Quantity takeoffs and detailed multi-trade estimates
Subcontractor and supplier RFQs, bid leveling and scope-gap checks
Proposal schedule in Primavera P6 or MS Project
Estimate review before you price or award
Design-build cost proposals; QC, safety and environmental plans for federal bids

GMT+4 is 8 to 12 hours ahead of U.S. time zones, so your package keeps moving while your office is closed.

Track record: seven years supporting U.S. federal contractors on 500+ Air Force, Navy and Army projects of USD 100K to 10M each.

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General contractors · Site

Remote site monitoring with daily reports

Daily reports on a site you can't visit every day, without a full-time engineer on site.

Your site representative sends the day's photos, crews, equipment, quantities and deliveries. We check them against the drawings, specifications and schedule, and issue the daily report.

Verified daily report: work done, crews, equipment, weather, deliveries and issues
Gaps flagged the same day: missing photos, quantities that don't match the drawings, unapproved materials
Quantities carried into progress, look-ahead and earned value
Weekly progress summary and schedule update
A clean daily record for payment applications and delay claims

Track record: daily, weekly and monthly reports for U.S. federal contractors, delivered remotely in Procore and Buildertrend.

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Work packages for general contractors

Pick one or several

1.0

Estimating & bids

1.1Quantity takeoffs and bills of quantities
1.2Detailed multi-trade estimates and rate analysis
1.3Estimate reviews before you price or award
1.4Subcontractor and supplier identification, RFQs and bid evaluation
1.5Cost proposals for design-build bids

2.0

Preconstruction

2.1Baseline schedules in Primavera P6, resource- and cost-loaded
2.2Submittal coordination: drawing and fixture-schedule reviews, specified products
2.3Submittal registers with long-lead procurement items flagged
2.4Test logs against plans and specifications
2.5Shop drawing assistance
2.6Requests for information (RFIs)

3.0

Planning & scheduling

3.1Level 2 to 4 schedules and integrated master schedules
3.2DCMA 14-point schedule health checks
3.3Re-baselining and recovery schedules
3.4Two-week look-ahead schedules
3.5Subcontractor schedule review and approval
3.6Commissioning planning through energization and COD

4.0

Controls & reporting

4.1Earned value: CPI, SPI and S-curves
4.2WBS and CBS set-up, cash-flow tracking and forecasting
4.3Monthly progress reports and Power BI dashboards
4.4Productivity monitoring and resource forecasting
4.5Lender and owner's engineer reporting
4.6Change and claims registers

5.0

Delay & risk

5.1Time impact analysis (TIA)
5.2Extension of time (EOT) submissions
5.3Forensic delay analysis
5.4Qualitative schedule risk analysis and risk registers
5.5What-if scenarios to test recovery options

7.0

Construction support: site reports, plans & records

7.1Quality control plans
7.2Accident prevention plans
7.3Environmental protection plans
7.4Waste management plans
7.5Submittals, invoicing and certified payroll review
7.6Preparatory checklists ahead of each work phase
7.7Remote site monitoring: daily reports verified against the drawings, specifications and schedule
7.8Weekly progress summaries and a daily record for payment applications and claims

How it works

For U.S. teams, your night is our working day

Send the work at the end of your day. It is worked on while your office is closed and can be ready for your morning review.

Eastern Time08:0012:0017:0000:0004:0009:00

Your office08:00–17:00, day 1 and day 2

JOECHAND09:00–18:00 at GMT+4

Hand-offYou sendReady for you

U.S. Eastern Time in winter. Our day ends at 09:00 Eastern, so the first hour of your morning is free for a call. On Central Time our day runs 23:00 to 08:00, on Pacific Time 21:00 to 06:00; add one hour in U.S. summer time.

How a bid package runs

From your documents to your bid date

You send the bid setDrawings, specifications, addenda, the bid form and the bid date.
Scope and fee in writingWithin two working days, listing the trades we will price.
Quantity takeoffBluebeam or PlanSwift markups, linked line by line to the estimate.
Pricing and sub quotesMulti-trade estimate priced from your cost data and the quotes we collect; each source listed in the assumptions.
Bid levelingQuotes compared on one scope; gaps found and priced.
Final packageEstimate, leveling, assumptions, exclusions and a proposal schedule, before your bid date.

Federal contractor documents

Quality control plan
Accident prevention plan
Environmental protection plan
Waste management plan
Submittal register with long-lead items
Preparatory checklists before each phase of work
Test logs against plans and specifications
Certified payroll review
Cost proposals for design-build bids

Plans are prepared for your QC system manager and safety officer to review, sign and submit.

What to send for a quote

Bid package: Drawings, specifications, addenda, the bid form, the bid date and the trades in scope.
Schedule: The contract's scheduling specification, contract dates and any current schedule (XER or MPP).
Site monitoring: Site location and duration, how often you need reports, and the platform your team uses.
Delay claim: The baseline, the updates around the event, and the notices and correspondence.

Prices

How contractor work is priced

Bid packages are quoted per package and site monitoring as a monthly retainer, in writing within two working days of receiving your documents. P6 schedules for subcontractors have the starting prices below.

Bid package

Quantity takeoff, multi-trade estimate, subcontractor quotes and bid leveling, with a proposal schedule if you need one.

Before your bid dateQuoted per package

Remote site monitoring

Verified daily reports from your site representative's photos, crews, equipment, quantities and deliveries, plus a weekly progress summary.

Daily and weeklyMonthly retainer

Schedule health check

DCMA 14-point check of your P6 schedule, every failed check traced to the activities behind it, with a short list of fixes. Up to 2,000 activities; larger schedules are quoted.

Typically 3–5 working daysFrom USD 750

Baseline or recovery schedule

Level 2 to 4 schedule in Primavera P6, resource- and cost-loaded, with a basis-of-schedule note. Recovery schedules when dates have slipped.

Typically 2–4 weeks, by sizeFrom USD 2,500

Time impact analysis from USD 1,500 per TIA. Fees in USD, invoiced by bank transfer. How fees and payment work

Outputs

What you receive

A bid package for an 18,000 sq ft office building, a submittal register with its RFI log, and a checked daily log. Every image is illustrative, not a client project.

1.0 Estimating and bids
Bid workbook, bid leveling and quantity takeoff.
2.0 and 7.0 Submittals and site records
Submittal register and RFI log, and a daily log checked against the drawings, specifications and look-ahead.

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Results

500+ federal projects, planned and controlled

Seven years supporting U.S. federal contractors, with our founder as team leader for planning and project control. Client and employer names are shared on request.

U.S. federal contractors · Dec 2010 – Nov 2017 · Remote

500+ U.S. federal and military-base projects

Each dot = 10 projects · USD 100K to 10M each

Challenge: Air Force, Navy and Army projects of USD 100K to 10M each: renovation, demolition, utilities, storage tanks, generators, roads, sewer, stormwater and water lines.
Role: Baseline and recovery schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project; earned value, cash-flow and schedule-variance tracking in daily, weekly and monthly reports; RFQs, bid evaluation and material tracking; PMC support alongside the general contractors in Procore and Buildertrend.
Result: More than 500 projects planned and controlled over seven years, delivered remotely from India.

Questions

What contractors ask first

Short answers. Ask anything else in your first email.

Do you work in our platforms?

Yes: Procore, Buildertrend, Bluebeam and PlanSwift with the access you give us; schedules in Primavera P6 or MS Project; estimates in Excel, laid out by CSI division.

How do your schedules meet a federal scheduling specification?

Send the specification section with your request, and the proposal shows how each requirement is met: cost-loading to your schedule of values, activity codes, calendars and layouts, and how many review-and-resubmit cycles are included. Our founder built baseline and recovery schedules in P6 and MS Project for 500+ Air Force, Navy and Army projects.

Are you on site?

Not for this service. Remote site monitoring works from what your site representative sends each day: photos, crews, equipment, quantities and deliveries. Anything that can't be verified from those is flagged the same day. If you need a site visit, we arrange one where possible, agreed in the proposal.

How is our bid data kept confidential?

We sign your NDA before you send anything, anyone we engage on your work signs the same terms, and your files are returned or deleted when the work closes.

Do you work with contractors outside the U.S.?

Yes. The same services are open to general contractors worldwide. GMT+4 overlaps the working day in the Gulf, India and much of Europe.

Can you price a design-build bid with drawings?

Yes. Our Design & Engineering service prepares the architectural and structural drawings, and the estimate is priced from the same set. For U.S. work, drawings are prepared for your architect or engineer of record to review and seal.

How much notice do you need before a bid date?

It depends on the size of the package and the number of trades. Send the documents and the bid date with your request, and the proposal confirms in writing whether the date can be met, before any work starts.

Can you work on controlled or export-controlled drawings?

Only where your contract allows it. Many federal contracts limit controlled unclassified information (CUI) and export-controlled documents to U.S. persons or approved systems, and we work from outside the U.S. Check the handling clause first; if it rules us out, we say so and decline that package.

Bid date coming up, or a site you can't visit every day?

Send the drawings, specifications and bid date, or tell us about the site. We reply within one day.

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