Development Management
TransDevelopment provides a unique partnership approach to Development Management services.
We work with clients from the conceptual planning phase of projects all the way through permitting, design and engineering, contracting and purchasing and the full gamut of construction.
Exceeding Your Goals
Our "turnkey" approach gives clients more control over the development schedule, budget and quality of work. Working with TransDevelopment, owners or clients meet or exceed the upfront business-based goals that drive smart development. We focus on key business decisions and then manage the consultants, architects, engineers, contractors and vendors needed to complete projects.
Leveraging Innovation
Because most clients require a "fast track" approach to build facilities, TransDevelopment uses a development model that allows every phase of a project to be designed and constructed separately. Serving as Development Manager, we carefully orchestrate a planned overlap of each phase, while at the same time focusing on the big picture. We hold routine status meetings with clients to review progress and to make inevitable late changes in a seamless way to keep project momentum going forward.
For more information about our suite of services, please find our table of contents below.
Services Offered
- Conceptual Planning
- Planning and Permitting
- Design Engineering
- General Contracting
- Construction Management
1. Conceptual Planning
Scoping
It is imperative that business unit managers accurately define what needs to be accomplished. Focusing on these goals allows for proper management control of the entire development process. TransDevelopment works with clients to facilitate scope definition.
Alternatives
Generally, TransDevelopment pursues several alternative approaches to accomplish project goals and to test the viability of "likely" or "favored" earlier concepts. A continuous free flow of ideas from clients is encouraged. We solicit frequent revisions to early conceptual sketches, using computer-aided drawings to illustrate new approaches, so their full impact can be considered by both the business unit and technical staff.
Cost Studies
It is absolutely necessary to review trade-offs between facility needs and their cost. A critical issue is the analysis of operating and capital cost trade-offs. TransDevelopment facilitates "value engineering" of project elements to ensure the best cost-benefit.
2. Planning and Permitting
Land-Use Planning
Most government jurisdictions require a land-use-planning review for new development projects. Local agency staff members need to be approached with the same care as any business client. We prepare the documents needed to support permitting – early engineering studies, survey and platting and specialized consulting reports, including geotechnical and stormwater management.
Site Services
Our development managers make contact with service providers and negotiate the scope and timing of each service extension. These generally include water, fire protection, power, gas, rail, roadways and telecommunications.
3. Design Engineering
Budgeting and Scheduling
Early in the development process, TransDevelopment prepares detailed project capital budgets and schedules for completion. These become benchmarks for later project control and evaluation.
Detailed Drawings
As your partner, we select several design engineers, other specialists or vendors, as needed, to provide the detailed drawings required for permitting, construction and final documentation.
Specifications
Serving as your contract administer, TransDevelopment receives specifications, equipment lists and standards that are then used to bid and purchase materials and services and, ultimately, provide project control.
4. General Contracting
TransDevelopment maintains general contractor licensing in multiple states and provides design/build and traditional construction contracting to clients.
Our extensive development experience throughout the U.S. has built long-term relationships with both prime and sub-contractors and gives us the ability to mobilize quickly and efficiently on sites across the country.
TransDevelopment has expertise in all aspects of site/civil construction, pre-engineered buildings, high-mast lighting and site electrical, site security and access control and rail construction. Facility rehab and terminal maintenance programs are a specialty of ours, and we provide clients with a fast-track, experienced approach to implement construction within existing operating facilities.
In addition to providing either guaranteed-max pricing or an open-books approach to the construction project, TransDevelopment is experienced providing detailed design and engineering work as well as securing entitlements and permits for any aspect of industrial development. TransDevelopment also enjoys long-standing purchasing relationships with specialized equipment and materials manufacturing companies.
Bid Solicitation
For all construction projects, whether acting as a development manager or in an open-books general contractor role, TransDevelopment ensures that appropriate bid documents, owner-based construction contracts, engineered drawings and technical specifications are incorporated into the bidding process. Bid evaluations are determined by the vendors' combined technical expertise and commercial terms.
Purchasing
TransDevelopment manages and purchases long-lead-time equipment and materials to meet critical schedule dates; routine purchases are handled as a part of sub-contractor work packages. Frequently, direct purchases of specialty equipment or materials for a terminal operation yield significant cost reduction for the owner, thanks to our national purchasing relationships.
Contracts and Awards
All construction contracts, whether managed on behalf of an owner or as a GC, are administered through TransDevelopment in forms that are pre-approved by the client. Owners or operators typically delegate award capabilities to us within certain commercial parameters, while other awards are presented to the client with formal recommendations and analyses.
5. Construction Management
Construction Management Plans
TransDevelopment prepares and administers plans to manage a group of specialized contractors as an agent for the owner or client. Usually no general contractor is needed, because TransDevelopment provides appropriate site coordination.
On-Site Representation
TransDevelopment provides a site representative to coordinate the activities of various contractors and vendors to reach a successful project completion. The site representative observes that all constructed elements meet design specifications and produce goals developed in earlier plans.
Field Engineering
As site conditions or client-requested requirements change during the life of a project, a flexible, creative approach is used to maintain project momentum while design or construction programs are altered.
Payments
TransDevelopment's development manager reviews all contractor invoices, negotiates changes to contracts and provides for payments to all parties using procedures approved by the owner or client.
Funds Management
Our development manager can handle a construction account to make disbursements to vendors and contractors. Accountings are made routinely for control purposes.
