Design-Build

Cahill offers design-build services to provide our clients with shorter overall project durations and also provide our clients with the benefit of Cahill's and our subcontractors' practical, specialized knowledge. Throughout the design-build process, Cahill endeavors to optimize the synergy that results from involving the Owner, Architect, Consultants, and key Subcontractors in the design process. We not only manage the design-build process, but are also an active participant, ensuring changes are coordinated through all of the disciplines, checking for constructability and offering value engineering recommendations. We furnish timely cost and schedule impacts so that tentative design changes can be formalized quickly.

Estimating

With over 90 years of experience Cahill has an extensive database and corporate memory from which to call on when estimating projects. Our experienced Project Managers, Estimators, and Senior Managers perform the estimates. Cahill is detailed and thorough with all project estimates. Our detailed breakdowns allow for greater accuracy and flexibility on construction projects. Our detailed estimates assist during the value engineering process because accurate breakdowns provide greater decision-making flexibility to the owner.

Fast-Track

Cahill takes pride in its ability to deal with the demands of a fast-track project. Cahill works closely with the Owner and Architect to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. We know that prior planning prevents poor performance. We also know that proper planning prevents costly, last minute overtime or shift work. Through innovative scheduling, project planning, expedited procurement, and skillful management, Cahill is able to avoid unnecessary construction delays to ensure our clients receive top quality performance and value.

Occupied Facility

We have extensive tenant improvement experience working in very sensitive occupied spaces ranging from newspaper editorial offices to university facilities to brokerage offices. Before any construction in an occupied facility takes place, Cahill meets with the building occupants to address their concerns during construction. Safety, noise, dust and traffic control are a few of the issues Cahill addresses immediately when performing a tenant improvement. During construction we are sensitive to our client's changing needs. We schedule around our client's activities and modify our work practices as necessary to minimize the impact to our client's operations.

Preconstruction

Cahill understands that significant construction cost and time savings can be realized during the preconstruction period. There is a close relationship between design and construction. Through cost effective scheduling and architectural and engineering planning, Cahill is able to meet and often exceed the Owner's objectives and budget. Cahill believes in teamwork, and so every project is assigned a Principal in addition to a Project Manager to work together with the Owner and Architect from the outset of a project to ensure that the Owner's and Architect's concerns are addressed. We work on building professional relationships between all the project members. Respect and open communication allow for ideas to flow to ensure that the best alternatives are presented during pre-construction.

Technology

Cahill utilizes the latest in scheduling and estimating software in the development and management of a project. During the course of the project, both the schedule and budget are maintained and updated as the changes to the project dictate.

Cahill's Field Superintendents, General Managers and the support staff at our equipment/material yard are in constant contact to ensure that the needs of each project are timely met.