PRECONSTRUCTION
& PROJECT CONTROLS
Helping contractors, subcontractors and developers improve estimating capacity, pursue more opportunities and make better-informed construction decisions.
Additional technical capacity for construction teams.
BALVAREN works with contractors, subcontractors, developers, construction companies and project teams that need additional technical capacity during estimating, bidding, preconstruction and project planning.
Construction companies often face a capacity problem long before they face a construction problem.
Estimating teams can become overloaded with drawings, revisions, quantity takeoffs, pricing and bid deadlines.
Projects continue to arrive. Opportunities continue to appear. But internal capacity does not always increase at the same pace.
- Spending more internal hours on each estimate
- Delaying other opportunities
- Overloading existing staff
- Outsourcing without sufficient technical structure
- Passing on work that could otherwise be pursued
Sometimes, it is a lack of capacity to pursue the opportunity.
Additional technical capacity — when you need it.
BALVAREN provides outsourced technical capacity for construction estimating and preconstruction. Access additional technical support when you need it without immediately adding another full-time position.
QUANTITY TAKEOFF
Structured quantities from construction drawings and specifications.
COST ESTIMATING
Organized construction cost information using quantities, pricing and assumptions.
BOQ
Clear and structured Bills of Quantities for efficient project review.
BID SUPPORT
Technical support for quantities, scopes, pricing and bid information.
PRECONSTRUCTION
Additional technical capacity throughout the preconstruction process.
PROJECT CONTROLS
Support for cost, schedule and project performance control.
Turn construction documents into usable information.
A quantity takeoff is only one part of the preconstruction process. The objective is not simply to produce numbers. It is to create information that helps construction teams make better decisions.
Technical capacity built around structured information.
ENGINEERING BACKGROUND
Understanding how drawings, quantities, specifications and construction activities connect.
CONSTRUCTION UNDERSTANDING
A practical construction perspective rather than a purely administrative approach.
STRUCTURED DELIVERABLES
Information organized so clients can review, verify and use it.
QUALITY CONTROL
QA/QC principles incorporated into the preparation process.
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Clear communication when working remotely with project teams.
The objective is not simply to deliver a file. It is to deliver information that the client can confidently work with.
A structured process from review to delivery.
REVIEW
Drawings, specifications, scope and project information.
DEFINE
Scope, trades, deliverables, assumptions and exclusions.
MEASURE
Quantities developed according to the defined scope.
ANALYZE
Cost, bid information or additional preconstruction analysis.
REVIEW
Organization, consistency and completeness are checked.
DELIVER
Structured information prepared for practical use.
Not every company needs another full-time estimator.
Sometimes a team needs additional capacity for a large bid, support during a busy estimating period, additional takeoff resources or technical assistance across multiple opportunities.
Discuss a ProjectScale support according to the workload.
Sample projects illustrating our methodology.
These are sample / demonstration projects designed to illustrate BALVAREN's methodology, organization and type of deliverables.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
Quantity Takeoff
SAMPLE / DEMONSTRATIONSMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDING
Quantity Takeoff + BOQ
SAMPLE / DEMONSTRATIONESTIMATING & BID SUPPORT
Takeoff → Estimate → Bid Support
SAMPLE / DEMONSTRATION
Send us the project.
Let's understand the scope.
Then determine the right level of support.
Every project is different. Scope, drawings, specifications, deadlines and deliverables determine the appropriate level of support.
Discuss a Project