Construction Management Services
American Campus has extensive experience overseeing the development and construction of new student communities. Our construction management professionals work with a project’s architect and general contractor to ensure our clients’ projects are delivered on time and on budget.
Pre-Construction
American Campus oversees design development early during the development process where substantial up-front costs can incur. Continual incremental pricing updates and active design modifications during the development process prevent a project from having major pricing or feasibility surprises during construction. Additionally, we seek to create a competitive bidding environment that helps keep projects costs down. Better project costs directly impact rental rates paid by your students. Our pre-construction services include:
- Coordination and oversight of:
- Approvals (municipal to federal)
- Bid qualification
- Budgets
- Code compliance
- Construction staging
- Design and construction documents
- Entitlements
- Interior design and finish plans
- Material specifications
- Establishing a project’s guaranteed maximum price
- Preferred pricing from ACC’s project professionals
- Negotiating contracts
- Qualifying and selecting subcontractors
- Developing a schedule
- Value engineering process implementation
Construction Oversight
During construction, American Campus manages and oversees all project and team coordination issues. Our construction oversight services include:
- Contract administration
- Change order coordination
- FF&E specifications, procurement and install
- Maintain and monitor development budget
- Meeting coordination
- Monthly draw packages
- Monthly reporting
- Oversight of general contractor and project
- Post-commencement value engineering
- Punch list process
- Schedule tracking and revision
- Work inspections
Post-Construction
Our involvement in a new student community doesn’t end with its opening. American Campus works with you to make sure the new facility meets all your expectations. We do this through post-construction services that include:
- First-year inspection
- Project close-out
- Certificates of Occupancy
- Securing all lien releases
- Final transaction accounting
- Warranty coordination and documentation
- As-built documents
- Attic stock
- Operations and maintenance data
- Warranty information with service contacts
