Pre-Construction
Prior to a shovel breaking ground, careful planning, preparation, and design need to take place to ensure a successful construction effort. Benike is able to assist project teams with pre-construction knowledge that only comes from our years of industry leadership and service. Low cost, high impact decisions are made during the pre-construction phase, which minimize pitfalls during construction and add significant value to the end product.
Pre-Construction Services
Pre-construction is a vital phase of a construction project. Benike can assist your project during the pre-construction phase by completing constructability reviews, value analysis, permitting assistance, and early site verifications. These services can be obtained a la carte, or as part of a Construction Manager at-risk agreement.
Cost Estimating/Analysis
Benike has an extensive database of real project costs that lend valuable insight into early project budgeting. Offering estimating services prior to completion of design documents can help the client make programming choices and go/no-go decisions. Conceptual estimating of early project designs leads to the most impactful insights.
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Owners and Designers often work together months or even years prior to hiring a builder. This can lead to an “us versus them” atmosphere and cause friction during construction. Benike employs licensed design professionals who can become an active part of the design process with the Owner and Designer. Becoming your team member at an early stage leads to better buy-in by all parties, better project collaboration, and improved overall project performance.
decisions during the design phase of development. Because Benike is involved from the beginning, we are able to offer construction expertise that aids in a more cost-effective structure as well as saving valuable time. The builder and architect serve as a single entity for the owner to work with which creates a single source of accountability. Benefits of this delivery method include a single source of responsibility, accelerated schedule, better communication between architect and contractor, and better schedule control.
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Benike Construction believes in continuous improvement through innovation. We recognize that environmentally conscious building strategies are continuously evolving. Our company's recent work on several green buildings has provided our team with opportunities to engage in innovative strategies, practice implementing sustainable building techniques, and contribute to discussion about how to optimize building efficiency. Recent work has included elements of geothermal heating and cooling, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs), structural insulated panels (SIPs), stormwater collections systems, pervious concrete, permeable pavers, electrochromic glass, and renewable energy.
and building information modeling. Although spatial coordination can be done utilizing 2-Dimensional drawings or CAD files, many consider 3-Dimensional coordination more useful and accurate. Virtually constructing a portion of the project becomes even more important when space requirements are limited (such as a limited ceiling space). Virtual design and construction allows for collaboration between Contractor and Design Team through enhanced visualization and understanding of design intent. 
We require both general safety and job-specific training for our employees including 30 hours of the most updated OSHA training for supervisors, and a minimum of 10 hours for all field personnel. We also conduct prescreen drug testing to ensure that every job is managed in a safe way.