General Contracting

General Contracting, the most traditional construction approach, is when CCG contractually assumes sole responsibility for project construction.  CCG competitively bids a project and upon successful award agrees to complete that project for a predetermined price that includes profit (i.e. lump sum bid).  Most of the construction activities are actually performed by individual trade or specialty contractors under fixed-price subcontracts with CCG.  These subcontracts incorporate the plans, specifications and complete terms and conditions of CCG's original general contract with the client.

  Construction Management/Consulting

CCG also contracts as Consulting Manager/Consultant on client's projects where we are an integral part of a project team consisting of the Owner, Designer and CM.  In this approach we function as the ultimate client advocate, leading the team through the intricacies of the building process with the common objective of best serving the Owner's interest in regards to schedule, budget, quality of deliverables and turnover.  In this capacity, the amount of assumable risk for CCG varies as we may or may not directly execute the subcontracts of the trades performing the work.  In either case, CCG's compensation is typically established by a negotiated contract with our clients as opposed to the competitive bidding process of general contracting.  Consequently, our fee schedule under this arrangement is directly proportional to the extent of management services requested by our client and the amount of construction risk assumed by CCG under the professional construction management contract agreement.

  Design-Build

Under a Design-Build scenario, CCG is not only responsible for the overall construction of a project similar to the general contracting and CM approaches, but also contractually handles the project design from schematic concept to final construction documents.  This alternative is typically implemented when a client wants CCG to manage all phases of a project and desires only one responsible firm for project coordination.  The Design-Build contract is 100% negotiated between CCG and the customer.  CCG has developed 'partnerships in principle' and preliminary agreements with a network of local licensed design professionals to deliver design-build projects to prospective clients.  As design-build contracts are often more complex and involve design liability in addition to construction risk, the overall project costs are typically greater as they include increased construction management fees.

  Pre-construction Services

Many clients request assistance in the initial planning and development of a construction project before the actual funding for the proposed project is even finalized.  CCG offers a vast array of Pre-construction services to satisfy these needs.  Our staff utilizes historical and current industry data along with construction expertise to develop project feasibility studies, budget estimates, value engineering studies, and constructability reviews for customers' upcoming projects.

  & Much More

For our experienced clients requiring more specialized services, CCG also creates project specific Commissioning & Validation programs for new installation and startup of mechanical, electrical and building automation systems.  We can manage the upgrade, renovation and retrofit of your boiler rooms or central utility plant facility with fully coordinated outages and minimized service disruptions.

In addition, we can help monitor construction budgets on larger volume projects by performing Construction Auditing; independent reviews and evaluations of new or ongoing project's change proposals, contractor requisitions for payment, work-in-place reports, QA/QC programs, et cetera just so our clients can sleep better at night.  Our staff also has experience administering Federal Program Monitoring requirements for government contacts as well.

All in all, we use every tool at our disposal to deliver a superior level of service to our clients that we deem is unparalleled in the small to medium size construction market of the Washington Metropolitan Area.