PRECONSTRUCTION SUPPORT FOR U.S. GENERAL CONTRACTORS
More Preconstruction Capacity. Better-Prepared Projects.
Metrik CM helps general contractors manage preconstruction workloads — estimating, scope coordination, and project documentation — without immediately adding another full-time employee.
Get experienced, senior-led support for defined projects, tight deadlines, and periods of increased workload.
Remote professional support for U.S. construction teams across multiple states.
Keep Your Preconstruction Moving When Your Team Is at Capacity.
Construction teams don't always have the time or internal resources to handle every estimate, drawing revision, subcontractor quote, and preconstruction deadline.
Metrik CM provides flexible project-based support to help your team stay organized and move work forward.
When you need additional capacity, we can help with:
- Multiple pursuits competing for the same deadline.
- Drawing-based quantity takeoffs and estimating support.
- Bid packages that need clearer scope definition.
- Subcontractor quotations requiring organized comparison.
- Addenda, clarifications, and outstanding information.
- Preconstruction documentation that needs structure and follow-through.
Our role is to support your team, not add another layer of management.
Practical Support for the Preconstruction Process
01
Quantity Takeoffs & Estimating Support
Organized, drawing-based quantity takeoffs and estimating support for defined project scopes.
Potential deliverables include:
- Itemized quantity schedules.
- Drawing references and measurement notes.
- Trade- or scope-based breakdowns.
- Documented assumptions and exclusions.
- Estimate workbooks in an agreed format.
The scope of each assignment is confirmed before work begins. Cost pricing, labor rates, supplier inputs, and other assumptions are agreed upon with the client.
02
Bid Package & Scope Coordination
Help your team organize the information needed to solicit, compare, and evaluate subcontractor and supplier proposals.
Potential deliverables include:
- Bid package and document organization.
- Scope checklists and bid tracking logs.
- Addenda and revision tracking.
- Inclusions, exclusions, and clarification logs.
- Bid tabulation and comparison matrices.
- Outstanding-item and follow-up registers.
03
Preconstruction Support
Structured support to help maintain visibility across drawings, budgets, decisions, procurement information, and preconstruction milestones.
Potential deliverables include:
- Preconstruction action registers.
- Drawing and document status trackers.
- Consultant and subcontractor coordination logs.
- Budget and scope comparison summaries.
- Procurement and long-lead item trackers.
- Meeting agendas, minutes, and action items.
04
Construction Project Controls
Practical reporting and documentation support to help project teams maintain organized information and follow through on assigned actions.
Potential deliverables include:
- Project trackers and milestone reports.
- RFI and submittal logs.
- Change and decision registers.
- Deliverable and responsibility matrices.
- Schedule updates based on supplied project information.
- Weekly status summaries.
05
Owner's Representation
Independent oversight for owners and developers: progress monitoring, contractor reporting review, and budget and schedule tracking, with issues flagged early.
Potential deliverables include:
- Progress and observation reports.
- Budget and schedule tracking summaries.
- Contractor submittal and payment-application review notes.
- Meeting notes and action-item registers.
- Issue and decision logs.
What a Takeoff Delivery Includes
- Itemized quantity schedule by trade or scope
- Drawing and sheet references for quantities
- Documented assumptions and exclusions
- Notes on conflicts found between drawings, specifications, and addenda
Experienced Support. Clear Scope. Direct Communication.
Senior-led involvement
Work directly with the Senior Project Manager, bringing architectural and construction management experience to each agreed assignment.
Flexible engagement
Start with a defined project or preconstruction assignment. Consider recurring support when your workload requires it.
Organized deliverables
Agree on the scope, format, assumptions, exclusions, and delivery milestones before work starts.
Integration with your team
Remote collaboration designed around your existing workflows, templates, communication channels, and document-management practices.
Confidentiality-conscious workflow
Project information is handled according to agreed access, security, and confidentiality requirements.
Built Around the Needs of Construction Teams
Metrik CM is designed to support:
- General contractors managing multiple pursuits or projects.
- Residential and multifamily construction teams.
- Commercial contractors and design-build firms.
- Construction managers with limited internal estimating capacity.
- Teams that need additional support for a specific trade or project phase.
Every engagement begins with a discussion of your project, the available documents, the required deliverables, and the deadline.
A Straightforward Process
Share the project type, location, scope, available drawings, requested services, and deadline.
We review the information and propose defined deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, fees, and a delivery schedule.
Work starts once the scope and commercial terms are agreed and the required documents are available.
You receive the agreed files and supporting documentation in the agreed format.
Experienced Perspective. Personal Accountability.
Metrik CM is led by an architect and construction management professional with more than 25 years of experience across architectural design, construction documentation, project coordination, and construction-related workflows.
With an architectural education from Pratt Institute and a construction management diploma from New York University, the Senior Project Manager brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the relationship between drawings, scope, cost, and project execution.
Clients work directly with the Senior Project Manager, with a focus on clear communication, practical deliverables, and a defined scope of work.
Why MetrikCM?
- Working-day overlap: based in Bogotá, Colombia, within one hour of U.S. Eastern time, so communication happens during your working day.
- Direct Senior Project Manager contact: you work with the Senior Project Manager, not through layers of handoffs.
- Clear scope before work starts: deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, and delivery milestones are agreed upfront.
- Estimating-first support: quantity takeoffs and preconstruction help built for U.S. general contractors.
Have a Preconstruction Assignment Coming Up?
Tell us what your team needs, what documents are available, and when the work is due.
We'll review the request and let you know whether the assignment is a fit.
Project-based engagements. Clear scope. Agreed deliverables.