“Integration” amongst general contractors, material suppliers, and subcontractors as an ASI affiliate creates the most vital team that takes advantageous over the competition. ASI’s marketing, estimating, bidding and construction management services stands alone for not just customers costs but for additional savings. It stands for the record where an ASI fee never becomes an issue of affiliates losing the project! ASI’s certification for the required standard and quality of work, after affiliates performed three projects, is an addition customer’s assurance for the use of ASI and its affiliated companies on a continuing basis. The benefits of ASI’s projects participation is as follows:
1. Advertising and Marketing
a. ASI’s advertising, marketing and projects prequalification service saves affiliates 3% to 5% of the overhead cost. This makes them more competitive and saves time bidding on projects quantity insuring fair shares for the project award.
b. Participation in co-op advertising provides an additional savings as well as an increased image especially for the Elite companies participating on the high end commercial and residential projects.
c. There is an advantage to share customer’s referrals between affiliates. This is an essential part of ASI’s affiliation.
2. Estimating.
a. Under projects Exclusive participation ASI verify or provide all interior details and specifications for all interior trades that insure competitive bidding.
b. Under projects Exclusive participation ASI provides estimating, including breaking price details for materials, labor, areas of work, etc., for all interior trades, prior to the bidding process. ASI insures expectation of the targeted prices from the bidders and helps to avoid bid participants underestimating mistakes.
3. Bidding.
a. Under projects Exclusive participation ASI provides Scope of Work with Inclusions and Exclusions for all interior trades before the bidding process, which insures the “apple for apple” competitive bidding process. By getting three (3) bids for the same trade and/or category and then submitting those to the customer’s final award ASI insures the fairest bidding process. It is a lot fairer than Public Works or Government bidding.
b. ASI protects affiliates from entering into projects with underbidding mistakes, which in many instances jeopardize the performance of the projects. ASI projects participation, to the best of a possible extent, guarantees and creates no aggravations and unhealthy conditions between participants. This is especially customary at the private sector market.
c. By posting Bids Result records on the ASI website, there is additional assurance on every bidding participant to the fairest bidding process.
4. Projects Participation.
a. During the performance of the projects, ASI insures a pay request compliant between customers and affiliates.
b. During the performance of the project’s, ASI monitors and helps in coordination amongst the trades.
c. Upon any disagreements between project participants and affiliates ASI will mediate the issues to the best of ASI’s ability.
d. As necessary ASI will implement its “CQTMC” system (Cost Quality & Time Management Control) system.
