LIVE PROGRESS
Daily site photos and milestone tracking against the baseline schedule, visible from any device. No waiting for the monthly meeting.
METHOD STATEMENT — DOC 05
SEVEN STEPS. NO SURPRISES.
EVERY FERRUM PROJECT — A KITCHEN OR A 240,000 SF HUB — RUNS THE SAME SEQUENCE. YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHICH STEP YOU ARE ON, WHAT IT COSTS, AND WHAT COMES NEXT.
THE SEQUENCE — CONSULTATION TO HANDOVER
01
CONSULTATION
WEEK 0 — FREE, ON YOUR SITE
We walk the site with you, not a brochure. You leave with a written feasibility memo: what's buildable, what it roughly costs, and whether we're the right contractor. If we're not, we say so and name someone who is.
02
PLANNING & DESIGN
2–16 WEEKS DEPENDING ON SCOPE
In-house architects and engineers, or full coordination with yours. Drawings are priced as they develop, so design never drifts away from budget. You approve every milestone set before we advance.
03
ESTIMATING
2–4 WEEKS — OPEN BOOK ON REQUEST
Line-item takeoff by our chief estimator's team, real subcontractor bids, itemized allowances. The number we give you is the number we sign. Within 3% of final cost on 91% of projects this decade.
04
PERMITS & APPROVALS
RUNS IN PARALLEL — WE FILE, WE CHASE
We prepare, file, and walk through every permit: building, zoning, utility, stormwater, health department. Fifty-four years of relationships with the plan reviewers who read them.
05
CONSTRUCTION
THE SCHEDULE IS A CONTRACT
A dedicated superintendent on your site daily, a project manager on your phone weekly, and a Friday report with photo log, cost ledger, and three-week look-ahead. Changes priced and signed before work proceeds, every time.
06
FINAL INSPECTION
MUNICIPAL + THIRD-PARTY + YOURS
We schedule municipal inspections, welcome third-party commissioning, and then walk the punch list with you line by line, initialed by both sides. Nothing is "close enough."
07
PROJECT COMPLETION
HANDOVER + 2-YEAR WORKMANSHIP WARRANTY
You receive as-builts, warranties, O&M manuals, and lien waivers in one binder, plus an 11-month walkthrough before your first warranty year closes. Then we stay reachable. Forever, in practice.
DURING CONSTRUCTION — THE CLIENT PORTAL
DOCUMENTS & APPROVALS
Drawings, submittals, and change orders in one place. Approve a change order from your phone, with the cost and schedule impact stated first.
DIRECT LINE
Message your project manager inside the portal. Response within one working day is a company rule, not an aspiration.