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Consulting
DCS offers the following services to individual investors, property owners and businesses for both commercial and residential development:
Land Acquisition
Site Investigation
- Review existing due diligence information available on the property.
- Meet with County Planning and Utilities departments to discuss potential issues and requirements related to tenant uses, including zoning, parking, etc.
- Meet with VDOT to discuss potential issues and requirements, such as entrances, sight distances, and road improvements.
- Assist Client in preliminary site layout to maximize development of the property.
- Research utility issues onsite, such as location of utilities to be moved and estimated costs of doing so.
- Prepare a preliminary site development budget.
- Assist Client to hire and negotiate with Site Civil Engineer to obtain boundary & topographic surveys, if needed.
- Assist Client to hire environmental consultants and geotechnical consultants, if needed.
- Prepare estimated project schedule.
Pre-Construction Management
- Assist Client to hire and negotiate with Architect to prepare building elevations and plans.
- Coordinate with Site Civil Engineer to obtain final site plan and construction drawings.
- Coordinate with Architect to obtain building plan approval, if needed.
- Prepare and submit County Site Plan Permit and Building Permit Applications.
- Attend required Technical Review Committee meeting to obtain site plan approval.
- Assist Client to bid and negotiate site-work and building construction. Review proposals and recommend selection of site and general contractors.
- Assist Client with posting County securities.
- Provide recommendations for Value Engineering, as feasible.
Construction Management
- Coordinate survey and stakeout work by Site Civil Engineer.
- Coordinate services of civil engineer, site and building contractors.
- Provide Value Engineering services as feasible.
- Hire and coordinate services of third-party testing firm as needed.
- Perform weekly site visits during the construction period to review contractor performance and adherence to schedule.
- Perform monthly review of contractor payment requisitions.
Project Close-Out
- Provide a pre-punchlist to all subcontractors.
- Establish final punchlist with client.
- Schedule and monitor completion of punchlist in a timely manner.
- Provide close-out documents including as-built plans and O&M manuals.
- Help obtain warranty.
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