Office administration is an underrated component of the construction process. Bandes is a full-service construction firm, which means we perform all aspects of project management in-house. Field and office oversight, paperwork coordination, accounting, contracts, safety compliance, insurance, bonding, scheduling, and closeout are all part of our client services. We have separate departments for each specialty, with dedicated personnel who work together as a team to make sure the “back end” of the project runs smoothly.

What does this mean for our clients? If you need to know a material or system you have installed in your building after its completed, we can forward it to you with a few clicks of a mouse. Curious about second or third-tier vendors who might have payment rights under your permit? We log and track “Notices to Owner” under the permit on weekly basis to make sure your money is going to the right place. If you’re taking out a loan to finance your project, we are used to the budget estimates, lien releases and other paperwork that lenders require; the result is that the construction draw process is much easier with Bandes than it would be with a firm who does not have experience managing this paperwork.

We utilize professional construction management software to run all our jobs – Sage Timberline, Microsoft Project, and DoForms for accounting, scheduling, and coordination. RFI’s submittals, subcontracts, change orders, plans, permits, daily reports, and schedules are produced as a matter of course, not by special request. For negotiated projects, our accounting reports include budget estimates, costs-to-date, and projected costs. In addition to our in-house systems, we are comfortable working with our client’s reporting systems upon request. Detailed office administration is required to be successful in the development and delivery all our projects.