JBM Construction Development of Washington is a Washington, DC based, multifaceted corporation which specializes in construction management and development related services.

JBM is committed to delivering quality services by employing state of the art construction management tools and control software to insure timely delivery of the highest quality product.  Primavera Expedition software program, the leading contract management and project control solution for Architecture, Engineering and Construction projects, provides the electronic management capability that is fundamental to JBM’s successful management of our projects.

Land Development, Construction Management, and Community Development are the structural core of the JBM vision.

Land Development

• The development of new multifamily / single family units which the corporation could retain investment interest or sell units ‘outright’.
• The vision is to create a foundation of corporate ownership equity / capital for enabling the development of other projects.

Construction Management

• JBM envisions itself as a construction management firm (CM)—agent of the owner—performing total supervision of the project  from its inception through the entire construction process.  CM corporations are paid a fee for professional services, based on a percentage of total cost of construction for managerial services.
• The need for construction contract bonds is eliminated while ‘Owners’ enjoy project savings of overhead costs for construction equipment maintenance and additional multi-level project management personnel.
• JBM Construction’s principal has extensive commercial construction and non-profit housing development expertise, including 10 years experience in commercial construction management, and 5 years experience in design and low income housing development.
• Experience includes construction oversight of a 1.5 million sq. ft, research hospital at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, office buildings, parking structures and the Maryland Center for the Performing Arts.

Community Redevelopment

• Many American cities are redeveloping and renovating abandoned and dilapidated or distressed properties.  JBM’s principal has redevelopment experience with Hope Housing in Washington DC and Turner Construction in North Carolina.  JBM envisions renovations and community development as a component of its scope of services.

MANAGING FOR SUCCESS

Successful completion of a project requires the cooperation of many participants.  Competent, knowledgeable, skilled management leadership is the key to managing for success.  Smooth interaction, clear and continual communication, and perhaps more importantly, keeping track of the communications are essential ingredients for avoiding costly misunderstandings.

JBM utilizes an electronic tool, Expedition, as our management means of insuring that JBM’s construction projects are successfully carried to an on-time and on-budget completion.  Use of modern electronic management tools are imperative to avoidance of costly errors:

• It enables efficient collaboration throughout the review and approval process, and allows our staff to manage / amend project costs at any stage in the construction process.
• As cost documents are created, the Cost Worksheet is instantly updated, allowing users the real-time project information needed to analyze and forecast future construction trends and make better cost management decisions.

As part of Primavera’s solution for the construction industry, Expedition also shares information with Sure Trak, allowing the user to interface and build schedule activity relationships and impacts based on the construction changes.

• The capability includes an extensive logging system to record every type of project communication, including transmittal letters, RFI’s (Requests for Information), notices, meeting minutes, phone records, notepads, project letters and correspondence, continuous control of JBM’s management obligations and responsibilities, characteristics of large commercial construction projects:

Transmittal Logs

JBM management creates automatic log entries in a Transmittal Queue.  At the end of the day, we simply generate and send one letter to one contact with all the necessary items they should receive.  So that everyone is on the same page.  JBM’s transmittals include requisite memos or cover letters, drawings, change documents, and material samples sent during a  project.

Requests For Information

Timely responses to questions submitted to management from other contractors, subcontractors, owners, and others are crucial to creating a smooth flow of construction activity.  JBM utilizes our electronic Request for Information log that helps us manage every question, or request during a project.  JBM’s Log records when a question was submitted, when or if it was answered, the responsible party, and the potential cost or schedule impact.

Meeting Minutes

Every project includes countless numbers of meetings to discuss progress, delays, and clarifications of specifications or designs.  Our electronic capability records the details of every meeting including who attended, issues discussed, who is responsible for what actions, and when actions items are due.  It is invaluable to solving disputes that naturally arise in a complex management environment.

Letter and Other Correspondences; Phone Records

JBM utilizes electronic tracking means to create, track and document incoming and outgoing correspondence.  It is important to maintain records of noteworthy clarifying telephone conversations, as well as calls that refine the particulars of work identified in bid estimates.