Expert Construction Consulting
Specializing in building compliance consulting to ensure safety and regulation adherence.
Your Simplified Solution To Success
Expert Building Compliance Consulting
We provide expert guidance for construction projects to ensure compliance with regulations.
Building Compliance is a privately funded consulting firm that assists Owners, Investors, Stakeholders, Engineers, Architects, General Contractors and Trade Contractors as an information hub for construction business skills and provider of services needed for upcoming projects. Our association includes real estate, legal, tax and banking professionals who bring decades of successful experience with a genuine commitment to helping others.
Please check out this week's discussion on our blog.
Richard Medina is a Florida native who attended The University of Miami and Nova University. He served as a tenured counselor and the Director of Training for a multi-national corporation now known as SCI and is currently a successful commercial / industrial General Contractor since 2000.
Successfully obtaining a building permit does not guarantee a successful project.
Our consulting service provides invaluable insight into the guidelines, requirements and business planning to better manage your project, clients, workers, insurers, building departments and government agencies.
To schedule a no-cost consultation, please contact us by telephone or use the messaging service shown below.
Building Compliance, Inc.
(854) 237-2096
richard@buildingcomplianceinc.com
Expert Building Compliance Consulting
We provide tailored consulting services for:
- proposals and presentations
- legal contracting
- owner's representation
- full time project management
- audit specialization in building regulations and standards
Step 1
Initiation and Pre-Design
Our consulting team will evaluate your project's objectives, potential costs, zoning, and site analyses to ensure the project makes financial sense, defines the core purpose of the building including securing preliminary budgets and timelines.
Step 2
Design
Our architectural and engineering team translates your initial vision into sketches and spatial layouts to produce final permitted drawings and technical specifications used for bidding and building. We emphasize value engineering and compliance to enhance safety and project efficiency.
Step 3
Procurement
In this phase our team sources and secures the necessary workforce, materials, and equipment necessary for bidding, awarding and material sourcing according to the critical path chart.
Step 4
Construction and Monitoring
Our continuous active management personnel will execute site preparation, excavation, foundation work, and structural framing while actively tracking the schedule, budget, safety protocols, and daily progress to quickly resolve unexpected roadblocks and conflicts according to the critical path chart.
Step 5
Post-Construction (Closeout)
The final stage focuses on quality verification, inspection, punchlist completion, testing all building systems (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, elevator service, fire suppression, alarms) to ensure they work according to specifications before handing the building over to you or your client.
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Building Compliance Inc. provided invaluable support, guiding us through complex regulations. Their knowledge ensured our project was a success.
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Michael T. Surfside Beach Oceanfront Hotel
Our situation was quite unique. The Heartland Center in Prague OK was severely damaged by an earthquake. Our insurance company said our insurance policy did not cover earthquake damage and only paid $15,000. Richard submitted documentation revealing their liability, repair proposals and flew to OK twice to met with the insurance company adjusters on our behalf. Resulting in full payment of our $250,000 coverage. This man is a genius when it comes to construction consulting.
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Pamela S. @ The Heartland Center
They are the Go To consultants for anyone starting a Construction Company. They followed up until our Project Presentation contained all the values and schedules the bank and client needed to award us the project.
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One of the most frustrating components of construction contracting are the agreements. Not understanding the basics can turn a good client / contractor relationship into an ugly mess. I've been there and I want to help you avoid it. Let's get started.
Its been said, "A contract is only worth the paper it's written on." In practical terms this means you can spend a fortune on an expensive agreement written by an attorney and still get slaughtered in mediation court.
So what makes an agreement air tight? Answer... Absolutely nothing. As I said above. You can hire a lawyer, or use an AIA agreement, or download a blank agreement off the internet or buy one at a store and still wind up with material to fold a paper airplane. And, if there is a possibility your going to make a paper plane. Make it one that holds the weight of your safety and make it your self.
Its also been said, "A person who represents themself in court has a fool for a client and an idiot for a lawyer." With all due respect to Abraham Lincoln. He was a lawyer looking to keep paying clients. You can walk into mediation with an agreement that cost you a million dollars against a client who is in breach of every part of the agreement and have the judgement go against you.
So how can you minimize being on the losing end of a construction agreement? I try to live by the rule that neither your doctor, your lawyer or your accountant know more about you than you do. No one knows better than you what downside every deal holds against you.
Example: How will you be paid, how much will you be paid, when will you be paid are not the downsides. The downside is what happens if you don't get paid.
The keys to holding advantage in an agreement dispute are simple.
1. They must sign your agreement.
2. Even if you sign their agreement. They must sign your agreement. If not, you should walk away.
Their agreement is loaded with upsides for them, not you, and in mediation court those upsides go against you. But not when you have the proper phrasing in your agreement, regardless of what their's says. Your agreement should have off ramps that protect you when they've signed it.
Over the years I've written 100s of my own agreements and many that billion dollar corporations have signed.
If you have questions about what should be in your agreements. Contact me. There is no charge for answering your questions. Should you decide to have me assist or create a custom agreement or proposal for you, there is a nominal fee.
Contact me. Let's make sure you have the advantage.
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Planning, design, and execution for all structures built for business purposes including commercial additions and renovations.
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Adherence to complex safety construction requirements, regulations and promoting safety during all construction phases.
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Exhibiting client commitment and concern for their satisfaction is the highest form of construction managerial skills.
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Specialists in extensive building code knowledge, strategies for maintaining code compliance and standards in construction.