The commercial construction process can be very confusing when you consider the sheer amount of moving parts between the building owner, architect, general contractor, the myriad of subcontractors, and all of the procedures and processes involved. In this Q&A Monday, Thad Barnette is joined by Doug Markle from the Sheffield Metals Commercial department to discuss the entire commercial building process from start to finish.
Topics covered:
- What roles are involved in the commercial building process? 0:35
- How are commercial projects typically awarded? 1:24
- What is a specification and how do they work? 1:45
- What does the bidding phase look like for the commercial roofer? 2:59
- What other parts of the commercial building process are there? 4:17
- Is the bid amount the amount the contractor will be paid? 5:02
- How does Sheffield Metals fit in to this process? 5:55
- How can Sheffield support the different roles in the process? 7:02
- How does Sheffield make it easy for the different roles during the process? 8:42
