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How far in advance of the construction
project's ground-breaking should we begin to plan and prepare? |
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How do we start to plan for construction? |
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What happens during a Surviving
Construction tech visit? |
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What's the most important key to success for
our project? |
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What can the implementing agency do to make
the construction project as painless as possible? |
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What can I do to help my community prepare for
construction? |
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What should my business be doing to prepare
for the project? |
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What should I expect during the construction
project? |
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I own a building. What impacts may I expect? |
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How can we ensure good communication during
the project? |
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Do we need a hired or specially designated
person to be a construction representative for the project? |
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How far in advance of the construction
project's ground-breaking should we begin to plan and prepare? |
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Ideally, you should begin work on your
plan about two years before the project breaks ground. If your
project is less than two years away from breaking ground, don't
panic: there are still steps you can take and ways to expedite work
on a plan to survive - and thrive - during construction. |
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How do we start
to plan for construction? |
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Start
by reviewing the experiences of other communities like yours to find
out what they have done to prepare for construction. Learn from the
successes and mistakes of others. |
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What happens during a Surviving
Construction tech visit? |
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We assign
team members and tailor the
itinerary for each visit in consultation with the client and based
on a number of factors such as the status of the project's design
and engineering phase, the anticipated ground-breaking date, the
level of organization in the community, etc. As a starting point,
you can view a two-day site visit itinerary example by
clicking
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What's the most important key to success for our project? |
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Preparation, more preparation, and even more preparation. A broad
spectrum of community stakeholders and resources (municipal,
schools, civic organizations, media, etc.) must be brought to the
table to be successful. |
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What can the implementing agency do to make the construction project
as painless as possible? |
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The
agency implementing the project should work to plan and stage the
project in a way that minimizes disruptions. The lead agency should
also ensure contract plans and contracts contain incentives and
penalties for completion, and contain necessary language for means
and methods to be followed by the contractor. |
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What can I do to help my community prepare for construction? |
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Participate! Get in the "info loop" and make sure your community
will have a parking committee, marketing & promotion committee, or
another committee to address the project by volunteering to start
one. You will help yourself and your community at the same time. |
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What should my business be doing to prepare for the project? |
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It
often depends on the nature of your business. If you’re a retail or
service business that depends on patrons coming to and through your
door, you need to work hard to make sure customers can - and will -
continue to do business with you. |
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What
should I expect during the construction project? |
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If
you’ve done your homework, taken time and action to prepare -- and
with a little good fortune mixed in -- everything should go smoothly
and you'll encounter minimal disruptions or problems. On the other
hand, project schedules are susceptible to weather, strikes,
material supply issues and a host of other "wildcards." You'll want
to do your best to prepare for the expected and the
unexpected. |
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I own a
building. What impacts may I expect? |
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There
could be several impacts. You should arrange to meet with the
project sponsor to find out what construction activities will take
place near your building. You may need to do some maintenance
activities such as tuck-pointing of exposed foundation areas. |
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How can we ensure good communication during the project? |
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Communication should be given the highest priority, and there's
plenty you can do to keep communication flowing. Examples include
publicizing project milestones, broadcasting regular updates on the
project and schedule, hosting regularly scheduled stakeholder update
sessions, and maximizing traditional and social media resources to
generate interest and keep the community informed. |
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Do we need a hired or specially designated person to be a
construction representative for the project? |
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This
often depends on the complexity, duration, and relative impact of
the project. In nearly all cases there will be a resident engineer
assigned to the project from the agency building the project.
However, their concern is primarily their project, and to a lesser
extent the impact of their project. For larger projects, it’s often
a good idea to have a construction representative whose primary task
is to watch out for the interests of businesses, building owners,
and residents. |
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