Cost Estimating and CPM Scheduling

Our construction engineers are capable of overseeing all aspects of a client’s project, including estimating, scheduling, design, engineering, contracting, community relations, safety programs, labor, cost control and coordination with the owner and architect. To ensure clear and ongoing communication, our project teams are accessible to clients and dedicated to their needs and requirements throughout the project’s life cycle.

We accomplish this with specialized teams that are composed of both project management and site supervision professionals. We deliver these services through support from our in-house technical groups, providing services that include budgeting; domestic and global procurement; scheduling and logistics; mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; structural engineering; and building enclosures.

Practice Areas:

  • Target Value Design
  • Cost Control
  • Cost Estimating
  • Constructability Reviews
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Scheduling
  • Subcontractor Selection
  • Material Procurement

Inspections

IMEC engineers provides comprehensive inspection services to public and private clients from conceptual design through project design, and construction administration and inspection. Our firm provides construction inspection services including acting as the Owner’s Representative for various construction projects. Our firm brings unique expertise and capabilities to each project, including an excellent track record in planning, design, construction administration, and full-time, on-site inspection services.

IMEC’s inspectors assist clients by reviewing a project and implementing a recovery process that monitors and identifies the need for possible intervention IMEC’s inspection expertise includes architectural, engineering and field construction expertise. Our blend of professional experience provides a unique ability to execute design, engineering and/or construction inspections effectively.

  • Contractor’s activity inspections
  • Inspector’s daily report preparation
  • Neat, accurate and complete records maintenance
  • Contractor’s schedule monitoring
  • Assistance in semi-final/final inspections
  • Loan monitoring/payment application inspections
  • Punch list preparation

Building Diagnostics

Deficiencies in building construction, maintenance and/or design will not stay silent forever. Mistakes will eventually lead to occupant discomfort, health and safety hazards, operational inefficiencies, building durability issues and even complete system or structural failures.

IMEC is here to help. In the most challenging of circumstances, our engineers and building science professionals are able to diagnose the issues and provide solutions that will protect the well-being of occupants, extend equipment life, and preserve the overall integrity of the building shell and structure.Facility Owners and their Agents, General Contractors, Trades Contractors, Lienholders, and Real Estate Buyers and Sellers all currently benefit from IMEC’s comprehensive suite of Building Diagnostics, Forensics, and Testing Services.

Beyond the Inspection

IMEC’s Building Diagnostics and Construction Management Divisions often work hand-in-hand with our clients to provide turn-key solutions to remediate the issues diagnosed. This approach includes defining the scope of work, estimating cost, planning and scheduling, and managing remediation projects to closeout.

Practice Areas:

  • Facility Condition/Life-Cycle Cost Assessments
  • Commissioning / Retro-Commissioning
  • Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx)
  • Roofing Inspections & Construction Monitoring
  • Building Air Tightness Testing / Air Leakage Site Detection
  • Duct Air Tightness Testing
  • Moisture Intrusion Forensics
  • Window Testing (Air & Water Intrusion)
  • Constructability Reviews
  • Adaptive Re-use Evaluation & Design
  • LEED & Sustainable Construction Services
  • Vapor Intrusion Testing

Technology

Creating Value Through the Use of Technology

IMEC Technology serves as the company’s central point of contact for customized design, installation, and support for IT services for new construction and renovations.

IMEC partners with clients, architects, and engineers to design and develop reliable, high-performance technology infrastructure, providing clients the peace of mind that a project’s technology is recognized at the start of construction, planned for and integrated throughout the schedule, and properly sequenced, installed, and functional before project completion. Exceeding typical technological boundaries, IMEC handles implementation, managing the entire installation process — from the design of a new workspace to the click that starts a network

With full capabilities that include designing and building the central nervous systems for smart workplaces, updating and installing new networking and computing environments, and providing a full range of support services to help ensure technology systems run at top efficiencies, IMEC eliminates the need to deal with multiple service providers.

Practice Areas:

  • Wireless Solutions & Cellular Reinforcement
  • Audiovisual Systems
  • Distributed Antenna Systems
  • Electronic Security Systems
  • Infant Protection Systems
  • Integrated Technology Design
  • IT Systems Consulting
  • Nurse Call Systems
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Locating Systems
  • Technology Support
  • Video Teleconferencing
  • Voice/Data/Video Structured Cabling​