PROFESSIONALISM

Professionalism is our commitment to you and your building project. Sherrod Building Company, Inc. will work diligently and persistently to provide to our clients the highest degree of professional services in our industry. You can specifically count on Sherrod Building Company, Inc. to provide:

RELATIONSHIPS

Relationships are designed to meet our client's needs and objectives. Sherrod Building Company, Inc. will assist you in all phases of your project to determine the best combination of services and solutions for your specific project.

SERVICES

The services that we provide:

• Feasibility Analysis
• Site Evaluation
• Pre-Construction Services
• Site Planning
• Architecture
• Engineering
• Design Build
• Value Engineering
• Construction

SOLUTIONS

What is Single Responsibility Contracting?

Known as 'Design Build' or 'Turn Key,' Single Responsibility is a system of contracting under which one entity performs both architectural / engineering design and the actual construction work.

In the 'traditional' contracting approach, the owner commissions an architect or engineer to prepare drawings and specifications, and separately selects a construction contractor or construction manager either by negotiation or competitive bidding.

The Single Responsibility team is closely involved in producing a product, which meet the owner's needs rather than merely acting as professional advisors to the owner. The owner deals with an unified design-construct team working together in his behalf

Single-source design and production of industrial and consumer products, both large and small, has long been the norm throughout our economy. Now, quite understandably, design-build has moved to the forefront of the construction industry

ADVANTAGES OF SINGLE RESPONSIBILITY

Single responsibility contracting provides an unique set of advantages not available in any other delivery system: UNDIVIDED RESPONSIBILITY. Single responsibility contracting provides both architecture / engineering and construction resources under a single contract. The owner looks to a single entity responsible for cost control, quality assurance, schedule adherence and performance of the finished product. This results in clearly fixed responsibility, maximum cost control and immediate responsiveness.

The client can exercise his desired degree of control over the design, with the added advantage of continuously knowing the cost implications of each decision. The client's control of the entire process is strengthened by contracting with a single firm unconditionally committed to the success of his project.

EARLY KNOWLEDGE OF COSTS

The design-build team, working closely with the client, accurately conceptualizes the complete project at an early stage. Continuous and concurrent estimating during the development of design results in knowledge of firm overall costs fae sooner than is traditionally possible. This process also permits making early decisions, which have the greatest impact upon cost, in an informed, cost-based environment.

TIME SAVINGS

Design and construction are telescoped, bidding periods and redesign time are eliminated and long-delivery components are identified and ordered early in the design process. Therefore, total design-construction time is significantly reduced, which translates into earlier utilization of the completed facility.

DOLLAR SAVINGS:

Design and construction personnel, working and communicating as a team, evaluate alternative materials and methods efficiently and accurately. From the onset of the project, both design and construction expertise are brought to bear upon all components of a project from site work through mechanical and electrical systems. Because cost evaluation is progressively 'fed back' in the design process as it proceeds - not after design is complete - decisions affecting cost and design are continuously optimized.

Because the contractor is responsible for both design and construction, costs overruns resulting from design error or faulty coordination are the responsibility of the contractor, not the owner. The owner pays only for scope changes, which he initiates

HOW IS A SINGLE RESPONSIBILITY CONTRACTOR SELECTED?

Because it replaces the process of separately selecting a design professional and construction contractor, selection methods for a Single Responsibility entity are often a blend of direct professional selection and cost competition. Numerous proposals can be obtained from a wide spectrum of bidders under a variety of selection approaches:

Direct Selection
The design-builder is selected directly by the owner on the basis of such factors as reputation, qualifications, past performance and prior association

Competitive Negotiation
A number of Single Responsibility contractors are interviewed, with selection based upon criteria such as fees to be charged, recent comparable costs, personnel to be assigned to the project and scheduling commitments.

Cost Competition
When the owner furnishes criteria for the project or request the bidders to prepare the preliminary design, project cost quotations can be obtained as the basis for contractor selection. This approach places the burden upon the owner to evaluate each proposal carefully to determine the best value, since each bidder will propose different design solutions to meet hr criteria.

Cost / Design Competition
A variant of pure cost completion incorporates rational quantitative evaluation of design into the selection process. Designs are evaluated and ranked, and a formula which combines cost and design quality is used to determine the superior proposal.

WHAT TYPES OF CONTRACTS ARE USED?

Single Responsibility inherently affords a high degree of flexibility. A variety of contract formats have been developed to permit tailoring a design-construct program, which satisfies the client and contractor's needs. Generally, the parties enter into a multiphase agreement and initial design proceeds at a nominal fee. When firm construction costs are determined and the parties are in agreement, additional phases covering detailed and actual construction are then added utilizing one of the contract formats below:

Fixed Fee-Guaranteed Maximum
The contractor and owner agree upon a fee for the contractor's overhead and profit and the contractor develops upset maximum costs for the work. The contract provides for a sharing of any savings between the parties, and protects the owner against costs in excess of the stipulated maximum.

Lump Sum
The contractor, resulting from negotiation or competitive bids, provides a stipulated lump sum amount for the design and construction of the entire project. All risks and rewards as to project costs accrue to the contractor.

Cost-plus
Certain types of construction projects do not lend themselves to accurate advance cost estimates. Therefore, the owner and contractor agree upon the design fee and the contractors fee for overhead and profit and commence work under a cost-plus agreement. Under some circumstances, the cost-plus agreement is converted to a guaranteed maximum when scope and cost are converted to guaranteed maximum when scope and cost are better determinable.

Design-Construct-Leaseback
Additionally, many Single Responsibility contractors are able to provide design-construct-lease packages to clients wishing to lease rather then own their facilities. The selection process can be identical to the normal design -construct approach.

Brad Sherrod
Tel. 205.871.4996  |   Fax: 205.871.5055
1820 First Avenue South Suite A Birmingham, AL 35210