EXPERIENCE KWAME Delivering total value through pure construction and program management services

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Corporate Overview Experts in Program Management/Construction Management

•  Higher Education •  Aviation •  Corporate Facilities •  Entertainment/Hospitality •  Healthcare

Nationwide Experience

Vertical Market Expertise: •  K-12 Education •  Municipal/Justice Facilities •  Roads •  Rails •  Utilities/Water Systems

Company Overview Areas Of The Country Kwame Building Group Has Developed Projects

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What Makes Us Better

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Risk Management KWAME's cost management system works to ensure that Designers are at-risk for cost overages due to design error. Schedule  Risk  Management  

Cost  Risk  Management  

Quality  Management  

DBE  Program  Development/Monitoring  

Document  Management  

Stakeholder  Communica?ons  

CPM Schedule Development & Analysis

With on-time job sites, you get more productivity when you need it most.

An effective schedule clarifies complex projects and resolves various issues before a commitment of labor, materials and facilities is made. The Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule relates and organizes major activities into a series of management events, and becomes the primary controlling document for the entire project. By identifying the discrete work activities required to complete the project as well as the relationship of those activities to one another, CPM scheduling allows for the determination of what activities are critical to completing the project -- those that must be performed on their early start and finish dates to avoid any delay to the project’s completion. Therefore, non-critical activities have the ability to be delayed in their start and/or finish by some defined amount of time, commonly referred to as “float,” without the risk of delaying the project.

Master Schedule | Design Schedule | Construction Schedule

The Schedule

The master schedule represents a summary-level project schedule - the purpose of which is to identify all of the major design and construction phase deliverables for the project - as well as all individual work breakdown structure components.

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The design schedule is a detailed schedule identifying key design components and critical design milestones necessary for the timely completion of a project's design phase.

The construction schedule is one of the most powerful management tools at the service of the construction manager. A well-planned and realistic schedule that takes into account as many variables as possible will help keep a construction project moving along smoothly, alert the construction manager when the project is about to run into snags, and help make needed adjustments when unforeseen circumstances arise.

Annotated schedule fragnet’s assist in communicating schedule commentary to all stakeholders.

Ongoing analysis of the project’s Critical Path makes certain that all stakeholders are aware of deliverables critical to the success of the project.

Project Control Cost Control

KWAME uses our extensive local and national experience in professional fees and construction costs, as well as our historical databases, in order to systematically develop all aspects of the program/project costs.

Cost Estimating

Design Errors &

Omissions

Contractor Mistakes

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Unforseen Conditions

Procurement Strategy Project Accounting

KWAME works within our client's established policies and procedures, stated procurement goals and stakeholder requirements to ensure that the project procurement strategy supports the Team's cost, schedule and quality goals.

KWAME's utilization of Project Accounting provides our Project Managers with the ability to accurately assess and monitor project budgets and ensure that the project is proceeding on budget. Project managers can quickly address any cost overruns and revise budgets if necessary.

Quality Control Services

Constructibility Review

Performance Review

Construction Inspection

Services DBE Program Development / Monitoring

Goal vs. Actual

DBE/HUB Outreach Mentor/Protege Programs Workforce Outreach Apprentice Programs Internship Programs Compliance Monitoring Certified Payroll

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Project Control Document Control

Reporting - The immediate availability of project data is not a luxury, but rather a requirement, as analysis and decisions on tough construction issues must be made faster than ever before as delays in decision-making can cost millions of dollars.

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Change Management - The best sets of plans and specifications have never been able to produce a construction program that does not contain some number of changes. KWAME proactively manages changes and keeps all stakeholders abreast of potential cost impacts so that positive cash flow is constantly maintained.

Document Management - Centralized document control allows project stakeholders to access information quickly. As with any system, proper planning at the early stages will save substantial time and money later. Intelligence in the document numbering system allows documents to be tagged and filed in an organized manner which makes data retrieval around major issues much easier and more efficient.

Document Control

Stakeholder Communications

KWAME's cost management system works to ensure that Designers are at-risk for cost overages due to design error, Contractors are at-risk for their mistakes, project contingency plans/funds address unforeseen conditions, and Owner changes are minimized through proper project scoping and thorough stakeholder communication.

Better Communications Means Better Management

Kwame Experience We are better, because we’ve done it before

Lambert – St. Louis Airport Expansion Project Port Authority of Allegheny County North Shore Connector Project Cost: $50 Million

Schedule: Completed 2006 State of Missouri’s First traffic tunnel 1,400-foot tunnel with two 46-foot wide cells Life safety and traffic monitoring features

Cost: $539 Million Schedule: Completion in 2011 1.2-mile dual bored tunnels beneath the Allegheny River Life safety features

Kwame Experience We are better, because we’ve done it before

Missouri Department of Transportation New Mississippi River Bridge Project

Missouri Department of Transportation Interstate 270/Interstate 70 Interchange Rehabilitation Project

Cost: $667 Million Schedule: Completion in 2015 1,500-foot cable-stayed bridge

Cost: $4 Million Schedule: Completed in 2006

Rehabilitation of Missouri’s busiest interchange

Kwame Experience We are better, because we’ve done it before

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Lower Meramec WWTP Project

Lumiere Casino & Hotels Project

Cost: $120 Million Schedule: Completed in 2009

28 Million Gallons per day Water Treatment Plant

Cost: $500 Million Schedule: Completed in 2007

New Four Seasons Hotel and Casino in Downtown St. Louis

Company Roles We have the people and processes in place to ensure a quality result for each project

People Management

Policy & Strategy

Resources

People Satisfaction

Customer Satisfaction

Impact on Society

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Contact Us

Corporate Headquarters

1204 Washington Avenue, Suite 200 Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

T: 314.862.5344 F: 314.862.1855