Construction administration meeting quality, budget, and schedule objectives

Construction administration and observation are essential to ensuring that a construction project is executed successfully, meeting its quality, budget, and schedule objectives while complying with relevant regulations and safety standards. It involves overseeing and managing a construction project to ensure that it is built according to the project’s plans, specifications, and contract documents.

Construction administration is an important aspect of professional engineering services that supports construction projects designed by our staff, other consulting teams, or as independent on-call construction management assignments. Our services are pivotal in helping clients control costs, coordinate the many and diverse tasks of support firms and personnel, and enable the team to adhere to compressed schedules. Our clients include state or provincial departments of transportation, Class I freight railroads, commuter rail authorities, and federal, state, or provincial and local governments.

The backbone of our team lies in their specialized expertise, including Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QC/QA), final design review, procurement, constructability reviews, construction engineering, observation, and materials testing. Their certifications span a diverse spectrum of projects, empowering them to confidently tackle any challenge. Our dedicated team includes project managers and engineers, observers, inspectors, sampling and testing technicians, and certified traffic control supervisors. Each member is deeply versed in local, state, and national standards and specifications. Furthermore, our team has comprehensive training in confined space entry, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines, and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) protocols.

Our staff offers a wide variety of services to assist you with every facet of your requirements. We work closely with the design team to ensure the constructed project follows engineering plans and technical specifications, making every effort to maintain the schedule and budget, even when changes occur.

Wilson & Company’s construction administration professionals work closely with our Alternative Project Delivery, Transportation, and Survey & Geospatial teams to help deliver infrastructure projects that meet quality standards, contract requirements, and project schedules. By combining multidisciplinary expertise with thorough field observation and documentation, we help owners make informed decisions throughout construction.

Our services include:

Program Management

• Pre-construction conference attendance
• Full-time or part-time construction observation
• Project progress meetings
• Review of construction schedules
• Quality assurance and materials testing
• Minimum Acceptance Testing requirements
• Reimbursements for CO-OP, MAP, and federal projects
• Certificates of compliance
• Mill Reports for Buy America provision
• EEO and DBE compliance
• LCP Tracker and B2GNow
• Tracking of source books
• Verification of quantities
• Certification of pay applications
• Approval of change orders
• Project close out and documentation

Special Inspections

• Verification of steel placement
• Verification of rebar placement
• Verification of concrete placement
• Verification of masonry placement

Testing

• Water and wastewater testing for rest areas
• ACNM TTCP-certified testers

Frequently Asked Questions About Construction Administration

What is construction administration?

Construction administration is the process of overseeing construction activities to help ensure a project is built in accordance with the approved plans, specifications, contract requirements, and applicable standards. It includes field observation, documentation, coordination, and communication between project stakeholders.

What construction administration services does Wilson & Company provide?

Wilson & Company provides a comprehensive range of construction administration services, including construction observation, quality assurance, materials testing coordination, progress meetings, pay application review, contract administration, change order evaluation, documentation, project closeout, and coordination with owners, contractors, and design teams.

How does construction administration benefit a project?

Construction administration helps identify potential issues early, improves communication between project teams, supports quality control, and helps keep projects aligned with design intent, schedules, budgets, and contract requirements. Effective oversight can reduce delays and help owners make informed decisions throughout construction.

What types of projects does Wilson & Company support during construction?

Wilson & Company provides construction administration services for transportation, aviation, rail, water and wastewater, federal, industrial, and municipal infrastructure projects. Our team supports clients through every phase of construction, from preconstruction coordination to final project closeout.

What is the difference between construction administration and construction observation?

Construction observation focuses on monitoring construction activities and documenting project progress in the field. Construction administration is a broader service that includes field observation along with contract administration, coordination, documentation, communication, quality assurance, and support for project management throughout construction.