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In accordance with our mission to assist construction organizations in all aspects of contract administration, ACAI provides the assistance of personnel trained and experienced in construction as well as in the use of the most popular software.

Our personnel have a combined total of over 75 years experience in the construction industry.

All work performed for you will be completely tailored to your needs. We are available when required, as required. We will stay with a problem until it is resolved to your satisfaction.

We offer assistance in the following areas:

Scheduling

Estimating

Change Order and Claim Assistance

Customized Graphic Presentations

Staff Assistance

Special Application Assistance and Training

Management Assistance

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Scheduling.

1. Provide pre-bid proposals of cost to meet project schedule specifications.
   • Accurately estimate cost of compliance with scheduling requirements.
   • Assure that costly requirements have not been overlooked.
   • Submit a fully responsive project proposal based upon full understanding of schedule requirements.
2. Create and maintain or assist with creation and maintenance of schedules for current projects. Also analyze existing schedules to identify and correct problems.
   • Produce a timely project schedule as a result of experienced outside assistance.
   • Receive earlier payment for work performed.
   • Eliminate the need for a trained scheduler on the project staff.
   • Provide skilled assistance for in-house schedulers at peak times, such as during the preparation of major change order and recovery schedules.
   • Make the schedule a more useful tool.
3. Create schedules to identify, quantify, and substantiate claims.
   • Determine the cause of problems.
   • Aid in determining the magnitude of problems.
   • Assist in negotiating fair compensation for situations which were beyond the control of the contractor.

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Estimating

1. Assist with original project bid
   • Enable completion on time, reduce load on in-house personnel.
2. Take-off and price electrical change orders.
   • Reduce load on in-house personnel at peak times.
3. Draft/revise proposals.
   • Assure that all necessary stipulations are included to clearly define scope and conditions.
4. Insurance claim estimates.
   • Assist with the determination of the value of a claim after a fire, etc.

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Change Order and Claim Assistance.

1. Claims avoidance services.
   • Assist in determining and presenting added costs for payment prior to litigation.
2. Alternate dispute services.
   • Assist in arbitration or other conflict settlement, including Expert witness..
3. Negotiating services.
   • Assist in actual negotiations.
   • Settle more easily as a result of transferral of the conflict to us.
4. Claims preparation and negotiation services.
   • We do the detail work as well as Expert witness.
5. Litigation support services.
   • Get earlier, larger settlements through the use of our graphical presentations and other analysis.
6. Expert testimony.
   • Realize better settlements as a result of the testimony of experienced professionals on particular aspects of your change or claim.

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Customized Graphic Presentations.

1. Enhance graphics produced by the project management software.
   • Comply with special specifications requirements.
   • Reduce the possibility of misinterpretation.
   • Increase the impact of the schedule presentation.
2. Create graphics presentations for litigation.
   • Substantiate entitlement.
   • Demonstrate injury.
   • Quantify damages.

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Staff Assistance.

1. Prepare requisitions for major materials.
   • Reduce load on in-house personnel when the project is being started.
2. Create/modify AutoCAD (Autodesk, Inc.) compatible drawings.
   • Eliminate the need for in-house personnel, equipment, and programs for computer aided drawing.
   • Reduce load on in-house personnel.
3. Conduct seminars for any services offered.
   • Train new employees quickly, using actual data.
   • Enhance the abilities of current employees.

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Special Application Assistance and Training.

1. Specify requirements, suggest sources, create, install, and train personnel to use job cost systems.
   • Reduce time and expense in the implementation of the system.
2. Specify requirements, suggest sources, create, install, and train personnel to use document control systems.
   • Reduce time and expense in the implementation of the system.
3. Define, create, install, and train personnel to use raceway and cable control systems.
   • Reduce time and expense in the implementation of the system.
4. Define and write operations procedures.
   • Organize the business better.

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Management Assistance.

1. Review potential contracts with regard to language, clauses, etc. (non-legal).
   • Assure that potentially costly contract requirements have not been overlooked.
2. Assist with and review contract administration.
   • Reduce workload on in-house personnel.
   • Add seasoned input to the decision making process.
3. Review project administration.
   • Improve efficiency because an outsider can see the organization and personnel from a different view point.
4. Create programs to enable management review of projects.
   • Base project review and decisions on up-to-the-minute data.
   • Identify and resolve problems more quickly.
   • Support negotiations with detailed data.
5. Review and assist with cost accounting.
   • Assure that adequate data is collected, without the costs involved in attempting to gather more data than is possible or necessary.
6. Review project and office data with possible cost reductions in mind.
   • Improve productivity as a result of eliminating unnecessary equipment and/or tasks.
   • Increase efficiency as a result of improving methodology.
7. Review job cost and overhead cost.
   • Reduce cost as a result of finding and correcting items that are outside of normal guidelines.

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Action Computer Assistance Incorporated
Construction Services: 5882 W. Maplewood Drive, Littleton, CO 80123-3737
303.794.1941 Fax 303.794.1978
Computer Services: 82 Topaz Street, Golden, CO 80401-4957 303.277.9778