Project Planning 1. Evaluate preliminary documents for constructability, value opportunities, and scheduling at each phase of design. 2. Participate and assist in planning meetings. 3. Provide estimates at the Construction Document phase and an estimated monthly construction payment schedule to assist the owner with financial budgets. 4. Conduct a Value Engineering review, including Life Cycle Cost, evaluations for alternate materials and systems prior to the beginning of the Construction Documents phase. 5. Prepare and submit cash flow analysis to Owner. Bidding and Awarding 6. Separate construction work into appropriate bid packages See Attachment "B". 7. Develop requirements to assure time, cost, and quality control during construction. 8. Provide an estimated construction schedule for issuance with the bid package. 9. Identify bidders and generate bidder interest. Maintain a list of firms contacted and dates of contact for review by the Owner. 10. Schedule and conduct pre-bid conferences in conjunction with the architect and representatives from the LCSD. 11. Advertise and distribute bidding documents. 12. Assist in development of necessary addenda and distributing of these addenda to known bidders. 13. Monitor bidder activity. 14. Review and analyze bids and recommend awards. 15. Collect executed contracts, purchase orders, affidavits of assurance, insurance certificates, and performance and payment bonds and distribute copies to Owner, Architect and contractors. 16. Update schedule. 17. Conduct Pre-Construction meetings.