BK Cypress of Southeast Tennessee

We have the experience and qualifications to do the following:

• Pre-qualify and contact subcontractors, suppliers of products to solicit bids and proposals.

• Prepare quantity take-offs for various types and forms of construction.

• Determine general requirements needed for the project.

• Determine site conditions.

• Qualify unknowns and determine exclusions and allowances.

Quantities and cost. Whether this comes from the estimator's own job histories or from an outside source, an accurate cost base must be established:

• Historical labor cost records.

• Quantities of materials.

• Material quotes and unit prices.

• Job plan and schedule.

• Subcontractor's bids.

• Job site overhead (direct costs).

We also help with and act in the role of Leadership, Partnering, Pre Construction Work, Avoid Contractor and Customer Miscues, Scheduling, Estimating/ Job Costing, Delays and Extensions

We strive to live by the following rules, which benefit both the homeowner and the contractor alike:

Law #1 - Avoid the Fantasy Land of Wishful Thinking

Law #2 - Use Discovery to Control the Options

Law #3 - The Customer is Not Always Right

Law #4 - Good or Bad, the Customer Is the "Chairman of the Board"

Law #5 - If It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck, It's a Duck

Law #6 - Some Projects Are Better Left to the Next Guy

Law #7 - The Contractor is the "Captain"

Law #8 - Architects are Only Designers

Law #9 - Planning is Not Just Scheduling

Law #10 - Don't "Rig Your Ship" for the Wrong Voyage

Law #11 - Draw a Line in the Sand

Law #12 - Estimating Is Almost as Important as Scheduling

Law #13 - The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword

Law #14 - Use the Contract as a Rifle, Not a Shotgun

Law #15 - If the Contractor Wins, the Customer Wins

Law #16 - Anything You Give Away for Free Is Valued as Worthless

Law #17 - Only Profitable Jobs Have Happy Customers

Law #18 - Scheduling Is Almost as Important as Estimating

Law #19 - Scheduling can Make the Biggest Dummy Look Smart

Law #20 - You Can't Pour Concrete Before Setting Forms

Law #21 - Time Is of the Essence

Law #22 - Nobody Can Tell the "Captain" How to Sail the Ship

Law #23 - Customers Are Responsible for Ripple Effects

Law #24 - Subcontractors Are Like Three-Legged Stools

Law #25 - A "Wronged" Subcontractor Is an Infection

Law #26 - The Subcontractor's File Cabinet is the Truck Floor

Law #27 - Money is the Project Scorecard

Law #28 - Never Show a Chink in Your Armor

The average cost for Construction Management is on a sliding scale.  small project is 8% of total project cost, while a large project is only 6%

Feel free to contact us by phone 423 635-0942 or via email MIchael@bkcypresshomes.com for more information, pricing, and in-house specials.