Construction Solution Specialists

 Eliminate Job-End Claims  ||  Early Project Involvement ||  Employee Training     Independent Contract Estimates (ICE)

Solutions driven

What We Do

Our clients seek independent & professional contract assessment for new or existing contract awards. Based on your firms needs, we will provide flexible solution systems that provide additional support to your project team.


+Early Involvement Contract Analysis

+Claim Assessment or Preparation Review

+Mid-Project Issue Mitigation Strategy Test

+Value Engineering (VE) Construction Expertise

+Alternate Delivery Pursuit Guidance

+Independent Contract Estimating


For that challenging new sector project, new client project or simply the project with higher risks than a firm has encountered before, our solution systems provided will deliver.


FIVE CORE CONTRACT SYSTEMS

1  - CONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

2 - RISK EVALUATIONS

3 - SCHEDULE EVALUATION & TESTING

4 - MANHOUR CHARTING

5 - FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS


BENEFIT TO CLIENT

We provide the most comprehensive independent evaluation of heavy-civil projects in the Northwest. Our solutions will deliver outcomes with:


-Financial Certainty

-Early or On-Time Schedule Completion

-Employee Training

-Monthly Progress Metrics

-ROI Evaluations


McCarthy Solutions Group can provide a guarantee that our involvement will eliminate Job-End Contract Claims for your firm.


SOLUTION SYSTEMS FUNDEMENTALS

Whether for a firm doing $2M/Yr or $200M/Yr, keeping it simple is our focus. While addressing the critical issues before they arise, collaboration with stakeholders using partnership principles will create predictable outcomes.


Addressing project risks early as possible and assigning these risks to stakeholders is crucial & at McCarthy we can guarantee  an on-time and under-budget project no matter the delivery method. 


Our experience range includes the following methods in both the public and private delivery markets: 

  • CMGC [CM@Risk}
  • Design-Build (incl. Progressive DB)
  • Lump Sum
  • Unit Price 

The client or contractor involvement & influence in the design will vary, and McCarthy Solutions Group can be 

that 3rd Party Interpreter. We can assist whichever delivery method chosen, providing critical support to the projects unique risks, while monitoring early and often.

Contractor based solutions - engineering based results

Brightwater WWTP, Woodinville WA

Executive Contract Analysis

The services provided will be solutions centric using simple-to-understand, fundamental systems where the OUTCOME for a project will be provided a path for both SCHEDULE CERTAINTY & FINANCIAL CERTAINTY


  1. High-Risk of Delay or Financial Loss due to contract parameters
  2. Contracts with New Clients either Public or Private
  3. Entering different markets with unique or unchartered Risk Profiles
  4. Past knowledge of client & less than desired outcome
  5. Projects that will have multiple non-binding stakeholders with a large influence


McCarthy Solutions will focus the evaluation on the contract, your firm, training the project team and your future repeatable client.

CERTAINTY OUTLOOK: Foundation of Systems

One key to contracting is understanding is understanding the Project Risks as they pertain to the Construction & Time Remaining on the project. As the project progresses, dealing with both contract and change work, individually Risk and Time can be checked off the lists. While simplistic in words, this can often become quite complicated in implementation.  Navigation of these paths requires both quality anticipation & experience for both Schedule Certainty and Financial Certainty to become attained. 


The contracting world is often most efficient when firms produce checklists which are adhered to by YOUR project teams. This includes pre-pour checklists, material checklists, startup checklists, risk checklists and accounting checklists. When a firm combines the checklists that are IMPORTANT TO THEIR business, with roll-up information for Executive Summary Dashboards,  these checklists can become some of the most valuable functions of YOUR SYSTEM. 


The basis for information your firm prefers to be driven upward to a Principal, your COO & yourself as the President and CEO. Compiling PRECISE data & tracking this data IS the foundation for providing ACCURATE information for YOUR COMPANY. These dashboards can become your firm's MONTHLY instrument for firm owners or principal managers to focus on the PROJECT which can benefit the MOST FROM EARLY INVOLVEMENT. 


Also, this information can then be strategically & selectively shared with the client for whom the contract is being performed, should that be deemed vital. 



Teamwork - Schedules - Risks - Dashboards - Projections

Your contracting organization will have the opportunity to experience ALL systems (Project Contract Administration Suite) or a Tailor-Made bundle consisting of the following systems. This will be based on a mutual agreement of your Firm's initial needs, agreed to contract requirements or foreseen future needs. 

SOLUTION SYSTEMS MAY INCLUDE:

  • Executive Core Value Meeting & Definition
  • Risk Analysis & Matrix - Estimate & Pre-Award
  • Partnering Approach Strategy 
  • Project Schedule (ex. P6) Evaluation: Logic - Risk - Testing
  • Project Team Risk Allocation: GC's & Technical
  • Planned & Earned ManHour Graphing: ES - LS - Actual - Earned - Trends 
  • Quantity Tracking Plan :: Estimate - Plan - Projection
  • GC's Contractual Flow Charts (ex. Differing Site Conditions or Owner Caused Delay)
  • Quantity driven schedule, revenue & cost data tracking guidelines
  • Ongoing Project Risk Evaluation (Risk Passed - NEW Risk Eval)
  • Subcontractor progress tracking: Schedule & Financial 
  • Letter Writing Systems, Client Mtg Systems, PCO-vs-CO Logs incl. financial 
  • Revenue Projections - Technical Oversight
  • Alignment Review of Cost Reporting & Budget Comparison - Monthly or Quarterly
  • Customized JOCR Dashboard (Job Operations & Contract Report)

return on investment (ROI) solutions

C ONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

C ONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

C ONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

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Contract Administration requires in-depth knowledge of THE CONTRACT and the basic contracting functions. 


When issues arise, and they arise daily, the contract is the guide, key and what YOUR FIRM signed up to provide, yet all contracts are not Black & White. 


Trainable and skilled project dedicated personnel is another key to guarantee the outcome.  McCarthy Solutions will dedicate time and effort into Training YOUR firm's assigned personnel on the most efficient systems to use, for future use at YOUR firm. 

RISK SOLUTIONS

C ONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

C ONTRACT KNOWLEDGE

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Contracting can often be summed up as the RISK BUSINESS. Yet unlike other risk business sectors, in construction YOUR firm enters a contract where the risks can be felt, seen and by analysis thru experience they can be predicted. 


Not every project is the same, in fact hardly any two are ever alike - yet the risks can be listed near the same in each sector of construction. 

 McCarthy Solutions Group provides proven SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS not consulting fees for merely an opinion.  These solutions have been used to construct Billions of dollars worth of contracts, while steering clear of ANY END OF PROJECT CLAIMS.

THE OUTCOME

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS

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The concept of Beginning with the End in Mind is a proven methodology in the world of contracting. MSG was created to eliminate the unwanted costs associated with Contractors seeking JUSTIFIED contract compensation. 


MSG will assist your project team & train your personnel to actively monitor schedule, risk & changes to the contract while examining the top line, the middle lines and FINANCIAL BOTTOM LINE.   

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDS

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  This SOLUTIONS PROCESS can be used for either NEW Contracts or Existing contracts which could benefit Early Involvement guidance. YOUR FIRM will receive an OBJECTIVE 3rd Party analysis & evaluation at a minimum with our involvement. 


Another key to success will be having a true commitment to THE PROCESS from those empowered with decision making authority, both financially and with personnel. Whatever path is chosen, benefit to the TEAM of both your client and your firm will be recognized. 


McCarthy Solutions Group will guarantee that!   

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425 780 3439 kevin.mccarthy@mcprx.com