The Role
Perform preconstruction constructability reviews for LAUSD projects, identify design conflicts and ambiguities, recommend value engineering and coordination improvements, review deliverables to reduce RFIs and change orders, and coordinate with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative.
Summary Generated by Built In
KDG Construction Consulting is seeking a detail-oriented Constructability Review Specialist to join our team in support of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). This position supports the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative (OAR) during the preconstruction phase by conducting comprehensive constructability reviews, identifying potential design conflicts, and providing recommendations that improve project quality, coordination, and overall constructability. The ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge of building systems, exceptional analytical skills, and experience collaborating with design consultants,
Key Responsibilities:
About KDG: KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm serves clients in a broad range of markets throughout Southern California, including transportation, public infrastructure, and large-scale facilities. KDG provides a full spectrum of management and technical services spanning the entire life cycle of a construction project.
Employment with KDG: KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assists in defining and reviewing the Project Requirement Document scope of work and schedule including interim housing requirements
- Makes value engineering recommendations at the outset of the design
- Comments on the design professional’s deliverable identifying inconsistencies, ambiguities, conflicts, errors and omissions in the progress plans to reduce RFIs and Change Orders
- Ensure documents are coordinated between design disciplines.
- Prepares comprehensive constructability review of pre-bid construction documents
- Coordinates the above efforts with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative in a collaborative way
- Performs other duties as assigned
- 15 years’ full-time professional paid experience with an Architecture degree and the following:
- 10 of those years must be acting as a Construction Administrator
- 5 years remaining must be acting as a Designer.
- Construction Administrator experience shall be on a public/educational facility construction project with full responsibility for supporting those projects.
- Projects shall have a construction value of $8M or more for a single project or with a combined cumulative project value of $80M.
- OR
- 15 years full time paid professional experience as a Project Superintendent or Project Manager on a public/educational facility construction and/or large commercial projects with
- full responsibility for coordinating complex projects with construction value of a single project in excess of $30M with a combined cumulative project value of $400M.
- OR
- Minimum of two (2) years of college level coursework from a recognized college, university or trade school and five (5) years additional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement
About KDG: KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm serves clients in a broad range of markets throughout Southern California, including transportation, public infrastructure, and large-scale facilities. KDG provides a full spectrum of management and technical services spanning the entire life cycle of a construction project.
Employment with KDG: KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- 15 years full-time professional paid experience with an Architecture degree
- At least 10 years acting as a Construction Administrator
- At least 5 years acting as a Designer
- Construction Administrator experience on public/educational facility construction projects with full responsibility supporting those projects
- Projects with construction value of $8M or more for a single project or combined cumulative project value of $80M
- OR 15 years full-time paid professional experience as a Project Superintendent or Project Manager on public/educational facility construction and/or large commercial projects with full responsibility coordinating complex projects
- Single project construction value in excess of $30M and combined cumulative project value of $400M (as part of the Project Superintendent/Manager alternative)
- Minimum of two years of college-level coursework plus five years additional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement (alternative)
- Demonstrated experience performing constructability reviews and coordinating with design consultants, Design Manager, and Owner Authorized Representative
- Strong technical knowledge of building systems and ability to make value engineering recommendations
- Experience reviewing design deliverables to identify inconsistencies, ambiguities, conflicts, errors and omissions to reduce RFIs and Change Orders
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The Company
What We Do
KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm helps transform communities by providing expert Construction Management services that allow customers to deliver transformational program improvements. Their team includes engineers and business professionals who coordinate and manage public works and capital improvement projects, with a specialized focus on aviation, water, power and transportation infrastructure.
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