Pre-Construction
Catch the problems while they still cost nothing.
On negotiated and design-build work the drawings are still moving. We review, quantify and price them as they change, so the budget you hand the owner survives contact with the final set.
What you get
Deliverables
Quantity takeoffs
Budget-level quantities early, tightened as the design develops, so you can see what each round of drawings did to the number instead of finding out at the end.
Bill of materials
Materials and labor units organized in CSI format, kept current across design revisions rather than rebuilt from scratch each time.
RFIs
Conflicts between drawings and specs, missing scopes and code problems, written up as RFIs while the engineer of record can still fix them on paper.
Change orders
Priced against the original estimate, with the delta shown line by line. When the owner asks why a change costs what it costs, the answer is already documented.
How we run it
Value engineering with the cost attached
Reviewing a set is the easy part. The useful part is pricing the alternatives: what the panel change saves, what the fixture substitution really costs once you count the controls, what happens to the labor when the routing moves. Every option comes back with its cost impact attached, so the conversation with the owner is about numbers rather than opinions.
We estimate and review against the National Electrical Code and local amendments. Our engineers have more than 10 years of work on US electrical projects, and gaps or omissions in the engineer's drawings come back to you as RFIs rather than as an assumption we made quietly.
One engineer produces the work and a supervisor reviews it before it reaches you, with three rounds of revision included. Because the same team stays on your account month after month, they carry the history of the project — which is exactly what you need when a change order in month seven has to be priced against a decision made in month two.
If the scope includes BIM coordination, we model the electrical against the other trades so the clashes surface on screen. As-builts are kept current as the work changes instead of reconstructed from memory at closeout.
What we need from you
The current set, and what changed
- The design set as it stands today, plus the specifications, shared however you already work: upload, Bluebeam or Procore.
- The scope you are responsible for, and the budget target if there is one.
- The revision history, or at least a heads-up when a new set lands, so the takeoff tracks the design instead of trailing it.
We sign your NDA, or ours, before receiving anything. On negotiated work that matters more than usual: budget numbers in play are exactly the information a competitor would want.
Common questions
Answers on scope, code and change orders
What does electrical pre-construction cover?
Plan and spec review, budget-level quantity takeoffs that tighten as the design develops, a bill of materials in CSI format kept current across revisions, RFIs written while the engineer of record can still fix things on paper, and change orders priced against the original estimate with the delta shown line by line.
When should a contractor bring in pre-construction support?
As early as the design set exists. On negotiated and design-build work the drawings keep moving, so quantities taken early and tightened each round show you what every revision did to the number. PanAmerican also prices value engineering alternates against the base design, each one with its cost impact attached.
How are change orders priced?
Against the original estimate, with the delta documented line by line. Because the same assigned engineers stay on your account month after month, a change order in month seven is argued against a decision documented in month two by the people who documented it, rather than reconstructed from memory.
Do you review drawings against the NEC?
Yes. Work is estimated and reviewed against the National Electrical Code and local amendments. The engineers and architects doing that review have more than 10 years of experience in the industry; PanAmerican Engineering Solutions itself has been operating since 2020. Gaps and omissions in the engineer's drawings come back to you as RFIs, not as a quiet assumption.
Put an engineering team behind your next bid
Tell us your bid volume and the markets you chase, and we'll set up a discovery call. An NDA is ready if you want one signed before anything else.
or write to contacto@panamericanes.com