Capital Steel Industries Project Coordinators
One of the most important and essential parts of any successful Capital Steel Industries project is the project coordinator. The project coordinator’s primary focus is to assist you through all facets the building process. The assignment of this individual is a valuable assistance through all facets of the building developmental and construction phases. The project coordinator will work to assure that the proper design and engineering for your structure is realized.
Your Capital Steel project coordinator is your main point of contact at our corporate headquarters. Your project coordinator is a dedicated professional who will answer any questions you, your architect, or your General Contractor (dealer) may have, along with any project issues that may arise. Your project coordinator will also arrange and participate in customer conference calls with the engineers and/or architect.
A Capital Steel project coordinator is an experienced building professional who has number of responsibilities. Prior to receiving your purchase order for the steel building your project coordinator will go over the details of your building with you and your General Contractor. The project coordinator will confirm and finalize the geometry of the building with you and your General Contractor. The project coordinator will also communicate with you about the design criteria of your building. This will cover:
- The end usage of your steel building
- Where the openings of the building will be
- What the occupancy of the building will be (Is it under 300?)
- Are there any collateral loads like a crane or specific point loads such as a steeple
- Will there be wet or dry sprinkler systems, ductwork or anything else suspended from the ceiling
- What will be the gutter and downspout configuration for the building
- How will the ceiling be finished
- What insulation will be required
- Are there architectural drawings for the building and if so can we have a set to use
- Are there any other drawings of the building
- Is there an engineer or architect involved with the project
If there is a mezzanine in the building then the project coordinator will ask:
- What is the live load
- What is the dead load
- Is the subfloor plywood or concrete
- Does Capital Steel provide the edges if it’s concrete
- Clear height above the mezzanine
- Clear height below the mezzanine
The project coordinator will also contact the city or county building department to verify loads and codes for the building. He will also coordinate with local city or county building departments to discuss any issues on codes, should they arise. At this point there is a dealer present to walk the site and go over the project and help with the decision on accessories such as doors and windows. The project coordinator will then go over the building with the General Contractor to verify that the building is properly engineered based on the openings that are to be placed in the building. They will go over the collateral or point loads imposed on the building.
At this point the dealer will confirm if either building calculations or foundation designs are required. If foundation designs are necessary the dealer will get the date that the drawings will be released and get a copy of the anchor bolt plans and reactions to a civil engineer for foundation designs. Once the building is ordered your project coordinator will give dates for anchor bolt delivery.
When the building is in engineering a drawing release date will be obtained from the master schedule. Once you have gone over the drawing with your project coordinator the shipping department will contact you with the final COD on the building.
The delivery date of the building will be obtained through the shipping department and arrangements should be made to unload and inventory the building with the dealer. Once the building is inventoried the project coordinator, in communication with your dealer, will be available to you for any report on missing or damaged parts.
Finally, your project coordinator is available to field any calls during the erection of the building and coordinate with the plant, if necessary, to ensure proper erection of the building.