Without a consultant, you risk ending up with a system that doesn’t meet your needs and costs more than necessary. A competent consultant who understands your aesthetic, acoustic, and performance requirements and aligns them with your budget will offer a superior solution. A qualified consultant will take a deep dive into the process of Demountable Wall Management on your behalf.
What is Demountable Wall Management?
In the industry, glass office fronts are often referred to as Demountable Walls. Demountable wall management entails aligning the client’s needs, architectural specifications, budgets, and project requirements to ensure optimal functionality in the physical environment. A Demountable Wall Manager offers comprehensive services, guiding you through the selection, procurement, and installation process.
What does a Demountable Wall Manager do?
Logistics functions as a single-source provider for all aspects of planning, budgeting, scheduling, site management, and trade personnel essential for efficient demountable wall selection and installation consulting. As the sole company capable of offering comprehensive management oversight of demountable wall products and labor, Logistics ensures optimal performance, adherence to budget, and mitigation of risks. Collaborating with your architect, designer, and other consultants, Logistics will identify the optimal solutions to meet your specified needs and manage the process from concept to project close out.
To achieve cost efficiency, Logistics develops a procurement strategy with you, utilizes multiple procurement channels, and leverages industry expertise to maximize the value of your investment. The resulting savings, inclusive of our fee, can significantly reduce your project’s overall budget.
Why do I need a Demountable Wall Manager?
Here are ten reasons why you need a demountable wall manager:
- Specifiers may prioritize aesthetics over construction quality and cost-effectiveness. You deserve options that balance both aspects.
- Product selection requires hands-on inspection and due diligence, including showroom visits and mockups. You need to have an entity that will arrange showroom visits, visits of existing installations, samples, and mockups in order to claim due diligence and give your stamp of approval.
- Preparation of a comprehensive schedule and with critical milestone dates.
- Boilerplate RFPs may not suffice; experience with various RFPs is crucial for successful procurement. You will need an entity that has experience with demountable wall RFP’s and familiarity with what to ask for and how to ask for it.
- Bid leveling demands deep knowledge of products and services. An affective leveling process can only occur when a proper RFP has been issued. You will need an entity that has experience with the products and services being considered.
- Negotiating scope, schedules and costs requires familiarity with similar projects and products. You will need help from someone who has done hundreds of similar projects.
- Proper site preparation and site readiness are critical to a successful installation of demountable walls. You will need someone who can ensure your requirements are included in the scope of work.
- Despite the best laid plans, things will go wrong, issues will manifest themselves, on-site supervision leads to quick action and positive outcomes. You will need an active and knowledgeable representative making frequent site visits on your behalf to monitor and resolve issues quickly and effectively.
- Proactive field management helps avoid punch list items and late discoveries. You will need someone in the field addressing issues as they arise in order to avoid punch list items that were compounded due to late discovery.
- Tracking and monitoring costs through a detailed and comprehensive cost accounting program, approving, and documenting payments, and closing out a job requires many hours of dedication and experience. You will need an entity to take responsibility and stand up to a forensic audit if one is ever required.
What does it cost?
The cost for our service is integrated into our model, alongside procurement costs, and yields substantial savings. By leveraging our industry experience, we can offer a comprehensive suite of services, from diverse product options to expert RFPs and meticulous project planning. These measures mitigate risks and generate significant savings, often reducing costs by 5% or more.
Why Logistics?
We are the only company with proven experience providing comprehensive wall management and labor oversight, ensuring continuity among all vendors, contractors, subcontractors, and stakeholders in a project.
FAQ’s
Why are there sound transmission issues between offices in my new space?
Manufacturers of glass office fronts obtain their STC rating by installing a mock-up of their product in a controlled environment constructed for testing purposes. However, conditions in these mock-up facilities are nearly ideal and may not accurately reflect the varied conditions of real-life construction sites. To achieve the advertised STC rating, it’s crucial to ensure that the architectural specifications are adequate, and that the construction adheres to these specifications. Factors such as insulation in the walls, demising and soffit walls that are tight to the underside of the ceiling deck, insulation around ductwork and sprinkler systems, proper installation practices, and level floors all contribute to sound transmission issues. Thorough specification, inspection during the construction process, and site supervision during installation are essential to mitigate the chances of unacceptable sound transmission on move-in day.
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Why are the doors on my new glass office front not closing properly?
Why do Glass Office Fronts / Demountable Walls cost so much?
Relative to sheetrock walls with wood or metal doors, Demountable Walls / Glass Office Fronts can be very cost-effective. Factors such as product choice, procurement methods, proper allocation in accounting, and the versatility of Demountable Walls / Glass Office Fronts in being disassembled and reassembled in different locations contribute to their cost-effectiveness and aesthetic appeal as alternatives to sheetrock walls. In many cases it can be demonstrated that Demountable Walls / Glass Office Fronts can result in a lower cost per linear foot that the traditional sheetrock wall.
