Preconstruction

The Walsh Springboard Preconstruction System is a collaborative, robust and resource-rich program that facilitates effective communication between project stakeholders to launch informed, timely decisions. This process ensures an effective and efficient use of energy and effort that culminates in meeting project goals and client expectations.

The traditional approach to preconstruction typically limits client services to an estimate, a schedule and logistics plan. Our approach extends these into a system of tools that defines a more holistic and predictable preconstruction process that achieves better results and generates greater value. In addition to developing estimating, scheduling and logistics plans, our system involves:

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  ANALYZING HISTORICAL BENCHMARKING

  • Programming Analysis
  • Cost Benchmarking
  • Schedule Benchmarking
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  REAL TIME ESTIMATING

  • Cost Modeling
  • Control Estimate
  • Contingency Development
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  COORDINATING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

  • Safety Plan Development
  • Design & Constructability Review
  • QA/QC Review
  • Logistic & Phasing Development
  • Document Control
  • Schedule Sequencing & Development
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  SUSTAINABILITY, VALUE & LIFE CYCLE COST

  • Sustainability & Life Cycle Reviews
  • Value Analysis & Value Enhancement
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  PROCUREMENT PLANNING & SUBCONTRACTOR QUALIFICATION

  • Bid Packaging & Procurement
  • Subcontractor Qualifications

Public-Private Partnerships

Walsh is a leader in the construction sectors where public-private partnerships are most prevalent, including roads and bridges, water treatment and supply, airports, correctional facilities, government office buildings, healthcare, and mass transit/rail. Walsh has completed more than 25 projects to date, with combined experience that includes designing, building, financing and leasing back public infrastructure projects in the United States.

• VERTICAL INTEGRATION:

  Through our dedicated development and asset management businesses, our affiliated company Walsh Investors, LLC and Walsh Infrastructure Management (operations and maintenance), we are able to align our interests with sponsoring agencies and show our long-term commitment to the project through all facets of delivery and operations.

• FINANCIAL STRENGTH:

  Financial strength and scale are attributes that provide project partners with maximum assurance that Walsh can be relied upon to meet all obligations, both over the short and long term. With revenues in excess of $4 billion, no corporate debt and consistent reinvestment of profits, Walsh has one of the strongest balance sheets among U.S. contractors.

• FINANCING SOLUTIONS:

  Walsh is active in the U.S. and Canadian P3 markets, affording access to a broad network of lenders and underwriters to achieve the lowest cost of funding and maximum value for the money. Financing solutions we have structured include broadly marketed bonds, narrowly marketed private placements, short term bank and bond debt, equity bridge loans, mini-perm bank loans, subordinated debt, Private Activity Bonds, TIFIA loans, and more.

Operations & Maintenance

For many years, Walsh has performed operations and maintenance services for roadways during largescale reconstruction programs; facilities as required by design, build, operate, maintain (DBOM) contracts; and direct performance of operations and maintenance for the term of P3 projects.

As the North American P3 market continues to expand and mature, the long-term Operations and Maintenance component has become increasingly critical to the successful delivery of P3 projects. Walsh has established and implemented comprehensive O&M systems, processes and innovative ideas; using our understanding of managing life-cycle analysis and its critical role in meeting long-term project goals.

We recognize that the skills, systems and processes required to effectively maintain assets over their life-cycle are critical to providing effective maintenance services. We understands our clients’ long-term asset management goals and help clients realize their objectives by focusing on activities to minimize or reverse asset deterioration while safely performing daily operational functions.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES INCLUDE:

Walsh Logistics

Walsh Logistics offers an extensive suite of services to our clients which range throughout the project schedule from programming to post occupancy in order to deliver a fully operational building. Our team works collaboratively with our clients' staff to facilitate informed decisions into an integrated planning and delivery process. We understand the challenges you must overcome to successfully activate your facilities. Walsh Logistics has the expertise and capabilities with our integrated package of work streams to rapidly respond to project requirements, meet project schedule constraints and efficiently execute these services for small and large complex facilities projects. Our unparalleled integrated approach delivers turnkey solutions to activate your facility and for enhanced operational readiness.

WALSH OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TRANSITION, OUTFITTING AND ACTIVATION SERVICES.

- Planning, Procurement, Purchasing Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E)
- Installation, Testing & Training FF&E
- Re-use FF&E Validation
- Transition Planning & Execution Services
- Decommissioning
- Warehouse Management
- Integrated Master Schedule Management
- Turnover & Closeout
- Post Occupancy Evaluation.

Walsh Logistics began as a healthcare-related feature but has evolved into a service for all market sectors. Our services transcend building sectors, reinvents customer services, and demonstrates Walsh’s ability to provide services within an already fully-developed facility.

Lean Construction

Walsh has adopted the Lean philosophy in pursuit of continuous quality improvement, including the elimination of waste and any non-value-added elements throughout the design and construction process. Lean project delivery is a culture. It is a way of thinking that requires focusing on quality improvement through increased efficiency and productivity. Success ultimately resides in the people and the values of the organization.

• INTEGRATION:

  Owner, designer, contractor and subcontractors collaborate on the design and construction process from start through completion.

• SCHEDULE MATERIALS:

  We schedule material deliveries at the last responsible moment directly to the installation point to avoid double handling.

• TARGET COSTING:

  We establish final project cost between all parties. We find an equivalent value-added solution if additional costs/conditions arise.

• PULL PLANNING:

  All construction members collaborate on project schedule to reduce cycle times and increase productivity. We “pull” tasks through the schedule by determining what each contractor needs completed before they can begin.

• SET-BASED DESIGN:

  We develop multiple concept designs based on the client’s guiding principles. Cross-discipline review teams analyze concepts against those principles and select the best design to utilize.

• CO-LOCATION:

  We locate the owner, design team and contractor onsite to provide instantaneous solutions and work towards a common goal.

Sustainability

Walsh is highly experienced in utilizing green design and construction practices to assist our customers in creating environmentally conscious facilities. Our innovative solutions support sustainability through socially responsible, economically viable best practices.

We have partnered on numerous projects built to achieve LEED certification. Our approach to sustainability has led Engineering News-Record to consistently rank our company among the nation’s largest green building contractors In recent years, Walsh has completed multiple LEED-certified projects and is working on numerous projects to be registered with the U.S. Green Building Council. Recently, the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B redevelopment project was awarded the Envision Platinum award, recognizing the project for its industry leading approach to sustainability and resilience. The award is the highest level of recognition within The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI) awards program.

Our commitment to sustainability is also evident in the completion of our LEED Platinum corporate headquarters expansion, an existing warehouse repurposed into a four-story, 93,000-square-foot office building. As a LEED Platinum facility, many of the finishes contained in the building utilize sustainable, recycled, non-toxic and low-emitting materials, as well as partially localized environmental control.

With more than 300 LEED Accredited Professionals on staff, Walsh is able to dedicate a sustainability expert to serve as a liaison who works closely with each customer.

Self-Performance

Walsh has a vast supply of corporate resources, including an equipment fleet valued at $750 million and a staff of more than 8,000 professional personnel. Through these resources, Walsh is capable of self-performing large portions of work, including demolition, excavation, trucking, carpentry, sewer work, water mains, site survey, site engineering, concrete, post tension, masonry, earthwork and steel erection.

When opportunity permits, Walsh prefers to utilize its own employees and equipment. Self-performed work has a direct and positive impact on the project schedule, quality and cost when considering the complexity of work, quality and availability of the subcontractor market, and the workload of our individual forces.

We store and maintain our equipment fleet in a 75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art maintenance facility located on a 66-acre site with water access to the Chicago River. A tractor/lowboy trailer fleet is also dispatched from this location and capable of moving our equipment nationwide, from region to region, project to project.

Our fleet is a strategic, capital-intensive investment that better serves the schedule demands of our owners, and maximizes the most value-added, cost-effective equipment solutions.

Equipment fleet
valued at

$750M

A staff of more than

8,000

professional personnel