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Mission
Heritage
Competencies
Organization
We have a distinctive ability to identify with the Owner to achieve his objectives. This is caused by a caring concern of the executives of Jones & Jones who have been developers, landlords, contractors and design/builders. Our strong client service orientation is immutable.
We believe our distinctive client orientation is something that differentiates us from our competitors. It translates into an aggressive performance orientation. While it cannot be contractually defined or quantified it is immeasurably helpful in creating successful capital improvements, on time and within budget.
Other distinctive competencies of Jones & Jones include:
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Experience
Jones & Jones has an 87 year heritage. Our familiarity with all aspects of the institutional capital improvements industry ranging from the political to the technical runs deep. This is a resource from which clients benefit tremendously.
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Presence of Principals
The owners and principals of Jones & Jones attend numerous planning meetings. During construction they visit jobsites frequently, and are easily accessible for meetings with clients. They are in constant contact with project management personnel and become personally involved in all projects.
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Strong Architect and Consultant Relations
The principals of Jones & Jones are well known to US architects and engineering consultants as leaders in the industry. The principals of Jones & Jones are able to call on leading architects and consultants to engage them on behalf of our clients.
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Strong Contractor and Subcontractor Relations
The owners and principals of Jones & Jones personally know most responsive contractor and subcontractor executives. If they do not know them, they meet them. Contractors and subcontractors know what performance levels are expected of them. Jones & Jones drafts construction contracts that require performance of the contractors and subcontractors.
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Development Experience
The principals of Jones & Jones know what is important to institutions and property owners because the Joneses have been developers and landlords of such projects as clinical staff office buildings on university property.
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Strength and Depth of Personnel
Jones & Jones attracts the best people through its high standards of professionalism, technical competency and performance.
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Preconstruction Planning Expertise
Due to feedback we receive from architects and consultants, we know we are strong at preconstruction planning. We are able to provide an extra level of systems analysis, e.g., structural, facade, mechanical, electrical, to help the client and architect make correct decisions.
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Expert at Constructability Reviews
Due to our background as builders we are able to provide detailed constructability reviews to the point of redlining design documents if necessary.
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Accuracy of Conceptual/Schematic Construction Budgets
We have a realistic approach toward budgeting that encompasses design intent such that our early budgets are quite accurate vis-à-vis the final project cost. We can foresee details of design before they are drawn enabling us to predict costs accurately.
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Experience as Self-Performers
Our experience in self-performing trades such as concrete work on previous construction projects gives us an advantage as professional construction managers. The level of construction knowledge and the requisite coordination and control gives us perfect insight into contractors' thinking. Our experience allows us to predict contractor issues and to prevent construction problems before they occur.
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Hands-On Experience with Construction Safety
We understand how to keep jobsites safe. This translates into productivity and faster job schedules for the client. It also means crisis management and the attention of the press can be avoided.
The above listed competencies, indicative but not exhaustive, provide insight as to the value we can add to a development.
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