Through our O’C Insight platform for scheduling services, OCMI delivers custom, responsive, and agile solutions to support these specialized projects.

With dedicated construction schedulers on-site at mission-critical data centers throughout the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area – one of the leading markets for the construction of the nation’s most popular technology companies – OCMI leaves no room for error, meeting tight schedules, and delivering innovative, smart solutions.

Scheduling $4 Billion of Mission Critical Data Center Projects
Since 2013, OCMI teams have worked closely with selected General Contractors on nearly $4 billion of construction of mission-critical data centers in and around Omaha. To date, these projects have encompassed more than 25 acres of land.

To meet the daily demands of these time-sensitive and coordination-intensive projects, OCMI’s team:

- Manages and delivers on-site project controls that encompass schedule and cost management
- Provides project planning and program master planning
- Offers schedule and time impact analysis

In addition, the OCMI team interacts with the client and between 30 and 35 contractors, sub-contractors, and other vendors, totaling between 3,800 and 4,000 personnel. Notable contractors include Whiting-Turner and JE Dunn Construction.

More than Just Scheduling
What OCMI’s teams produce is more than just a schedule in P6. There is an art to distilling information to help our clients understand project complexities and ease their decision-making processes.

We are rooted in the ongoing planning and constructing of these facilities. We bring our understanding of the key demographics and resource constraints of the local contractor and construction markets. As these are the largest construction projects in the area, we offer unique insight into identifying and analyzing the availability of contractor resources on any project type.

Our teams collect and share this information so that on each of our projects and deliverables we promote solutions that streamline and improve the construction process.

Where Time & Costs Intersect
Our teams are on the ground, working directly with general contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, in addition to architects, engineers, and other professionals. They are continuously receiving up-to-date construction data on labor, materials, and other costs.

This is the science of delivering construction scheduling, the place where time and costs intersect. With this information, we develop and document our understanding of the existing markets and expectations at the time of the project’s bid through construction. OCMI’s team of expert estimators and schedulers then utilize this data to inform our cost and schedule control deliverables.

Together, OCMI’s estimators and schedulers continually look for ways to ensure the project is delivered on time, on budget, and at or above quality benchmarks.

A Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, OCMI takes pride in our work serving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Having worked on hundreds of VA projects around the country, our unique insight and perspective on how to estimate, schedule, and construct a variety of VA building types have led us to be a premier “go to” resource of construction knowledge and trends.

Leading by Example
Delivering best-in-class practices and industry data to hundreds of Resident Engineers, Project and Construction Managers across the VA’s nationwide facilities, OCMI’s team is leading by example.

Under our nationwide Cost Estimating IDIQ contract, OCMI has begun conducting a series of webinar presentations on cost control challenges and topics frequently faced by the VA staff. Through these webinars, the VA staff gains a better understanding of cost estimating requirements, reviewing cost estimates, evaluating cost proposals, and understanding construction cost drivers.

Proposing VE Solutions
Through an extensive cost engineering study and exercise, our team discovered ways to save more than $5 million of a project’s budget, bringing it closer to its original cost.

Our team reviewed the design of a new 30,000-SF kitchen facility at the West Los Angeles VAMC. In preparation, OCMI’s cost estimating team developed three (3) cost models to illustrate the cost drivers of the project. Through this exercise, OCMI determined that the project’s cost was 26 percent above the VA’s allotted budget.

Then, over the course of a week-long session, our team brainstormed hundreds of ideas and considered various other project-associated risks. In the end, our team’s recommendations would help the VA save more than $5 million on the project, bringing it closer to its original cost.

Understanding Local Market & Bidding Conditions
Originally hired to produce an independent government estimate, because of OCMI’s efforts, they have now retained our team so that they can continue to benefit from our cost control and value engineering expertise to create an honorable resting place for our nation’s heroes.

The Western New York National Cemetery, located outside of Buffalo, encompasses 132 acres and supports the proper burial of close to 100,000 veterans. In less than three weeks, OCMI developed an initial comprehensive cost estimate of the project’s first phase, which involved in-depth analysis and review of hundreds of pages of construction drawings.

OCMI’s results were right on the money. Using our in-house, proprietary cost database and understanding the local construction market and bid conditions, our estimate of $45.8 million fell in between the two bids received at $45 million and $46 million, respectively.

While this critical project is over budget, the VA has retained OCMI to support them in ongoing cost and value engineering services, so that we can all make sure to deliver a facility and respectful resting place for the region’s veteran community.

The General Services Administration (GSA) – the real estate arm of the federal government – needs to understand how national and local economic conditions impact the future costs of their construction projects. In partnership with OCMI, we have completed several in-depth, comprehensive market studies for GSA-funded projects across the country, most recently in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

After receiving Congressional funding for their projects, GSA ascertains and tracks information on various topics that may affect construction costs. In assisting GSA, OCMI gathers and analyzes a variety of data points and information from a wide selection of sources, including industry-leading contractors and subcontractors, local business leaders, architects, engineers, and others.

To further assist GSA in making informed design and construction decisions on their projects, OCMI’s market studies provide GSA with an all-encompassing and clear picture of the national and local construction markets.

• We evaluate overall market conditions and projections of future growth trends.
• We review projects in progress or projected to be in progress during the period of GSA’s project construction, to determine the availability of labor and material resources.
• We interview local A/E/C industry professionals to identify market sector factors that could influence the overall cost and schedule of the project.
• We observe the physical site of the project to determine accessibility, mobility, and other related items.
• We analyze the capacity of local and regional contractors (both large and small businesses) to bid on the project.
• With this information, OCMI develops and documents our understanding of the existing markets and expectations at the time of the project’s bid through construction.

Ultimately, our market studies conclude the overall escalation of construction costs throughout the project’s anticipated period of performance.