Client Customization

The CMSS/Timberline Precision database that is at the core of our services contains more than:

  • 16,000 discrete items used in residential and light commercial construction, organized by 500+ CSI subdivisions and 80+ material classes;
  • 75+ highly developed assembly-system work packages utilizing 500+ decision-context item tables, and 750+ construction-specific formulas;
  • 1,600+ validated vendors and subcontractors supplying goods and services to the construction industry in this regional market.

The CMSS/Primavera database is structured around a powerful CMSS-developed control model for light construction that contains more than 2,800 fundamental activities. Primavera activities, resources and analysis classifications are indexed and cross-linked to the CMSS/Precision database.

Our research resources include on-line and CD databases, an extensive library of building code and regulatory materials, architectural manuals, trade literature, technical publications, and physical reference samples.

Databases:

Client-specific and adaptable

  • Terminology
  • Content
  • Preferences and defaults
  • Rates/prices
  • Constraints
  • Vendors
  • Subcontractors
  • Materials
  • Personnel
  • Equipment
  • Models and formulas

Services:

Only the services the client wants, when and how they are specified to be performed:

  • Bid management
  • Contracts
  • Purchase orders
  • Change orders
  • Releases
  • Scheduling
  • Draw requests
  • Cash flow assessment
  • Systems training

Reports:

Only the information the client needs, when and how it is specified to be presented:

  • Scope
  • Format
  • Content
  • Frequency
  • Input and delivery methods