Overland Construction

Overland Construction Corporation began in 1987 as Uintah Construction. Uintah Construction later merged with Carpenter-Erichsen Construction and was renamed Overland Construction Corporation.

Most construction projects fall into one of three categories:

• Competitive Bid,
• Design-Build,
• Construction-Managed

Overland focuses primarily on Design-Build and Construction-Managed.

Over the years, Overland has found that the competitive bid market tends to produce projects of lower quality construction. Under the competitive bid scenario a general contractor solicits bids from a list of subcontractors who each submit a bid. From the bids submitted, the general contractor then selects the lowest bid in each category. It then compiles these bids to establish the final bid that is submitted to the owner. The owner then awards a contract to the lowest bidder. We have found that this process inherently creates a situation where the lowest bidder, in order to make a profit on the job, uses every means available to cut the cost of the project. This process forces the architect, the engineers and the owner to police the actions of the general contractor. Any change orders usually result in exorbitant prices.

The design-build concept offers a better approach because the general contractor, the architect, the engineers and the owner are all on the same team working for a common goal. However, even the design-build concept has its limitations. Projects tend to be “over-designed.” They also tend to be more concerned about quality and less concerned about price.

At Overland, we prefer to use the more balanced, construction-managed approach. We represent the owner and seek to get competitive pricing from a large group of qualified, pre-approved subcontractors. From those who bid, we select the lowest-priced subcontractors who exhibit the highest regard for quality construction. These competitively-bid prices are then passed on directly to the owner with no markup. Overland then adds a normal overhead and profit to the project and manages it to completion. This enables the owner to get a quality-constructed, competitively bid project. This process allows the owner to make needed changes without the concern of costly markups by the general contractor. The owner, the architect, the engineers and the general contractor all work together as a team to get the best project possible.

With over 19,000 qualified subcontractors at its disposal, Overland is by far the most competitively-priced construction management company in the market. To our knowledge, there is no other construction management company that even comes close to our bid performance. We seldom have a project that comes in over the architect’s original bid estimate. On your next construction project, give Overland a try. You will like the results.