Requesting Swimming Pool Estimates / Proposals

 
THIS WEBPAGE EXPLAINS THE STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR SOLICITING RESPONSIBLE SWIMMING POOL ESTIMATES, THE KEYWORD BEING RESPONSIBLE!
 
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND READ THROUGH THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN GAIN GREATER INSIGHT FOR HOW TO ACQUIRE USEFUL INFORMATION FROM THE RESPONSES OF SOLICITING BIDS.

 

Code Compliance…

Plans must be prepared in a complete and accurate fashion in order to PASS the critiques of the official’s PLAN CHECK REVIEW PROCESS and this requires exhibiting a road map (so to speak) for where officials can find the information that they are seeking.
 
In order to approve plans, officials must 1st confirm that the planned intentions are in fact CODE COMPLIANT.

 

Swimming Pool Estimating Worksheet Form

 

Equally important, plans should be approved prior to soliciting HARD ESTIMATES…WHY? Simply because if plans are not approved prior to soliciting estimates then estimates wouldn’t include any plan revisions.

 

During a plan check review process, CORRECTIONS to the plans can require PLAN REVISIONS and these mandates by officials can become a window of opportunity for costly CHANGE ORDERS, which could have been known and more fairly negotiated prior to going to Contract.

 

Therefore, going to contract prior to having an approved set of plans places you at a disadvantage for negotiating the value of any such changes.

 

Shop Drawings…

Producing 3D animations and other forms of SHOP DRAWINGS are not approved plans! These are sales tools that are attempting to sell you something from a narrower less committed accounting practice. Although these can represent a strong resemblance for one’s desires they more often than not fail to define exactly what’s to be made inclusive on a line item by line item basis!

 

P-1 Dimensional Layout P-1 Dimensional Layout

 

Organizing The Request for Proposal (RFP)…

Organizing a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) requires a little understanding about the process of building a swimming pool and we can help you with this preparation. We have provided you with an example of a PROJECT SCHEDULE below for the typical thirty-five (35) steps that range from DESIGN to filling the pool and STARTUP.

 

Swimming Pool Scheduling Worksheet Form

 

Equipment Listing…

Additionally, planning efforts need to collaborate HARD ESTIMATES with an EQUIPMENT LISTING of most all of the equipment “nuts and bolts” that will be necessary in building your project, if a strong performance is to be anticipatable.

 

A framework that outlines a manufacturer’s name to a product’s descriptions with model numbers, allows you to solicit Contractors using a BILLING OF QUANTITIES (BOQ) item by item comparison for making sound minded decisions on measurable value, not just a lower price!

 

Swimming Pool Scheduling Worksheet Form

 

Billing of Quantities…

The breakdown of the components are taken from the measurements on our diagrammatic plans, which provides you with an item by item accounting for the requirements.

 

Swimming Pool Estimating Worksheet Form

 

Itemized Bids…

HARD ESTIMATES become transparently clear when they are able to reference a numbering assignment for an installation DETAIL and…

 

SURFACE SKIMMER DETAILMAIN DRAIN DETAILWALL RETURN DETAIL

 

a plan location that exhibits a SYMBOL for each of the installation components.

 

#1 SURFACE SKIMMER #2 MAIN DRAIN #3 WALL RETURN width=

 

These organized descriptions for the requirements allow bids to be compared based upon a BILLING OF QUANTITIES (BOQ) comparison. This framework provides a verification mechanism for making sound minded decisions on value not just a lower price!

 

EXAMPLE PLAN LAYOUT
 

In having been a swimming pool Builder for generations, we understand very well what needs to go into an accountable HARD ESTIMATE that can assist you in fairly analyzing contenders for the work.

 

The benefits in establishing an organized plan are priceless when you are trying to measure, estimate and ultimately build something that’s to meet your expectations.

 

The only question that’s gone unanswered is; Why go off half-cocked and invite the opportunity for misunderstandings when you have the solution for becoming better organized and getting a HARD ESTIMATE right at your finger tips!

 

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