Glazing and metal contractor software, shown on a fictional commercial glass and steel company

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What works today for a glass and steel company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The glass and steel jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Brackenholt Retail Center storefront, 14 openings — Storefront package, 14 openings (bid as awarded) (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: GC: Brackenholt Commercial Builders. Deliveries through the GC's gate before 9 am; the laydown is behind building B..
• Elkmere Medical Pavilion stairs and rails — Stairs and rails, built up by weight (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Three galvanized egress stairs and guardrail on levels 1 to 3. The GC's crane pad is on the north side..
  Schedule: Shop drawings for stairs 1 and 2 approved → Fabricate stairs 1 and 2 and the rails → Galvanizing → Set stairs 1 and 2 with the crane → Install guardrail and handrail, levels 1 to 3 → Stair 3 shop drawing resubmittal → Fabricate and set stair 3 → Touch-up and punch walk with the GC.
  Daily log: “Set stairs 1 and 2 with the crane and bolted up at the landings. Crane released at noon.”
• Ploverhythe Farms 60x100 shop building — 60x100 metal building, erected (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Equipment shop with two overhead doors. The owner's concrete contractor pours the foundation from our anchor bolt plan..
  Schedule: Sealed drawings and the anchor bolt plan → Release the building order → Delivery and bill-of-materials check → Erect the frame, sheeting and trim → Final walk with the owner.
• Larkmoor Main Street Pharmacy board-up and door closer — Board-up, replacement lite and door closer (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: After-hours call: a break-in cracked the door lite and bent the closer arm..
  Schedule: Emergency board-up after the break-in → Replace the tempered lite and the door closer.
  Daily log: “Removed the board-up, set the new tempered lite and replaced the closer. Adjusted the closing speed and latching with the manager watching.”
• Elkmere Medical Office curtain wall repair — Curtain wall repair and reseal (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Three cracked lites on the east elevation and a reseal of the east and south elevations..
  Schedule: Replace three cracked lites → Reseal the east and south elevations.
  Daily log: “Three lites replaced from the lift; new glazing tape and gaskets at each one.”
• Tansywold Community Bank interior office fronts — Interior glass office fronts, four offices (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Four private offices off the lobby; work after banking hours only..
  Schedule: Field measure the four offices → Install office fronts and doors → Punch walk with the branch manager.
  Daily log: “Night shift: offices 1 and 2 framed and glazed; doors hung and adjusted.”

Walk through one glass and steel job: Brackenholt Retail Center storefront, 14 openings

Its schedule, in order:

1. Shop drawings and submittals approved
2. Field measure of the 14 openings
3. Framing delivered to the GC's laydown
4. Install framing, north and east elevations
5. Set glass and entrances
6. Water test and punch walk with the GC

Change orders on this job: “Add a transom over the east entrance”; “Add a second automatic door operator”.

Purchase orders on this job: “Storefront framing, 14 openings”; “Insulated glass units, 14 openings, sizes from the field measure”.

To-dos on this job: “Confirm the second operator with the GC before ordering”; “Send the conditional waiver with pay application 2”; “Photograph the west elevation openings after the GC's fix”.

From its daily log:

• Set framing at the north elevation, openings 1 to 5. Photographed the substrate at the west elevation before install; two openings are out of plumb and the photos went to the GC. Weather: Clear, light wind.
• North elevation framing set and anchored; started the east elevation. The GC asked for a price on a second automatic operator; CO-2 is waiting on their answer. Weather: Sunny. Delays: The west elevation waits on the GC to fix two out-of-plumb openings.

A glass and steel proposal in the demo: Larkmoor clinic addition - storefront and entrances

Mullionmere Glass & Steel sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Furnish and install thermally broken storefront framing, insulated low-e glass, two entrance pairs with hardware sets and perimeter sealant at the clinic addition, per the glazing drawings and addenda 1 and 2. Glass is ordered after we field measure the finished openings.

The notes on that lead:

• Invitation to bid with the plans, the glazing spec section and two addenda
• Pre-bid walk with the GC's estimator; checked the openings at the existing building
• Sent our bid with inclusions, exclusions and the laminated glass alternate

Other glass and steel leads in the demo

• Structural steel: Public bid: gym addition steel, joists and deck; the bid date is in three weeks; Asked the district's architect about the joist and deck buyout and crane access from the parking lot
• Metal building, new: Wants a 40x60 shop with one overhead door and a walk door; Talked through the building spec, the colours and who pours her foundation
• Glass service and board-up: The automatic door at the front entrance stopped opening; asked for a service visit

What goes on a glass and steel estimate in the demo

From Mullionmere Glass & Steel's price list, without the prices:

• Storefront framing, thermally broken, material
• Storefront shop fabrication
• Storefront field installation
• Insulated glass unit, low-e, tempered
• Entrance pair with hardware set
• Entrance, single leaf with hardware set
• Perimeter sealant
• Lift rental
• Field measure trip
• Interior office front, framing and glass
• Interior frameless glass door with hardware
• Curtain wall lite replacement
• Curtain wall reseal
• Emergency board-up
• Door closer replacement
• Replacement glass, tempered, by measured size
• Glazier service labor
• Steel material
• Shop labor
• Galvanizing
• Steel erection labor
• Embed plate
• Crane with operator
• Metal building package
• Metal building erection
• Overhead door in a framed opening
• Walk door
• Roof and wall insulation
• Freight, building package
• Anchor bolt layout and survey

Glass and steel cost codes in the demo

Mullionmere Glass & Steel's own cost codes:

• Mobilization and general conditions
• Bonds and insurance
• Engineering, shop drawings and detailing
• Submittals
• Field measure and survey
• Equipment
• Freight
• Punch list
• Warranty reserve
• Storefront material
• Storefront shop fabrication
• Storefront field installation
• Curtain wall material
• Curtain wall installation
• Entrances and hardware
• Windows
• Glass and glazing
• Interior glass
• Mirrors
• Fire-rated glazing
• Sealants
• Window film
• Breakage and remakes
• Steel material
• Shop labor
• Shop consumables
• Galvanizing
• Primer and shop paint
• Steel erection
• Field welding
• Anchor bolts and embeds
• Joists
• Metal deck
• Miscellaneous metals
• Steel stairs
• Rails
• Crane and rigging
• Special inspection support
• Touch-up
• Metal building package
• Building engineering and sealed drawings
• Permits
• Site preparation
• Foundation and anchor bolts
• Primary framing erection
• Secondary framing erection (purlins and girts)
• Roof sheeting and trim
• Wall sheeting and trim
• Insulation and liner
• Overhead and roll-up doors
• Walk doors
• Building windows
• Skylights and vents
• Gutters and downspouts

Questions about SelfConstruct for glass and steel work

Is there a glass and steel version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Mullionmere Glass & Steel opens with the business type “Commercial specialty: glazing, structural steel, metal buildings”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a glass and steel job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Mullionmere Glass & Steel's “Brackenholt Retail Center storefront, 14 openings” is a fixed-price job, and “Larkmoor Main Street Pharmacy board-up and door closer” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Subcontractor paperwork you send” for glass and steel companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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