Custom KeenLook Reviews

The Nigro Firm customizes a unique construction document KeenLook review for your project based on your budget, schedule and areas of concern.

Various custom KeenLook reviews are discussed below… but keep in mind that anything is possible. You may choose an “interdisciplinary only” review for the whole project, but then also request a “full review” for a single discipline that you are concerned about (e.g. mechanical).

Not sure what kind of review is for you? If you are not sure what level of KeenLook review is most suitable for your project or are not sure how best your project can benefit from a review, just email Natalie Nigro or give her a call at 1-801-737-0814. She will be more than happy to help you evaluate the needs of your project.

We do not have “static” checklists since they would be too simplistic to cover every conceivable condition. Instead, we generate a checklist per project… based on the project type, the unique architecture and systems in the project, and the unique method that the A/E team has chosen to represent the information.

To read more about why we do not use static checklists, see our insider's perspective article “Dangers of Using a Coordination Review Checklist.”

Interdisciplinary Only

This level of KeenLook coordination review focuses on the points of interface between disciplines. A breakdown in communication between the disciplines is typically a source of very expensive cost overruns.

An “interdisciplinary only” level of coordination review looks for things like: Sample List

Review Fee: Typically ranges from $40 to $75 per drawing, depending on the complexity of the project and the size of the drawings.

Key Items

This level of KeenLook coordination review looks at all items from an “interdisciplinary only” level plus it focuses on key items within each discipline. Certain inconsistencies, even though within a discipline, can be just as painful as interdisciplinary coordination errors.

This review includes the “interdisciplinary only” list plus “key items” such as: Sample List

Review Fee: Typically ranges from $55 to $100 per drawing, depending on the complexity of the project and the size of the drawings.

Full Review

This level of KeenLook coordination review focuses on everything! Any place where we think that there could be matching or contradicting information is checked, within and between disciplines. Everything on each drawing is addressed.

This is an extremely methodical, meticulous, and thorough review that generally takes between one to two hours per drawing to perform. This is the most popular type of review requested, since it is the most comprehensive review and it provides the opportunity to save the most amount of money possible.

A “full review” level of coordination review looks for the types of items listed in the “interdisciplinary only” list and the “key items” list plus additional things like: Sample List

Review Fee: Typically ranges from $75 to $180 per drawing, depending on the complexity of the project and the size of the drawings.

Spot Checks

In a spot check we proofread or perform a quality audit only on requested areas of concern. This level of review may just check one discipline or one area of a structure... whatever the client requests.

This level of KeenLook review, for example, is helpful after ground breaking to quickly check an area that you anticipate a problem in or can be used to evaluate a designer you have not worked with before. A spot check can also be used to support litigation or forensics or to help a subcontractor prepare a tighter bid.

Scope of Review: What we don't do

Our KeenLook reviews do not cover code or design issues. They do not include checking for technical adequacy such as design calculations of structural members or mechanical equipment.

The Nigro Firm does not provide design services. We simply identify coordination errors, omissions, ambiguities and discrepancies within the construction documents (we do not guarantee to catch them all) and we do not correct them, or recommend fixes.

The Nigro Firm does not warrant the work of designers and consultants as free from errors or omissions, nor does the Nigro Firm’s performance excuse or relieve the designers and consultants from their responsibilities for the preparation of plans and specifications in accordance with professional standards. Our construction document coordination review services do not create a contractual relationship between the Nigro Firm and any contractor, designer, or consultant for the purpose of giving design direction.

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