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Building Construction Projects

OPTSTRUCTION Constructability Review is your essential resource for mitigating design coordination risks and improving overall outcomes for building construction projects. We seamlessly integrate with your design development process, providing valuable insights and collaboratively assisting the team with enhancing documentation quality supporting streamlined procurement and construction execution.

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Problem

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Problem

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Problem

The Core Challenges

Managing Building Construction Design Development can seem as complex as juggling on a unicycle

High-quality, coordinated construction documents are essential to delivering projects that align with the owner’s vision, strategic goals, and end-user needs. Yet, resource constraints, tight schedules, siloed workflows, and increasing regulatory complexities often prevent teams from achieving this standard.

Limited Resources

Insufficient time and human resources amongst the stakeholders can constrain a project's ability to produce design documents optimized to support construction.

Unmitigated Risks

Design challenges often surface during the construction execution phase resulting in unexpected cost, schedule, and quality impacts.

Siloed Collaboration

Complex building construction projects often include a multitude of specialized design consultants working in parallel with little time or resources dedicated to cross discipline coordination or constructability considerations.

Narrow Focus

Commonly the primary objective during the design development process focuses on obtaining permits with less consideration given to detailing required to support construction.

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Don't drop the ball

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Don't drop the ball

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Don't drop the ball

Build Confidence in Your Design’s Constructability.

OPTSTRUCTION dives deep into your design documentation, uncovering valuable insights that streamline procurement and construction while reducing costly risks.

Reduce Project Risks – Cost, Schedule, Litigation

Mitigate cost, schedule, and litigation risks by resolving issues hidden in design documentation before they escalate.

Improve Coordination and Collaboration

Break down silos and align stakeholders early, fostering stronger coordination across disciplines streamlining procurement and minimizing construction administration.

Optimize Value

Ensure your project documents align with the designer’s intent, end-user requirements, while simultaneously supporting the construction process increasing certainty of project outcomes.

On-Demand Constructability Reviews Integrated with Design Development

On-Demand Constructability Reviews Integrated with Design Development

On-Demand Constructability Reviews Integrated with Design Development

Our human-driven Constructability Review system integrates directly into your design development process to provide detailed, cost-effective insights.

From uncovering documentation inconsistencies to improving constructability OPTSTRUCTION is engineered to deliver highly detailed insights efficiently and provide support with improvement implementation.



OPTSTRUCTION is a proven process being continuously improved that to date has been successfully implemented on over 500,000 Square Feet of developments across a diverse group of project types throughout California exceeding $400 Million in estimated construction costs.

Major System Overlays

We Overlay and review alignment of major building systems across disciplines and provide marked-up .pdf documents with commentary. These overlays help validate design document support of important coordination aspects like:

Are the demarcation points and backgrounds consistent between drawings?

Are the demarcation points and backgrounds consistent between drawings?

Are the demarcation points and backgrounds consistent between drawings?

Do MEP Points of Connection (POCs) match Civil design documents?

Do MEP Points of Connection (POCs) match Civil design documents?

Do MEP Points of Connection (POCs) match Civil design documents?

Systematic Design Document Review

We perform a thorough analysis of the project documents. This step focuses on document completion and cross-discipline coordination. Using our constructability checklists (customized to your project) we answer questions like:

Do ‘drawing indexes’ match the included drawings?

Do ‘drawing indexes’ match the included drawings?

Do ‘drawing indexes’ match the included drawings?

Do Life Safety drawings partition rating requirements match Architecture floor plan ratings?

Do Life Safety drawings partition rating requirements match Architecture floor plan ratings?

Do Life Safety drawings partition rating requirements match Architecture floor plan ratings?

Project Specific Constructability Review & QC

In this step, our lead consultant (David Fields) reviews the documentation. This brings his deep knowledge and industry experience to:

Q/A & Q/C of Systematic Review Results

Q/A & Q/C of Systematic Review Results

Q/A & Q/C of Systematic Review Results

Review docs for further design optimization and Constructability Opportunities

Review docs for further design optimization and Constructability Opportunities

Review docs for further design optimization and Constructability Opportunities

BOD Review

We compare Basis of Design (BOD) documentation vs. the drawings to validate alignment which has the following benefits: 

Validates design documentation meets agreed upon parameters and are aligned with Owner Project Requirements (OPR).

Validates design documentation meets agreed upon parameters and are aligned with Owner Project Requirements (OPR).

Validates design documentation meets agreed upon parameters and are aligned with Owner Project Requirements (OPR).

Verifies alignment of BOD documents to design drawings and specifications critical to support California Title 24 and/or LEED Enhanced CxA requirements

Verifies alignment of BOD documents to design drawings and specifications critical to support California Title 24 and/or LEED Enhanced CxA requirements

Verifies alignment of BOD documents to design drawings and specifications critical to support California Title 24 and/or LEED Enhanced CxA requirements

Constructability Review Reports

In this step, everything identified gets distilled into your final deliverable. We assemble this final documentation which, includes:

Reports tailored for stakeholders at all levels to review

Reports tailored for stakeholders at all levels to review

Reports tailored for stakeholders at all levels to review

Interactive online spreadsheets with detailed issue identification

Interactive online spreadsheets with detailed issue identification

Interactive online spreadsheets with detailed issue identification

Bluebeam marked-up drawings, overlays, specs & BOD

Bluebeam marked-up drawings, overlays, specs & BOD

Bluebeam marked-up drawings, overlays, specs & BOD

Team Support and Implementation Validation

We collaborative with the project team to help execute improvement opportunities identified through the Constructability Review Process to include:

Team meetings to review findings of the Constructability Review Process.

Team meetings to review findings of the Constructability Review Process.

Team meetings to review findings of the Constructability Review Process.

Back-Check: review of follow-on design iterations to assist with validating resolution of issues identified during initial Review Phase.

Back-Check: review of follow-on design iterations to assist with validating resolution of issues identified during initial Review Phase.

Back-Check: review of follow-on design iterations to assist with validating resolution of issues identified during initial Review Phase.

Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about how our services can help create successful outcomes on your building construction projects.

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Testimonial

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The cost of engaging DFCS pales compared to what would otherwise happen if I had elected to forgo incremental constructability reviews”

Having been in the construction industry for over forty years, I am well aware of the adverse effects a poorly prepared set of construction documents could have on a project: delays, disruption, and claims. Most project teams would like to avoid these, but often lack the time and resources to coordinate complex documents—especially with today’s multi-disciplinary teams, deferred submittals, and design-build approaches that fragment the process.



This is why I continue to use David Fields Consulting Services LLC (DFCS) for constructability reviews. Mr. Fields and his team have the knowledge to identify conflicts and inconsistencies that directly impact project efficiency and cost. In my experience, the cost of DFCS is minimal compared to the issues avoided. I urge you to seek Mr. Fields’ assistance before bidding—his incisive recommendations are well prepared, clearly presented, and easy for your design team to adopt.

— Kenneth J. Aspis

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About

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From Chaos to Clarity: Why I Developed OPTSTRUCTION

Hi, I’m David. As a licensed California General Contractor with over 16 years of experience in the AEC industry, I’ve seen firsthand how uncoordinated design documentation can derail projects—blown budgets, missed deadlines, and frustrated teams. I knew there had to be a better way.

That’s why I created OPTSTRUCTION. By making constructability reviews systematic, accessible, and cost-effective, we help teams identify risks early, improve collaboration, and deliver successful projects with confidence.

Our mission is simple: to optimize project value and increase certainty of outcomes by proactively mitigating risks during design development. Let’s build better, together.

Take the First Step Toward Improved Project Outcomes.

Eliminate the guesswork and reduce project risks. Schedule your free consultation today to see how OPTSTRUCTION can help your team deliver high-quality, coordinated documentation—and help set your project up for success: