Procurement and project administration for steel contractors.
Someone has to assemble the submittal package, chase the mill certs, file certified payroll, and get the pay application in before the cutoff. That is the work we take.
For steel erectors, misc metals fabricators, and structural steel subs. Division 05, Puget Sound.
We do not bid work. We do not self-perform. We hold no contract with your GC.
A gusset plate connects members that do not meet, and transfers load between them.
FIG. 1What we run.
Four scopes. Take one or take all four. Every deliverable comes back in your format, on your letterhead, addressed to your GC.
| Mark | Scope | What we run |
|---|---|---|
| G-01 | Submittals and shop drawings | Package assembly and transmittal. Review cycle tracking from first issue through approved-as-noted. Deferred submittals scheduled against the permit timeline. RFI logging and follow-up until an answer comes back in writing. |
| G-02 | Material procurement | Buyout against the approved drawings. Purchase orders. Mill test reports collected and matched to heat numbers before the inspector asks. Expediting to your erection sequence, not to the mill's convenience. |
| G-03 | Compliance and prequalification | Certified payroll under Washington L&I filed on schedule. Intents and affidavits. Prequal packets built once and kept current. COI and additional insured endorsements checked against the actual contract language. |
| G-04 | Billing and contract administration | Schedule of values. Monthly pay applications. Change orders tracked with the backup attached. Lien and bond notices calendared and served before they lapse. |
Washington lien deadlines.
Washington construction lien rights run on fixed clocks measured from the day you first delivered labor or material, and the day you last did. Miss one and the security is gone, whatever the contract says. Put your dates in.
Served on the owner and the lender. Filed late, the lien still exists but only reaches what you supplied in the days immediately before service.
Ninety days after the last day you furnished labor, professional services, materials, or equipment.
Eight months from recording. The lien expires on its own if nothing is filed.
Verify before you rely on it. This calculates the ordinary deadlines under RCW 60.04 and is not legal advice. Retainage and payment bond claims on public work run on separate clocks. When a date falls on a weekend or a legal holiday it is carried to the next business day. Full explanation →
Priced per package, per project.
Not a retainer. Not a percentage of your contract value. You send a defined scope, you get a fixed number back before anything starts, and you know what the administration costs before you sign the subcontract.
- Send the contract documents and say what you want handled.
- We scope it and quote a fixed price for the package.
- We run it and hand back the finished deliverable, ready to go out.
The work goes out as yours. We are not named in the submittal, we do not contact your GC as ourselves, and we do not hold a relationship with your customer.
What a general VA cannot do.
A general virtual assistant can fill in a form. They cannot tell you that a connection detail changed between the IFC set and the approved shop drawings, that the mill cert you were sent is for the wrong heat, or why the GC has your deferred submittal due before the structural permit is issued.
Everything on this page is written by someone who has run these packages. The dates in the calculator above are the argument.
Send one package and see what it costs.
Start with one submittal package or one prequal packet. Fixed price, nothing ongoing. If it works, send the next one.