Case Study –Construction Management

Project: CMU ANSYS Hall

Transforming a constrained parking lot and loading dock into a landmark facility required a disciplined construction management approach and extensive early planning.
Landlocked Site Logistics

Single-access route managed with full delivery coordination, parking plans, field office placement, and phased sequencing.

Concurrent Design Phases

Real-time adaptation as program spaces continued advancing through design during active construction, requiring rapid trade coordination.

Ongoing Coordination Meetings

Proactive issue identification kept the team aligned and solutions in front of problems, ensuring safe operations and minimal campus disruption.

The project was located along the western edge of campus, tightly bounded by active College of Engineering buildings, with access limited to a single route from Frew Street. Mosites engaged early to develop and lead a comprehensive site logistics plan that addressed the constraints of a fully landlocked site. Key considerations included delivery routing, parking coordination, field office placement, site fencing, and maintaining continuous ADA access, pedestrian flow, and emergency egress for surrounding occupied buildings. As the project progressed, our team managed multiple layers of complexity, including coordinating construction activities while several program spaces were still advancing through design. This required real-time coordination across trades, continuous communication with stakeholders, and the ability to adapt quickly as new information emerged. Mosites led ongoing coordination meetings to proactively identify challenges, align the team, and implement solutions before issues impacted the work. Our focus on planning, communication, and logistics ensured safe operations, minimized disruption to campus activities, and kept the project moving forward within a highly constrained environment.

Key considerations included delivery routing, parking coordination, field office placement, site fencing, and maintaining continuous ADA access, pedestrian flow, and emergency egress for surrounding occupied buildings.