We have experience with a broad range of projects:
- Symphony Halls and Theaters
- Large-scale retirement centers
- Inner city parking garages
- Elaborate hotel ballrooms
- Hospitals
- Industrial and commercial buildings
- Churches
- And many more - please check out our Portfolio page on this website.
Agency CM Services
CONCEPT THROUGH PRE-DESIGN PHASE
- Needs Analysis & Preliminary Space Planning
- Disruption & Continuing Operations Planning
- Identify Required Project Manuals/Controls & "Vision" Specifications
- Conceptual Cost Estimating
- Affordability Analysis & Preliminary Cash Flow Projections
- Establish Control Measures
- Preliminary Master Schedule Preparation
- Establish Document and Data Management Requirements
- Identify Qualified & Appropriate Design Professionals
- Prepare Requests for Proposals (RFP) & Conduct Competitive Solicitations for Professional Design Services
- Negotiate Design Services Agreements for Owners' Execution
Establishing the Project Requirements, Financial Viability, Required Expertise, Team Roles and Responsibilities are Critical to Achieving Success.
DESIGN PHASE
- Finalize a Plan to Fulfill Owners' Expectations
- Conduct Design Progress Review Meetings
- Monitor Design Against Established Budget & Schedule
- Enforce Design Schedule Compliance
- Evaluate, Negotiate & Document Additional Design Services
- Represent the Owner with City, County and State Authorities
- Expedite Permit Review and Processing
Establish Clear Expectations and Professional Relationships with all Design Professionals & Community Stakeholders
PROCUREMENT, PERMIT & BID PHASES
- Expedite Subdivision Bonds & Final Permits
- Prepare Comprehensive Bid Packages
- Conduct Competitive Bidding for General, Prime or Trade Contractors
- Negotiate & Prepare Final Construction Agreements for Owner Execution
- Finalize Construction Phase Schedule(s) & Update Master Schedules
Establish Clear & Professional Objectives & Ground Rules for the Project between the Owner, Design Professionals and Constructor(s)
CONSTRUCTION PHASE
- Conduct & Document Pre-Construction Meeting with Constructor(s) and Code Enforcement Officials
- Conduct & Document Regularly Occurring Progress Review Meetings
- Establish Progress Payment Format & Requirements
- Analyze & Recommend Payment of Monthly Progress Payments
- Cost Analysis, Negotiation & Documentation of Change Orders, including Errors & Omissions and
- Entitlement Determinations
- Project Status Reporting
- Schedule Recovery Planning & Implementation
- Cost to Complete Estimating
- Corrective Action Evaluation & Implementation
- Performance & Payment Bond Obligations
- Real Time Dispute Resolution
- Move In, Start Up & Commissioning Planning
Aggressively Mitigate & Resolve Potential Disputes to Maintain Project Momentum & Focus on Project Completion
POST CONSTRUCTION PHASE
- Punch List Generation & Completion Compliance
- Contract Close Out Coordination
- Ensure Turnover of Warranties, Training & O&M Manuals, Etc.
- Final Dispute Resolution
- Final Payment to All Team Members
- Comparison of Contract Obligations to Actual Performance
- Calculation of Damages
- "In-House" or "Outside" Expert for Mediation, Arbitration & Litigation
- Various Forms of Discovery
Assist Owner in Operating, Occupying and the Use of the Project as Envisioned and Required
DISTRESSED PROJECTS
- Document Project History and Status
- Manage Projects on Behalf of Surety, Lender or Investor
- Repair Troubled/Distressed Projects and Claims of All Types
- Forensic Schedule & Budget Analysis
- Compare Baseline Against Actual
- Identify Delay, Concurrency, Compensability
- Evaluation of Acceleration and Productivity
- Comparison of Contract Obligations to Actual Performance
- Calculation of Damages
- "In-House" or "Outside" Expert for Mediation, Arbitration & Litigation
- Various Forms of Discovery
Manage & Resolve Disputes Professionally to Maintain the Owners' Reputation & Return to Their Primary Business
"At Risk" Construction Management Services
We provide Owners with a variety of project delivery methods, including:
- Lump sum agreements
- Guaranteed maximum price (GMP) with a savings clause contracts
- Cost plus a fixed fee on one-of-a-kind, unknown or extremely accelerated projects
Lender Services/Construction Loan Administration
We inspect, review, estimate and verify all aspects of a project for:
- Banks
- Credit Unions
- Private financial institutions and investors
Value Engineering
We have reduced overall project budgets by 15-20 percent, and still met all Owners' objectives, both in function and financing, by providing independent cost estimates
(ICE) and alternative options analysis.
Code Compliance and Upgrade
- We offer code compliance reviews
- Identify non-compliant conditions
- Negotiate compliance agreements with authorities-having-jurisdiction (AHJ)
- Complete construction activities according to the code-compliance plan