Developer Services

Having worked as General Manager and Senior Vice President for the construction division of one of the largest builder/developers in the Northeast, we have first-hand knowledge of the efforts required to push a project through design development, get it into the ground, and then completed. We work directly for owners and developers as construction managers and owner's representatives, and we can customize our Scope of Services to adapt to a client's needs. We are a respected and neutral member of the project team, and we work as an independent, professional construction manager, not affiliated with any architectural, construction, or real estate entities.

We are constantly aware of the need to remain accessible to a client, and to present a thorough and economical service. We assess a client's needs immediately, and we avoid giving more in services than what a client needs. There is no reason to offer too many multiple layers of management; this can be counter-productive by de-personalizing an owner's project, at higher fees.

Our developer services, both pre-construction and construction phases, include:

• Assistance with project team selection, including architect, consultants, testing agencies, and general contractor. Contract document review. Pre-qualify design and construction team; thorough investigation and check-out of team histories.
• Work with the owner to help identify the owner's needs, and ensure those needs are incorporated into the documents.
• Possible assistance with financing. Protect owner's profitability.
• Identify and recommend resource requirements, such as other consultants, engineers, etc.
• Preliminary construction strategy during design development, especially on complex projects, such as those in an urban setting, with zero lot line, with difficult geotechnical challenges, with marine construction, etc.
• We are proud of our record as facilitators; we are more than a “hired gun.” Pro-active in problem-solving; ability to think and act quickly. We offer solutions, not extensions, of difficult issues. Our working style helps to minimize or eliminate construction disputes.
• Work to bridge the gaps between designers and contractors, both of whom have individual, personal interests at stake.
• Work to ensure that proper prior planning during design stage helps to avoid problems later. Our belief is that design should combine aesthetics and function, while still employing a utilitarian approach towards modern construction means and methods. Identify risks in the documents' early stages.
• Existing property condition assessment. As General Contractors, we have renovated some extremely complex and challenging structures, many of which are on The National Historical Register.
• Planning for highly urbanized, complicated projects.
• Ability to take over project as a General Contractor, in cases of default.
• Document review of plans and specifications, and value engineering analysis.
• Peer review of contractor's estimates and schedule of values.
• Bidding out the work, negotiating the General Contract agreement.
• Continuing cost analysis of construction costs as project proceeds.
• Emphasize team approach to the building process.
• Keep general contractor in compliance with typical project management requirements, such as maintaining proper logs for changes, submittals, RFI's, schedule updates, and proper requisition formatting, using the CSI and AIA documents.
• Assistance with punch list and close-out.