Services often include:

• Serving as the single point contact between Owner/Developer, the Design Team and the General or Prime Contractor(s).
• Establishing Owner criteria and assistance in Design Team selection.
• Identification and coordination of Owner's program requirements with Design Team.
• Overseeing overall project planning.
• Establishing and monitoring milestone design and construction schedules.
• Providing conceptual construction estimating, cash flow projections and overall project budgeting.
• Assisting Owner in obtaining construction and permanent financing, if requested.
• Facilitating cost engineering, constructability analysis and identification of potential major design and/or construction problems and solutions.
• Evaluating cost trade-offs for the Owner’s review.
• Adapting project control system to Owner's reporting requirements.
• Providing input to program risk analysis, bonding and insurance coverage.
• Assisting Owner in developing contracting strategy for bid or negotiated contracts.
• Providing review and recommendations regarding construction documents.
• Planning and coordinating work packages for bid.
• Reviewing pre-qualification procedures for bidding subcontractors and vendors.
• Conducting detailed reviews of all General Contractor, Subcontractor and Vendor pricing following bidding and prior to recommending award of contracts.
• Negotiating for design and consulting services and contractor and vendor agreements.
• Drafting Owner-Architect, Owner-Contractor Agreements and Purchase Orders for Owner legal review and approval.
• Managing programming, bidding, purchase, delivery and installation of Owner-provided equipment.