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Development Management
We function as an extension of the project sponsor, moving beyond the traditional owner’s rep model. Because we are active principal developers, we manage design and construction risk with the mindset of an owner, not a consultant. This structure allows ownership to scale their executive function instantly, achieving expert project execution without diluting equity. Our hands-on management, technical expertise, and fee-based partnerships provide the pricing certainty of a consultant with the effectiveness of internal resources.
Projects, Case Studies, and Tools
Highlighting our unique advantages in execution and analysis of project*
These case studies highlight exceptional creativity and problem solving with specific examples from our portfolio of work. They are often a small portion of a larger project.
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Historic Office Core and Shell Rehab
We were engaged as the new construction manager just as a historic office gut-rehab was heading into construction, tasked with steering a project already facing significant uncertainty.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Historic High-Rise Stabilization
Following the acquisition of a landmark, but long-abandoned, historic high-rise, immediate intervention was required to address decades of severe neglect and deterioration.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Historic Rehab MEP Coordination
As construction managers for a landmark $300M+, 480,000 SF historic rehabilitation, we were responsible for overseeing core and shell, fit out, and F&B construciton activities.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Fire Alarm Permit Resolution
In the final week of a complex, multi-agency low-income housing renovation, a critical permit issue unexpectedly halted all progress toward completion.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Tenant Relocation Strategy
A large-scale rehabilitation initiative was launched across a portfolio of occupied residential properties, requiring the complex and sensitive relocation of hundreds of residents.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Multi Family Creative Solutions
An 18-month, occupied rehabilitation of a 365-unit low-income housing portfolio, spanning two large and logistically complex sites in Milwaukee.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Historic Office Core and Shell Rehab
We were engaged as the new construction manager just as a historic office gut-rehab was heading into construction, tasked with steering a project already facing significant uncertainty.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Historic High-Rise Stabilization
Following the acquisition of a landmark, but long-abandoned, historic high-rise, immediate intervention was required to address decades of severe neglect and deterioration.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Historic Rehab MEP Coordination
As construction managers for a landmark $300M+, 480,000 SF historic rehabilitation, we were responsible for overseeing core and shell, fit out, and F&B construciton activities.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Fire Alarm Permit Resolution
In the final week of a complex, multi-agency low-income housing renovation, a critical permit issue unexpectedly halted all progress toward completion.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Tenant Relocation Strategy
A large-scale rehabilitation initiative was launched across a portfolio of occupied residential properties, requiring the complex and sensitive relocation of hundreds of residents.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Multi Family Creative Solutions
An 18-month, occupied rehabilitation of a 365-unit low-income housing portfolio, spanning two large and logistically complex sites in Milwaukee.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Historic Office Core and Shell Rehab
We were engaged as the new construction manager just as a historic office gut-rehab was heading into construction, tasked with steering a project already facing significant uncertainty.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Historic High-Rise Stabilization
Following the acquisition of a landmark, but long-abandoned, historic high-rise, immediate intervention was required to address decades of severe neglect and deterioration.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Historic Rehab MEP Coordination
As construction managers for a landmark $300M+, 480,000 SF historic rehabilitation, we were responsible for overseeing core and shell, fit out, and F&B construciton activities.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Fire Alarm Permit Resolution
In the final week of a complex, multi-agency low-income housing renovation, a critical permit issue unexpectedly halted all progress toward completion.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Tenant Relocation Strategy
A large-scale rehabilitation initiative was launched across a portfolio of occupied residential properties, requiring the complex and sensitive relocation of hundreds of residents.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Multi Family Creative Solutions
An 18-month, occupied rehabilitation of a 365-unit low-income housing portfolio, spanning two large and logistically complex sites in Milwaukee.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Historic Office Core and Shell Rehab
We were engaged as the new construction manager just as a historic office gut-rehab was heading into construction, tasked with steering a project already facing significant uncertainty.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Historic High-Rise Stabilization
Following the acquisition of a landmark, but long-abandoned, historic high-rise, immediate intervention was required to address decades of severe neglect and deterioration.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Historic Rehab MEP Coordination
As construction managers for a landmark $300M+, 480,000 SF historic rehabilitation, we were responsible for overseeing core and shell, fit out, and F&B construciton activities.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Fire Alarm Permit Resolution
In the final week of a complex, multi-agency low-income housing renovation, a critical permit issue unexpectedly halted all progress toward completion.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Tenant Relocation Strategy
A large-scale rehabilitation initiative was launched across a portfolio of occupied residential properties, requiring the complex and sensitive relocation of hundreds of residents.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Multi Family Creative Solutions
An 18-month, occupied rehabilitation of a 365-unit low-income housing portfolio, spanning two large and logistically complex sites in Milwaukee.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Historic Office Core and Shell Rehab
We were engaged as the new construction manager just as a historic office gut-rehab was heading into construction, tasked with steering a project already facing significant uncertainty.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Challenge:
The project's design was based on minimal field investigation. Immediately upon starting demolition, numerous structural and MEP plans were proven to be unfeasible, requiring constant, real-time redesign during active construction.
Solution:
We implemented a proactive design-assist and field investigation process. This involved leading specialized working groups of engineers and subcontractors to redesign critical components on the fly, including resolving unforeseen structural conflicts, re-planning the elevator modernization, and re-engineering historic element integrations.
Value Delivered:
Despite the extensive in-field redesign required, our rigorous management and proactive problem-solving successfully navigated every obstacle. The complex core and shell project was delivered on schedule and on budget, a direct result of our ability to manage a dynamic and challenging construction environment.
Historic High-Rise Stabilization
Following the acquisition of a landmark, but long-abandoned, historic high-rise, immediate intervention was required to address decades of severe neglect and deterioration.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Challenge:
The asset was actively deteriorating from a flooded basement, a compromised roof, and widespread environmental hazards. The immediate challenge was to arrest the decay, mitigate all safety liabilities, and preserve the building's underlying value.
Solution:
We developed and executed a surgical stabilization program focused on asset preservation. The scope included comprehensive environmental abatement, critical repairs to the roof and façade to establish a watertight envelope, and the strategic demolition of non-essential structures while carefully salvaging key historic elements.
Value Delivered:
Our program successfully halted the building's decay, eliminating significant liabilities and preventing further water damage. This strategic intervention preserved the asset's historic character and maximized its flexibility for future redevelopment, securing the long-term value of the investment.
Historic Rehab MEP Coordination
As construction managers for a landmark $300M+, 480,000 SF historic rehabilitation, we were responsible for overseeing core and shell, fit out, and F&B construciton activities.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Challenge:
At a critical project phase, a leadership gap with the general contractor jeopardized the installation of the building's highly complex MEP systems, putting the entire project at immediate risk of significant schedule slippage.
Solution:
We intervened by taking direct leadership of the MEP coordination process. We established and led weekly working sessions with all subcontractors to meticulously map system dependencies and create a new, fully integrated schedule for the final year of construction.
Value Delivered:
Our direct intervention and rigorous scheduling ensured the successful installation, integration, and commissioning of all systems ahead of the substantial completion date, preventing months of potential delays and millions of dollars in associated costs.
Fire Alarm Permit Resolution
In the final week of a complex, multi-agency low-income housing renovation, a critical permit issue unexpectedly halted all progress toward completion.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Challenge:
Elevator recall tie in was denied due to missing documentation for the building's existing fire alarm system. This single issue created an indefinite delay, jeopardizing the project's schedule and potentially adding over $1M in additional work.
Solution:
We immediately launched a multi-front investigation, coordinating with subcontractors, city agencies, and previous owners to reconstruct the system's history. We served as the central point of contact, presenting a formal case to the chief inspector while managing stakeholder pressure from all government and financial partners.
Value Delivered:
Our expert negotiation and deep-dive research resulted in the city re-permitting the system under a previous code. This creative solution resolved the impasse, securing substantial completion and saving the project from $1M dollars in added work an additional $1M in potential penalties.
Tenant Relocation Strategy
A large-scale rehabilitation initiative was launched across a portfolio of occupied residential properties, requiring the complex and sensitive relocation of hundreds of residents.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Challenge:
The absence of a unified strategy created a high risk of significant construction delays, budget overruns, legal non-compliance, and severe damage to resident relations and brand reputation.
Solution:
We developed a centralized relocation management system to serve as the single source of truth for the program. The platform integrated strategic planning, budget controls, compliance tracking, and multi-team communication into one seamless toolkit.
Value Delivered:
The framework was deployed across the entire portfolio, resulting in a smooth resident transition with zero construction delays attributed to relocation. The system's success was so profound that it was adopted as the new company standard, directly leading to the formation of a permanent, specialized relocation management team.
Multi Family Creative Solutions
An 18-month, occupied rehabilitation of a 365-unit low-income housing portfolio, spanning two large and logistically complex sites in Milwaukee.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
Challenge:
The project required significant safety and quality-of-life upgrades for residents but was constrained by a rigid budget that limited the scope for improvements.
Solution:
We implemented a rigorous value engineering and cost-management strategy. This involved salvaging and repurposing infrastructure, sourcing cost-effective architectural and mechanical substitutions, and leading the redesign of security systems to reduce long-term operating expenses for the property.
Value Delivered:
Our meticulous budget tracking and proactive value engineering generated over $1.5 million in project savings. These funds were strategically reinvested into the property for site-wide betterments, resulting in a higher-quality asset, enhanced resident safety, and a financially successful project that exceeded all original expectations.
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