Six integrated services built around one objective: you keep more of your money. Pre-construction through closeout, trade negotiations through change order disputes — we do the work most owners don't know to ask for.
Most owners receive a GC bid, compare it to one or two others, and pick the middle one. That approach misses the real problem: bids that look competitive on the surface often contain inflated allowances, padded contingencies, and line items priced for convenience rather than market reality.
We do a forensic review of every bid — scope by scope, trade by trade — before you sign anything. We identify where the numbers don't match the drawings, where allowances are carrying too much risk for the owner, and where a GC has quietly transferred cost exposure your way.
On a recent Naples pre-construction engagement, this analysis surfaced $380,000 in savings. No design changes. No schedule impact. The money was already in the bid — you just needed someone who knew where to look.
Get a Pre-Construction ReviewWhen a GC prices a project, they mark up every subcontractor quote. That markup — typically 10–20% per trade — is applied to framing, MEP rough-ins, roofing, exteriors, landscaping. It compounds. By the time it reaches you, a $40,000 MEP quote has become a $52,000 line item.
After 30 years in the field, we have direct relationships with subcontractors across both Naples and Boston markets. We go around the GC markup layer and negotiate directly with the trades on your behalf — then feed those numbers into the GC contract as owner-furnished pricing.
This isn't about cutting corners. The same trades, the same quality, the same schedule. The only difference is who's paying the margin on top.
Discuss Trade NegotiationValue engineering gets a bad reputation because most people use it as a euphemism for cheaper. That's not what it is. Real value engineering is the systematic analysis of what a spec delivers versus what the owner actually needs — and finding alternatives that meet or exceed the outcome at lower cost.
We review material selections, structural specifications, and mechanical systems against current market pricing, code minimums, and performance requirements. Where we find overspecification — an $80,000 window package where a $55,000 alternative performs identically — we document it and present the trade-off clearly.
You make the decision. We give you the data to make it well. This is not about degrading the product. It's about paying for what you're actually getting.
Schedule a VE SessionA construction budget isn't a number you set at contract execution and revisit at closeout. It's a living document that drifts the moment the first RFI hits — and most owners don't have visibility into where it's heading until they're already over.
We maintain real-time budget tracking across every trade, tracking actuals against contract values, monitoring draw requests for accuracy, and flagging deviation early. When scope changes — and it always does — we update the forecast immediately so you're never making decisions against stale numbers.
The goal is simple: no surprises at the end. Every dollar in and out is visible, every forecast updated in real time, every risk identified before it's a cost.
Get Budget OversightChange orders are the single largest source of budget overruns on construction projects. Some are legitimate — owner-directed scope changes, unforeseen conditions, design evolution. Many are not. GCs routinely use change orders to recoup margin they didn't price into the original bid, or to charge for work that was always in scope but omitted from the contract.
We review every change order before it's signed. We cross-reference the original scope documents, the drawings, the specifications, and the contract to determine whether the CO is legitimate, overpriced, or an attempt to extract margin on a technicality. When we dispute a CO, we do it with documentation — not arguments.
On most active projects, we reduce CO costs by 20–40% not by refusing legitimate changes, but by catching the ones that should have been in the original contract.
Add Change Order OversightOn a construction project, the GC has a full-time team watching out for the GC's interests. You, the owner, have nobody — unless you hire one. That's the entire purpose of owner's representation: an experienced advocate at every meeting, on every site walk, at every milestone who is legally and contractually working for you.
We attend weekly OAC meetings, conduct site inspections at key milestones, review submittals and shop drawings, manage the RFI log, and ensure the quality of work installed matches what the drawings specify. When there's a dispute with the GC, you're not a civilian going up against a construction professional — you have one of your own.
With 30+ years and 1,000+ projects, we have seen every play. We know what GCs do when owners aren't paying attention, and we know how to make them stop.
Hire an Owner's Rep30-minute call. No pitch. We look at your numbers and tell you where the risk is — before you're locked in.