Everyone else on the job has a different incentive.
The general contractor wants the schedule. The subs want to be done. The architect wants the design intent. All reasonable. None of them are exclusively focused on whether you got what you paid for, built to code, without a problem buried behind the drywall.
That is the job we take. We have inspected thousands of installations and reviewed the plans behind them, so we know what a shortcut looks like before it is covered up.
Our only job on your project
- Independent of the contractor and the design team
- Hired by you, reporting to you, and nobody else
- Code experience from the inspection side of the table
- No stake in the schedule except the one you are paying for
On your side, start to finish.
Before construction
Review the drawings and the scope with a code inspector's eye. Problems found here cost a revision. The same problem found in the field costs a change order.
During construction
Independent site observation at the stages that matter, especially the work about to be covered. We report what we see, plainly, to you.
With the jurisdiction
We speak the building department's language because we do their work. Failed inspections and stalled approvals get resolved faster when someone on your side knows the process.
On the paperwork
Pay applications, change orders, and closeout documents reviewed against what was actually built rather than what was scheduled.
At the end
Punch list walked and verified. Occupancy documentation chased down. The project actually closed, not just stopped.
Whenever you call
A plain answer about where the project really stands, from someone who was on site and has no reason to soften it.
If you are building and you are not a builder.
Owner's representation earns its keep when the person paying for the project does not do this for a living, or does but does not have the hours.
Business owners building or expanding
A new location, a building purchase with a renovation, or a fit-out. You know your business. You should not have to learn construction management on the most expensive project of your career.
Property owners and developers
Multiple projects, limited internal staff, and a real need for someone independent verifying that what got billed is what got built.
Institutions and non-profits
Boards, churches, and organizations spending money they raised, who need documented independent oversight to show for it.
Anyone who has been burned once
If you have already been through a project where things went sideways, you know exactly why this role exists.
Let's talk about your project.
One conversation is usually enough to know whether we are the right fit.