Services: Public Owner; Prime Contractor; Small Business
If you are a prime construction contractor or consultant, we can help you increase your bottom line by
providing the following services:
a. Help you develop and implement a Lean Construction initiative for your company, including
coaching your leadership and staff on ways to help make the cultural change necessary to make the
Lean initiative sustainable.
b. Analyze the contract terms and conditions of a project you are considering bidding and creating a
Contract Risk Profile of that contract so you better understand the risks you would be taking on. This
lets you make a better informed “go – no go” decision and if you decided to “go” better prepare yourself to
manage the risks.
c. Develop a subcontract procurement strategy, as well as means and methods, for a project,
which meets the your and the owner’s technical, legal and social objectives. This helps you cost
effectively and creatively comply with the owner’s requirements and in many procurements, give you a
competitive edge.
d. Help you more effectively manage subcontract risk by helping your subcontractors understand
their contract risks and comply with your contract requirements and any requirements that flow down
from the owner’s contract. This helps you reduce your risk of subcontractor default. Plus, for many
public owners, these practices are considered an important part of “good faith efforts”.
e. Develop and execute a public involvement process for a project, which meets the owner’s
requirements. This helps you not only fulfill any contract requirements for community participation, but
enhances your reputation as a responsive contractor and helps you collect valuable information from a
broad cross-section of people that could help you perform the work better.
f. Develop and execute a program, which satisfies the owner’s requirements for engaging in “good
faith efforts” for small business inclusion. This not only helps you cost effectively fulfill any procurement
or contract requirements for business inclusion, but enhances your reputation as a socially responsible
contractor. For some public owners, these efforts give you a competitive edge.
g. Develop and implement a “project partnering” program for your project to prevent claims. This
helps you identify and resolve disputes before they become claims or worse, lawsuits. It helps keep the
communication, which is necessary to solve problems, alive on a project.
h. Analyze and pursue contract claims. This helps you defend your company from claims and hold
subcontractors, vendors or owners accountable for their failures to comply with their contracts. Engage
in dispute resolution, including: mediation, arbitration and litigation. This helps you resolve a dispute
with the least expense and stress as possible.
i. Legal and technical research and writing. This helps you leverage your in-house staff and
available budget by having access to specialized expertise on an on-call basis.
j. Engage in organizational development improvements, including policy development and cultural
change, particularly change required to implement small business inclusion as part of your business
culture. This helps you cost effectively apply industry “best practices” to your company operations to stay
current and innovative as well as foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
k. Teaching your management and staff about “best practices” related to public works procurements
and contracts. This helps you keep your staff current, motivated and responsive.
l. Engage in company visioning and strategic planning required to support business growth. This
helps you stay focused on your business by rising above the frantic day-to-day operations and thinking
through long term and short term planning.
m. Help you identify and take advantage of business opportunities through effective marketing and
finding opportunities for strategic alliances, such as joint ventures. This helps you think and operate
“outside the box” of your normal market so you can identify and create new opportunities to find business
and make money.
providing the following services:
a. Help you develop and implement a Lean Construction initiative for your company, including
coaching your leadership and staff on ways to help make the cultural change necessary to make the
Lean initiative sustainable.
b. Analyze the contract terms and conditions of a project you are considering bidding and creating a
Contract Risk Profile of that contract so you better understand the risks you would be taking on. This
lets you make a better informed “go – no go” decision and if you decided to “go” better prepare yourself to
manage the risks.
c. Develop a subcontract procurement strategy, as well as means and methods, for a project,
which meets the your and the owner’s technical, legal and social objectives. This helps you cost
effectively and creatively comply with the owner’s requirements and in many procurements, give you a
competitive edge.
d. Help you more effectively manage subcontract risk by helping your subcontractors understand
their contract risks and comply with your contract requirements and any requirements that flow down
from the owner’s contract. This helps you reduce your risk of subcontractor default. Plus, for many
public owners, these practices are considered an important part of “good faith efforts”.
e. Develop and execute a public involvement process for a project, which meets the owner’s
requirements. This helps you not only fulfill any contract requirements for community participation, but
enhances your reputation as a responsive contractor and helps you collect valuable information from a
broad cross-section of people that could help you perform the work better.
f. Develop and execute a program, which satisfies the owner’s requirements for engaging in “good
faith efforts” for small business inclusion. This not only helps you cost effectively fulfill any procurement
or contract requirements for business inclusion, but enhances your reputation as a socially responsible
contractor. For some public owners, these efforts give you a competitive edge.
g. Develop and implement a “project partnering” program for your project to prevent claims. This
helps you identify and resolve disputes before they become claims or worse, lawsuits. It helps keep the
communication, which is necessary to solve problems, alive on a project.
h. Analyze and pursue contract claims. This helps you defend your company from claims and hold
subcontractors, vendors or owners accountable for their failures to comply with their contracts. Engage
in dispute resolution, including: mediation, arbitration and litigation. This helps you resolve a dispute
with the least expense and stress as possible.
i. Legal and technical research and writing. This helps you leverage your in-house staff and
available budget by having access to specialized expertise on an on-call basis.
j. Engage in organizational development improvements, including policy development and cultural
change, particularly change required to implement small business inclusion as part of your business
culture. This helps you cost effectively apply industry “best practices” to your company operations to stay
current and innovative as well as foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
k. Teaching your management and staff about “best practices” related to public works procurements
and contracts. This helps you keep your staff current, motivated and responsive.
l. Engage in company visioning and strategic planning required to support business growth. This
helps you stay focused on your business by rising above the frantic day-to-day operations and thinking
through long term and short term planning.
m. Help you identify and take advantage of business opportunities through effective marketing and
finding opportunities for strategic alliances, such as joint ventures. This helps you think and operate
“outside the box” of your normal market so you can identify and create new opportunities to find business
and make money.
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