Project management, procurement and contract administration
Municipalities carry most of the risk on a capital project and often have the least project-management capacity in the room. Owner's representation closes that gap.
We manage capital projects the way an owner needs them managed: a defensible business case, a procurement process that will survive scrutiny, controls that catch a change order before it becomes a claim, and a closeout that actually produces as-builts, warranties and an asset record.
We have worked both sides. We know what municipalities need from consultants and contractors, and what makes a project executable in the field rather than only on paper.
Who leads this work
- Joel Cardinal
PMP — capital delivery, procurement and contract administration
What we deliver
Project definition and controls
- Business cases and options analysis
- Scope definition and project charters
- Schedule development and critical path management
- Budget, contingency and cash-flow forecasting
- Risk registers and issue management
Procurement
- Tenders, RFPs and expressions of interest
- Evaluation criteria, scoring and fairness process
- Consultant and contractor selection
- Design-build and alternative delivery models
- Procurement policy and transparent process design
Contract administration
- Contract administration and payment certification
- Change control and claims management
- Progress reporting to administration and Council
- Construction supervision and field coordination
- Deficiency management and holdback release
Quality and closeout
- QA/QC programs and inspection and test plans
- Commissioning and turnover
- As-built records and asset registration
- Warranty administration
- Lessons learned and program improvement
Typical assignments
A sample of how this work usually arrives.
- Owner's representative on a multi-million-dollar structure replacement
- Design-build RFP for a culvert or bridge replacement
- Procurement package and evaluation framework for contracted services
- Project recovery where scope, schedule or cost has drifted
- Closeout and as-built capture on a project that stalled at substantial completion
Related capabilities
Work in this area almost always touches these.
Engineering & planning
Servicing, feasibility, land use and technical review — with planning and engineering kept in the same conversation.
Finance & asset management
Budgets, reserves, debt, PSAS reporting and ten-year capital plans built on real asset condition.
Surveying & geomatics
Construction survey, GIS, 3D models, UAV capture and the data discipline that keeps a project and an asset register honest.
Bring us the file that keeps moving to the bottom of the pile.
Tell us what Council has asked for and where it is stuck. We will tell you honestly whether it is an assignment for us, and what it would take.