Representative and Advisory Services
Construction programs raise constant questions around bids, plans and specifications, time extensions, and risk. TRAUNER advises owners and contractors on complex projects by providing independent oversight, project controls review, procurement and change management support, and construction monitoring. If a project encounters challenges, we help restore communication, manage risk, and guide projects through successful completion.
Owner’s Representative/Advisory Services
A capital expansion construction program can be daunting. As the owner, you undoubtedly will face countless questions and dilemmas: Will the contractor bids come in too low? Are the plans and specifications complete and accurate, avoiding unnecessary change orders? Will disputes over the interpretation of the plans and specifications delay the project? When are the contractors entitled to time extensions?
That’s why it pays to have TRAUNER at your side. We routinely work on multi-million-dollar projects, and deal with these kinds of questions every day. We’ll guide you through the process and recommend ways to manage your exposure to risk. We can also provide assistance in architect selection, design review, preparation of bid packages, estimating and budgeting, construction manager selection, review of plans and specifications, constructability reviews, contractor procurement, construction oversight, monitoring and inspection, quality control, value engineering, and risk management. We’ll be on hand to offer advice on all the day-to-day quandaries that come up.
No one can guarantee the success of a construction project. As the owner, you bear the full responsibility day in and day out. But TRAUNER can help you reduce your burden and help manage your risk. And that certainly helps you sleep better at night.
Contractor’s Advisory Services
As the contractor, you are onsite dealing with ongoing construction every day. But sometimes you may need a second pair of eyes, someone who can look at challenges from a different angle. We’ll put your project planning and controls through the paces. We’ll give you and your executives an extra level of confidence that your approach is solid.
- How will new issues and challenges affect your plan?
- How will changes impact your schedule?
- When and how should you inform the owner of issues?
- Is your documentation adequate and effective?
These are questions TRAUNER can answer. But we won’t just answer them, we’ll advise you throughout the process, as well.
We’ll even help you write change orders that are not only persuasive, but will make sure the owner has all the information it needs to make the right decision.
Troubled Project Turnaround
Not everybody is a construction expert. If you are responsible for a project but things aren’t going as you hoped, TRAUNER can help. We can be brought on at any stage of a project to expedite the flow of information among the project team members, make sure that problems are being addressed, that the team members are fulfilling their contract responsibilities, and most important, to instill and maintain a team approach to the project.
Action is critical when projects are in trouble. We’ll prepare an action plan to be used to monitor and manage the completion of the project. We’ll assign responsibilities and completion dates for each of the tasks that are required for project completion.
We will inspect the site on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis to monitor the work and make sure the action plan is being implemented, expedite issue resolution, and check that the construction manager, designers, and contractors are fulfilling their contract requirements.
We’ll keep you up to date and well-informed on project progress, action items list, schedule, team performance, and other important issues. We’ll see your project through close-out, move-in, build-out, testing, and commissioning as appropriate.
We’ll get the project back on its feet and see it through till the end, all while looking out for your interests.
