It's all about Experience
Paper Trails and Protection
Audit and Risk Reduction
An experienced Owner Representative will save you far more money and time than they cost you. That includes during pre-construction (extremely important your Owner’s Rep is the very first consultant you hire), during construction, and during project close out and warranty period. But have you thought about our litigious society and how often a construction project ends up in court? Proper Project Management includes Project Documentation and Risk Management for the Owner and financial institutions. A thoroughly experienced Owner Representative / Construction Manager, who hasn’t just read about it in a book or from a class, but has over 40 years of real world experience, including construction litigation, is your only answer to performing your fiduciary duty to minimize exposure and protect all Project Stakeholders from and during stressful, expensive and time consuming law suits. Just like in insurance claims there must be an audit trail and iron clad contracts in place, and proper documentation, to assure responsibility is placed on the proper parties, that those parties are properly insured, and risk is minimized for all parties involved. You need someone that has the knowledge and experience to guide you and your team through the hoops, hurdles, and yes land mines. Call Western to discuss how we may serve you and your team on your next project. And don’t hesitate to reach out if you are in the middle of a problem and need help. No one has our experience in this industry. No one.
Responsible Representation
Western, LLC is your strongest ally. Utilize our many years of experience in all aspects of the construction industry to achieve your highest goals. Let us be your advocate in any or all stages of a construction project. We are here to ensure the Owners best interests are represented in every decision throughout the project. As your Owner’s Representative, Western will ensure your needs are met and that the project comes in on time and under budget. Our role is to increase the quality, while reducing the cost of your project. Western has the technical expertise in construction, real estate development, design and architecture to successfully manage relationships with general contractors, architects, construction companies, municipal authorities and financial institutions involved in the project. Western will turn your vision into reality.
PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
-Site acquisition assistance
-Pre-construction conferences with principals, including builder, to ease the owner’s burden and to settle misunderstandings before construction starts
-Help focus on priorities and goals for successful completion of a project
-Ensuring the project meets local and municipal requirements
-Fielding request for proposals, bids and hiring vendors such as consultants, contractors, engineers, and architecture rms
-Planning/master planning, permit acquisition, contract administration
MASTER DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
-Prepare and manage a Master Development Budget, for all project related costs and contingencies -Comprehensive project and schedule management
-Eliminate mistakes and ‘start over’s,’ thus keeping project on budget and schedule
-Design Management
-Furniture, Fixture and Equipment Planning and Installation Management -Save you time and money across the project
CONSTRUCTION
-Experienced construction management team
-Supply the planning, management, technical expertise and support to ensure successful completion of the project
-Contribute to streamlining the planning, construction and move-in processes to meet targeted completion dates
-Make recommendations in regard to specic issues and/or problems such as eld conditions, site logistics and phasing of the work
-Recommend course of action to owner when contract requirements are not being honored.
-Regular inspections of construction site to verify percent completion and schedule satisfaction
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS
-Provide knowledgeable technical recommendations and support
-Managing conicts within project entities and teams
-Interface with the architect, general contractor and subcontractors
-Ensure smooth collaboration and communication/reporting among all parties -Provide quality control, scheduling, cost reduction and value engineering -Notify owner of potential overages and how to cut costs
PROJECT CLOSE OUT
-Manage Owner move in punch list -Administer and close all contracts -Manage warranty period