Depending on project type and strategy, we offer partnering facilitation services before and throughout construction projects that promote consistent, rational and positive communication among stakeholders.
Professional facilitators from our wholly owned subsidiary, Project Management Consultants LLC (PMC), work with the project team to establish working relationships and communication channels. By collaboratively defining roles, processes, schedules, objectives and action plans, we improve the quality of the project and reduce the potential for disputes. We offer the following customizable sessions:
- Executive partnering – Interactive team-building exercises with project stakeholders to address challenges, define goals, identify obstacles and opportunities and initiate action plans for specific project issues
- Strategic planning/program development – Targeted sessions that result in collaborative approaches to distinctive project goals
- Project delivery selection – Alignment of project delivery method with project goals, selection matrix development, process definition
- Facilitated guaranteed maximum price (GMP) – Project definition enhancement designed to reduce disputes as to what the GMP includes
- LEED sessions/eco-charrettes – Facilitation of responsible building decisions, focusing on long-term goals through collaborative decision making
- Trade contractor – Establishment of agreement on functional construction processes and time frames, definition of expectations
- Contractor closeout – Validation of project completion schedule in conjunction with discovery of potentially hidden costs or owner activity coordinator issues
- Intervention/dispute resolution – Maximize project communications, encourage open exchange of information for dialogue, assist in resolution of all disputes within 30 days
- Claims/mediation – Voluntary, non-binding attempt to mutually resolve project issues informally, rather than legalistically