The Challenge

Historically, many Owners have relied on a combination of “in-house” resources which would be charged with the selection, direction, and coordination of the activities of numerous project professionals; an Architect, Engineers, a Construction Manager or General Contractor-or both. The organization of these diverse skillsets is essential to move a project from concept to completion. In cases where an organization maintains an effective in-house capability, the traditional model can, and still, delivers acceptable project results.

Today, an ever-evolving and changing economy, specialization, downsizing, and outsourcing have resulted in the reduction and even the elimination of many former in-house project management and craft capabilities. Advances in technology, rigors of environmental compliance, costs associated with maintaining a staff coupled with the fact that project management and construction may not be part of an organization’s core business-all underscore the logic of retaining an entity that specializes in the enterprise of skillfully managing projects.

The explosion of internet-based technologies and applications has revolutionized how the built environment is conceptualized, designed, constructed and operated. The very success of a project, therefore, depends on the Integrity, Technical Competence, and Experience of the Construction Professional.