COST-CENTRIC MANAGEMENT

While all firms strive to provide great service, our firm strongly focuses its attention on project cost management, risk management, and claims prevention. We define value to all stakeholders, keep the client engaged, review scopes, shape the planning process, continuously update the budget, work to define risks, and communicate goals and expectations. WE PROVIDE LEADERSHIP. We have managed projects utilizing the most common contractor construction delivery methods including Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts, Lump Sum Contracts, Design Build and Cost-Plus Contracts. Our teams’ executive level, large scale project experience in the construction industry affords your project great insight and practical ways to control project costs.

COMPLEX SCHEDULES

Complex projects in active occupied facilities is a normal course of business for Mark Allan & Associates. Working with the contractor to break down the schedule into achievable milestones, regular formal reviews of the project status, and focused attention on recovery schedules when necessary are all part of the MA&A way. We understand how critical it is to effectively and directly communicate the
schedule and will work to provide you with consistent and predictable results.

INDUSTRY-LEADING COST ESTIMATION

A pillar of our business, Mark Allan & Associates is an industry leader in third party estimating, claims review and construction cost advice. Our experienced team has the advantage of having constructed many buildings across a wide spectrum of building types and locations. This real-life experience adds value for our clients. We consider logistics, schedule, manpower, weather, constructability and other risk factors that only an experienced team brings. Our firm has provided billions of dollars’ worth of estimates on a wide variety of facilities that are pertinent to your project: Offices, Food Service and Kitchen, Laboratory, Lobbies, Conference Centers, Data Centers, Power & Mechanical Plants, Large Scale
Infrastructure, Roadways. As well as facilities that are less pertinent: Stadiums’ and Arenas’, Airport facilities, and Industrial Plants. Together our keen experience and historical data can provide your company with planning tools to better understand market conditions and opportunities.

CONSULTANT MANAGEMENT

Direct, clear and concise communications with consultants is critical to effectively manage their output.
Setting priorities to construction drawing areas, long lead items, submittals, and RFI’s while allowing the design team enough time to properly respond ensures harmony between what the project needs to continue to move forward and the design. Reviewing and formally discussing design and scope creep are also critical factors to ensure the design conforms to cost model.