Development services and construction management, under one roof
KBCm is both a development services firm and a construction management firm. We help you vet the land, entitlements and proforma before you commit, then represent you through preconstruction and construction. Bring us in at any phase; the earlier we start, the more we can save.
Development Services
Test the land, the entitlements and the deal before you commit.
What you get: A budget and strategy you can take to lenders and partners with confidence.
What we handle
- Entitlement oversight
- Land and site review
- Proforma review and refinement
- Budgeting, and verification of construction cost assumptions
- Concept review and project strategy
- On-site due diligence checks before you close
- Zoning and leasing support
- Design team selection
- Design management, carrying the design team through permitting
- Permit management
Preconstruction
Buy the work right the first time.
What you get: Competitive pricing, the right contractors and contracts that protect the owner.
What we handle
- Bid package control
- Extensive contractor qualification
- Competitive or negotiated bidding, with contractor recommendations
- Contract negotiation, advice and recommendations
- Value engineering
- Design control, if requested
- Owner and interior design selections
- Owner-provided procurement, such as furniture, fixtures and equipment
Construction Delivery
Hold budget and schedule all the way to move-in.
What you get: Weekly visibility on cost, schedule and issues, and units ready on the leasing schedule.
What we handle
- Weekly site visits to verify scope and progress
- Weekly status reports on budget, schedule and issues
- Coordination of architect, engineers, landscape architect and general contractor
- Owner-architect-contractor (OAC) meetings
- General contractor buyout and GMP savings
- RFI and submittal tracking
- Coordination with expediters, review agencies and inspectors
- Change order management
- Pay application review, so you approve only work that is in place
- Budget control, contingency planning and problem solving
- Third-party functionality and quality walks
- Move-in-ready units delivered to the phasing and leasing schedule
Preconstruction and construction work as one team
At many firms one group prices the job and another builds it, and the second group spends weeks catching up. We think close coordination between the two is a lost art, and we practice it on every project.
Construction joins early
Our construction team works alongside preconstruction from the first bid package, reviewing scope, schedule and contractors before anything is signed.
Nothing lost between phases
Contract terms, scope decisions and owner selections carry straight into the field, so no one has to rediscover why a choice was made.
No catch-up lull
The team running your site already knows the job on day one. There is no pause while the next department gets up to speed.