Services

Building consultancy

Independent technical advice that helps you make better building and portfolio decisions.

Our independent building consultancy specialists provide the technical insight needed to understand asset condition, reduce risk, and support better investment decisions across the asset lifecycle.

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Christie Hartnett

Head of Building Consultancy, North America

Better building decisions start with better information

Real estate decisions are only as good as the information behind them. Acquiring an asset without a clear picture of its condition. Financing a construction project without independent oversight. Underestimating capital requirements across a portfolio. Bringing a facility into operation without verifying that its systems perform as designed. At each of these moments, the quality of your technical advice determines the quality of your outcome.

Our building consultancy practice provides the independent technical expertise and commercial insight that investors, developers, lenders, and occupiers need to make confident decisions—from acquisition and capital planning through to construction risk oversight and commissioning.

What sets us apart

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Technical depth, commercial clarity

Our licensed architects, engineers, and technical specialists combine building science with commercial insight to support better decisions.

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Portfolio-scale delivery

From individual assets to national and global portfolios, we deliver consistent methodologies, rapid mobilization, and decision-ready reporting at any scale.

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Shared knowledge, stronger outcomes

Our asset and building consultancy teams are organized around a global center of excellence—sharing insight and experience to improve performance across every project or portfolio.

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Data-driven insight

We combine condition data, portfolio analytics, and market intelligence to give a clear view of performance, opportunity, risk, and future investment needs.

Facility condition assessments

Understand your assets. Prioritize investment.

A thorough understanding of your building's condition is the foundation of every sound real estate decision. Whether you are acquiring an asset, planning capital expenditure, or managing a large portfolio, you need objective, reliable data on what you have—and what it will cost to maintain, repair, and improve over time.

We inspect building systems, identify deficiencies, quantify future capital needs, and develop practical recommendations that support acquisition decisions, portfolio planning, and multi-year capital investment.

Our assessments go beyond condition reporting—integrating cost and project management expertise to give clients the full picture: condition, cost, risk, and strategy in one place. Our portfolio-scale delivery capability means we can mobilize rapidly across hundreds of assets, with consistent reporting and fast turnaround.

Capabilities

Property and facility condition assessments
Multi-year capital planning
Asset data collection
Building systems and envelope assessments
Energy and ESG screening
Accessibility and compliance assessments
Geospatial and 3D scanning

Construction risk services

Independent oversight that protects capital

When significant capital is committed to a construction project, lenders, investors, and developers need confidence that construction projects will be delivered on time, within budget, and to the standard agreed.

We provide independent construction risk monitoring and assessment services across the U.S.—protecting capital, enabling faster and safer funding decisions, and providing the technical and financial clarity needed to manage complex construction projects with confidence.

From pre-construction due diligence through to project completion, our specialists validate progress, assess risk, review draw requests, and provide the clear, timely reporting that financing and investment decisions depend on.

Capabilities

Construction risk assessments
Funding risk assessments
Construction monitoring and inspections
Draw request validation
Schedule and cost review
Contingency and budget analysis
Project documentation review
Permits, approvals, and lien waivers

Commissioning

Buildings that perform from day one

The gap between design intent and operational reality is one of the most common—and costly—failures in real estate delivery. Buildings that pass inspection but fail to perform as intended create operational problems, energy inefficiency, and remediation work that could have been avoided with the right oversight.

We provide independent commissioning services that validate, verify, and document that building systems are designed, installed, and operating correctly—and can be effectively maintained over time. Working from design through construction, handover, and early operations, our focus goes beyond compliance. We verify that facilities actually perform, delivering energy efficiency, system reliability, and occupant comfort.

Our specialists bring deep expertise in technically complex facilities including healthcare, life sciences, data centers, and higher education—where the consequences of systems that underperform are most significant. The result is buildings that meet sustainability targets, support their occupants from the moment they open, and keep performing long after handover.