Houston construction consultant for public agencies, municipalities, and government-contracted projects. Independent oversight, cost validation, and expert accountability from bid to ribbon cutting.
You Manage the Public Trust. I Make Sure the Contractors Respect It.
Public and government projects don't fail because of bad intentions. They fail because nobody on the owner's side of the table actually understands what the contractor is doing, what it should cost, and when something is wrong.
I am not a bureaucrat who learned construction from a compliance manual. I am a construction professional who has built everything from medical facilities and financial institutions to retail centers and ground-up commercial developments. I know how contractors think, how bids get written to win and not to inform, and where public money disappears between approval and closeout.
That experience is what I put between your project and the people who would take advantage of the fact that you are spending someone else's money under public scrutiny.
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✔ Independent, I work for the agency, not the contractor
✔ 500+ commercial projects across every asset class
✔ Expert witness experience on construction defects and disputes
✔ Experienced working with regulators, inspectors, and permitting authorities
Public Projects Carry a Different Kind of Risk
A private developer loses money when a project goes wrong. A public agency loses money and answers to the public for it.
I worked with a development team on a project where the initial site assessment missed a classification issue that affected nearly half the buildable area. The numbers that made the project viable no longer existed. Most people accept that outcome.
We went back through the regulatory record, documented the actual site conditions, engaged the relevant authorities with factual evidence, and got the classification revised. The project moved forward.
That is the kind of institutional knowledge that separates a successful public project from a headline about cost overruns and contractor disputes.
Most agencies never find out what is possible because they do not have anyone in their corner who has been through it before.
WHAT I DO FOR PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT CLIENTS
Independent Owner's Representative
I act as your technical advocate at every stage of the project. Contractors, architects, and engineers all know someone with real construction expertise is reviewing their work. That changes the quality of what gets submitted and what gets built.
Bid Review and Scope Validation
Public bids are not always competitive just because multiple contractors submitted them. I go through every line the way a contractor writes it. I find what is padded, what is missing, and what will become a change order the moment the contract is signed.
Construction Oversight and Site Accountability
I show up. I ask the questions that matter. I document what I find. And I give you a clear, plain-language picture of where your project stands and where it is at risk, before problems become expensive.
Budget and Cost Verification
I verify that what contractors are billing matches what they are actually building. Change orders get reviewed on their merits. Legitimate ones get approved. Illegitimate ones get pushed back with documentation to support the decision.
Regulatory and Permitting Navigation
I have worked with local and state agencies on classification challenges, permit documentation gaps, and code compliance issues. I understand how to present a factual case to regulators and how to move a project forward when bureaucratic obstacles appear.
Property Condition Assessments and Capital Planning
For agencies managing existing public facilities, I assess current conditions, identify deferred maintenance, and develop realistic capital improvement budgets based on what the work actually costs, not what someone hopes it costs.
THE TRACK RECORD
I served as construction consultant to a publicly traded NYSE-listed REIT evaluating over 25 properties averaging $30 million each, reporting findings directly to the board at weekly meetings.
On one project I caught incomplete engineering on a structural addition, identified missing windstorm specifications, resolved permit documentation gaps before submission, and flagged material lead time issues with no listed alternatives. All on a project that had already been reviewed and signed off by the people who were supposed to catch it.
Insurance companies and attorneys hire me as an expert witness on construction defect claims and disputes. I have been on every side of every type of construction project that exists.
Over 500 commercial projects. Every asset class. Every scale.
HOW TO GET STARTED
Tell me about the project. What is being built, where you are in the process, and what concerns already exist. No pitch. No pressure. Just a real conversation about scope, risk, and what independent oversight would actually look like for your situation.
From there I review what you have, bids, contracts, plans, existing assessments, and give you an honest picture of where the risks are and what it would cost to address them.
Every engagement is structured to fit the project, whether that is a one-time bid review, ongoing oversight through construction, or a full owner's rep role from procurement through closeout.
TESTIMONIALS
"Your understanding of the legal ins and outs was essential to our success. And your ability to find a win-win in a time of stress was outstanding."
— Gina Gambrero, Private Capital Investor
"We saved time and money every time we work with you."
— David Blankenship, R.E.I.T. Board Member
"I thought for sure we would lose everything in a lawsuit but then you came in and really changed everything."
— Emily Rothstein, Construction Manager, R.E.I.T. Houston
The Close
Every public construction project has moments where the right call versus the wrong call is worth six figures of public money.
The difference between those outcomes is usually whether someone on the owner's side of the table actually understood what was happening — or just trusted that the contractor did.
I have been on the contractor side, the consultant side, and the owner's side. I know where the money goes and how to keep it where it belongs.
That is what I bring to your project. Not theory. Not templates. Real construction knowledge and a genuine interest in making sure public dollars build what they were meant to build.
