Engage Umbra for one defined review or ongoing project advisement. Compare the work, starting fee and turnaround below; the final scope, fee and availability are confirmed before work begins.
| Engagement | Fee | Turnaround | What the fee covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change Order Review | From $750 | Two business days | Contract, the drawings the change touches, the backup. Entitlement, pricing line by line, the response letter. About three hours. |
| Pay Application Review | From $1,250 | Five business days | Site walk, schedule of values, prior applications, stored materials, retainage, lien waivers. A funding recommendation, not a certification. About five hours. |
| Bid and Contract Review | From $3,500 | Ten business days | Full read of plans and specifications, the bid, and the contract. Exclusions priced, clauses flagged, questions for the contractor. About fourteen hours. |
| Franchise Build-Out Check | From $2,500 | Ten business days | FDD Item 7, work letter, brand standards, the space, DFW cost data. Written report. About ten hours. |
| Project Health Check | From $4,500 | Ten business days | Contract, plans, schedule, all pay applications to date, open change orders, one site walk. Written findings and a meeting. About eighteen hours. |
| Monthly Retainer | $2,500 to $10,000 per month | Monthly | Ten, twenty, or forty hours a month with one, two, or weekly DFW site visits respectively, arranged by appointment. Review volume, meeting cadence and response windows are agreed within that scope. |
| Project-based owner advisement | 2% to 5% of hard cost | Project life | Quoted for agreed project phases and coverage, from about $500K. This is an alternative to the monthly tier, not an additional charge. Scaled to size: 3% to 5% from $500K to $2M, 2% to 3% from $2M to $5M, with a $2,500 monthly minimum. The proposal specifies the fee basis, project duration and how the monthly minimum applies. Smaller projects are served by single-document reviews. |
| Hourly, outside a fixed fee | $250 an hour | Quoted first | Two-hour minimum. A written estimate precedes any hourly work. |
For additional assignments, see bid leveling, budget and schedule review, and specification analysis packages.
We confirm document volume, complexity and delivery date before accepting a review. "From" fees are the fee at the stated hours; larger documents are quoted before work begins at $250 an hour. Reviews are diligence and owner-side recommendation, not legal advice, not certification, and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Engagement letter on every paid engagement.
The delivery clock starts with a written Start Confirmation after the scope and fee are accepted, payment is received, all required documents and information are confirmed complete, and delivery capacity is confirmed, including the site-walk appointment when the scope includes one. We confirm capacity before requesting payment. The Start Confirmation states the start date and delivery date. Acceptance alone, invoice issuance, and payment alone do not start the clock.
Use the short inquiry form to describe the decision and deadline. We confirm fit and document requirements before you send confidential material. A mutual non-disclosure agreement is available on request.
It states the scope, fee, and turnaround. We confirm capacity before requesting payment, then issue the written Start Confirmation when every start condition is met.
A PDF on the stated turnaround, in a form you can forward to your contractor, your lender, or your attorney, with a short call if you want one.
Tell us the project stage and deadline. We confirm fit, scope, fee, and availability before arranging the next step.