Work directly with Eric Rush on the costs, contracts and decisions that shape your project. Choose a defined assignment or ongoing advisement with review volume, meetings and response windows agreed in writing.
A retainer reserves an agreed amount of the principal's time for recurring owner-side review and reporting. The engagement sets priorities, review volume, response windows and visits; it does not provide continuous site staffing. Available work includes:
The tier is set in the engagement letter from the hours the project needs. Month to month, cancel with thirty days' notice. Hours beyond the tier are billed at $250 per hour, quoted before they are spent. Full-project owner's representation is the same work priced for the life of the project at 2% to 5% of hard cost, scaled to project size and offered from about $500,000; it replaces the monthly tier, it does not add to it.
$2,500 per month, ten hours: a finish-out or renovation under $500K, documents plus one site visit.
$5,000 per month, twenty hours: a $500K to $2M build, two site visits.
$10,000 per month, forty hours: a $2M to $5M ground-up job with weekly site visits and OAC meetings.
We confirm the complete document set, its complexity, the final fee and delivery date before accepting an assignment. The hours and turnaround below are starting estimates for the agreed scope.
Two general contractor bids leveled trade by trade against the plans and specifications, exclusions priced, contractor qualifications checked, and a recommendation memo. About twenty hours. From $5,000; add $1,000 per additional bidder. The owner solicits the bids; the firm evaluates them.
An independent read on the owner's budget and the contractor's schedule before you commit to either. About twelve hours. From $3,000.
The whole specification book read for scope gaps, conflicts, and hidden obligations, every finding cited to its section. From $6,500, five business days.
Contract, plans, schedule, every pay application to date, and the open change orders, read together with a site walk, for a project already under way. About eighteen hours. From $4,500, ten business days.
Select the phases and responsibilities included in your engagement. Meetings and DFW site visits are arranged by appointment; your project team retains its contractual responsibilities.
Tell us the project stage and deadline. We confirm fit, scope, fee, and availability before arranging the next step.