Practice area 06

Project Development

Capital projects that finish on budget and on mission.

From the first concept pro forma through the go/no-go vote, the draw packages, and the fill-up curve that has to clear a covenant.

Feasibility & financing/ Owner’s advisory/ Project reporting/ Opening & fill-up

Feasibility & financing

Concept pro forma & feasibility

A development pro forma as a live model, an absorption and fill-up schedule, a financing strategy across bank, bond, and seed capital, and a go/no-go board memo.

Project

Owner’s advisory

Owner’s-side project advisory

Budget-to-actual tracking and draw review, contract review for the general contractor, architect, and other significant vendors including change-order protocol, a maintained risk register, and a monthly owner’s report.

Extended

Project reporting

Board & lender project reporting

A project dashboard, lender draw packages, milestone board presentations, and closeout with final project documentation and a lessons-learned memo.

Extended

Opening & fill-up

New community & expansion opening support

A pre-opening budget and staffing ramp, an operational-readiness plan by department, a fill-up cash-flow curve with a covenant bridge, and a first-year operating calendar.

Project
The eight practice areas

Where else we work.

01FinanceReporting, forecasting, capital & turnaround 02OperationsCampus reviews, census, vendors, regulatory 03Board RelationsBoard packs, trustee education, committees 04Human ResourcesOrg design, pay, benefits, policy & culture 05StrategyPlans, repositioning, affiliation, benchmarks 06Project DevelopmentFeasibility, owner’s advisory, opening 07Investment OversightPolicy, oversight, searches, reserves 08Technology & AIGovernance, selection, go-live, adoption
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