SERVICES

Successful construction management requires a proactive approach, managed by professionals who have the experience, skills, and technical expertise each project demands. Hill’s construction managers are not only credentialed, they also have seasoned, hands-on experience in the construction industry. This experience gives our project teams the practical knowledge they need to effectively manage any type of capital project our clients envision.

Hill offers a complete solution to deliver projects on-time and within budget. Our project managers offer market sector expertise and global experience on high-profile projects. As a “pure” project management firm, our focus is solely on the outcome of our clients’ projects. Free of any design or contracting conflicts, we identify potential trouble spots on a project before they can impact progress and recommend ways to keep work moving forward as planned.

Hill’s comprehensive program management services help keep multiple, interrelated projects in sync, on-time, and within budget. We help owners, financial institutions, sureties, and others realize efficiencies, identify priorities, and reduce the uncertainty and risk in their capital programs. Hill’s program managers review every detail of all projects, manage knowledge sharing, manage and control processes, and identify and resolve challenges.

Project Management Oversight (PMO) offers a set of principles and processes to guide and improve the management of complex projects. Through our PMO support, Hill makes certain projects have the management capacity, tools, and expertise needed for successful and compliant execution, and that projects will meet the needs of each organization using standards, procedures, accountability, efficient allocation of resources, and processes that support continuous improvement. The PMO service was first conceptualized by Hill’s founder, Irvin Richter, in 1985, and Hill continues to specialize in providing PMO services today.

Through our decades of construction consulting experience, we know the challenges and obstacles clients are likely to face when launching a new enterprise in any of the sectors we serve. Our Advisory Services Group was created to specifically provide this expertise to clients exploring new opportunities. Hill provides advisement services to banks, funds, governments, and multilateral institutions on a variety of topics, offering objective and transparent advice on the largest and most complex programs and projects around the world, assessing prospects, structuring contracts, and monitoring project evolution. Our advisory services include lender and investor support, risk management, P3 structuring, management consulting, due diligence, cost consultancy, and project planning.

Hill’s estimating and cost management services include benchmarking, procurement and contracting advisement, cost planning, bid management, and post-contract cost control. The goal of our cost management services is to add value throughout the project lifecycle by improving cost certainty through a process-oriented approach. We set realistic budgets, lead meaningful value engineering exercises, and establish robust cost monitoring. Our estimators employ a comprehensive tool kit tailored to each specific industry sector and region where we do business, from the U.S. to India and around the world. Our estimators are experts in multiple methods and systems of measurement. Hill uses these systems and methods to prepare cost estimates on projects ranging from thousands to billions of dollars. We collect vendor quotes, local material costs, and labor productivity rates from Hill’s nearly 50 years of experience, along with traditional and other custom sources. Through this approach, our estimates are among the most accurate and detailed in the industry and clients can enjoy added confidence in our cost management support and recommendations.

For our Facilities Management (FM) assignments, we align the best models, processes, and procedures with the best resources and maintenance regime to make certain facilities and equipment function correctly, efficiently, and safely throughout their life cycles. Hill offers a bespoke FM solution that begins at project kick-off, connecting with clients and building relationships with installation contractors, management teams, designers, and manufacturers to deliver buildings best suited to their mission for the long-term.

Hill’s project monitoring teams provide timely and objective reporting, from evaluating the performance of the construction manager, designer, and contractors, to monitoring schedules and analyzing costs. Teams include specialists in all phases of construction, so the myriad events that occur on a project can be assessed and evaluated in a timely way by the right expert and benefit our clients with technically and financially sound recommendations compliant with all funding sources.

While project management is most effective when implemented before construction begins, our PM support can also help clients regain control after problems have caused delays or overruns. To “turnaround” a project, Hill’s teams design new schedules, create new plans, and implement procedures to get the project back on track and realize project goals.

Hill’s approach to commissioning starts with developing a strong understanding of the owner’s requirements, the design intent, the systems installed, and the project goals. Hill then develops a plan that integrates this understanding, commissioning communications, a complete outline of testing to be performed with the acceptance criteria, documentation required, and a training outline. The result is systems that function as specified, from start-up to the end of their life cycle.

Hill helps public and private organizations with complex construction projects save time and money through a type of collective bargaining agreement called a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). PLAs create efficiencies by standardizing project participant contracts. They also help avoid conflict between contractors as well as strike conditions. Hill works with all parties on the project, including owners, contractors, and unions to unify their contractual relationship.