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Ninety percent complete. For the third month.

Everyone is working hard, and no one can tell you where the project actually stands. That is a position problem, and it is the one Larry solves. Thirty-five years taking capital projects from first estimate to final closeout, on time and on the number.

Larry Squire in a red hard hat and hi-vis vest on a concrete construction site, crew working behind him.
Sound familiar?

When an owner calls Larry, it usually starts like this.

The budget surpriseWe came in over, and by the time it showed up in a report, it was too late to do anything about it.
The single point of failureI cannot take a week off. If I step away from this project, the whole thing starts to wobble.
The ninety percent trapThe schedule says almost done. It has said that for a while now. I do not trust the number.
Thirty-five years, on the number
35
Years delivering
$9M
Largest single project
$3.9M
Delivered under budget
Provincial highwaysComplex paving programs delivered to provincial specification, up to $9M a project.
Federal airfieldsAirside construction built and administered to national aviation standards.
Owner-level accountabilityEstimating, procurement, controls, and closeout run under one set of hands.
What changes
You get your finish line back.

One person owns the estimate, the trades, the schedule, and the site. Problems surface early, in plain language, while there is still time to act. You go back to running the business instead of chasing the project.

What Larry runs

The whole job, estimate to closeout.

Not advice from the sidelines. The actual work of getting a capital project built, on time, on budget, and on spec.

Estimating & project planning

Schedules and budgets built from real numbers, not optimistic ones. A timeline nobody believes is a risk, not a plan.

Procurement & trade contracts

Sourcing, vetting, awarding, and managing the vendors and trades who actually do the work.

Budget administration & controls

Budget and schedule watched together, every month, not just at kickoff. Slippage caught early is cheap.

Risk, safety & compliance

Building codes, safety, permits, and specification, handled before they turn into a headline.

Quality control & closeout

Change orders documented, drawings reviewed, and a handover that holds up to inspection.

Fractional GM & owner's rep

Owner-level accountability on your project, at the fraction of a full-time GM your job actually needs.

How an engagement moves

Nothing hidden. Four stages.

Something concrete in your hands at the end of each one.

01

Listen

The project, and the pressure on it, in your words.

You getA scope everyone actually signs off on.
02

Map the terrain

Where the project truly stands, measured from performance, not promises.

You getAn honest position to plan from.
03

Chart the route

A plan with owners, dates, and dollars against every line.

You getA schedule that is the budget.
04

Walk it with you

On site through closeout, not just at kickoff.

You getDelivery, not a binder.
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Project Recovery: The First 30 Days

The four moves, in the order that works, for taking a troubled project from "we are not really sure" to a position you can trust. Plain, practical, no jargon.

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