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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.

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Larry Squire in a red hard hat and hi-vis vest, standing in front of a poured concrete wall on a construction site.

Sound familiar?

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

The budget surpriseWe’re coming in over budget, and I need to know what I can do about it before it’s too late.

The single point of failureI can’t take a week off. Everything runs through me, so the day I step away is the day the project stalls.

The ninety percent trapThe schedule says almost complete. It’s said that for a while now. I don’t trust the dates.

Not sure which one you’re in? Larry will tell you straight.

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Thirty-five years, on the number

Years delivering

$9M

Largest single project

200%+

Revenue growth at steady margins

Provincial highwaysComplex paving and civil programs built to provincial standards, on projects worth up to $9M.

Institutional & Indigenous workDelivery for municipalities, institutions, and Indigenous organizations, each with its own approvals, reporting, and community expectations.

Contracts, claims & disputesDeep command of CCDC, MMCD, and CCA-1 administration, change orders, and claims, protecting the client’s position when money is on the line.

Estimates that holdEstimating and cost control tight enough that closeout looks like the original number, not a surprise at the end.

The business behind the projectsBeyond delivering projects, he’s run the company behind them: the estimating discipline, the systems that hold at volume, and the PMs, superintendents, and foremen he built and mentored.

Safety, no shortcutsA site that isn’t run safely isn’t under control, and that shows up in the schedule and the budget every time.

What changes

You get your finish line back.

One senior lead owns the estimate, procurement, schedule and reporting, and stays accountable through site delivery. 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 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 built to withstand inspection.

Fractional GM & owner’s rep

Owner-level accountability on your project, without adding a permanent full-time GM.

A hand holding an orienteering map, plotting the route

How an engagement moves

Nothing hidden. Four stages.

Listen

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

You getA scope everyone signs off on.

Map the terrain

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

You getAn honest position to plan from.

Chart the route

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

You getA schedule that is the budget.

Walk it with you

On site through closeout.

You getA project across the line.