Our goal is to make your building project a success.

Our strength is in what we help you to accomplish and what we help you to avoid. We provide the steady owner’s oversight needed to guide your committee through an array of construction and reporting details that at times can be confusing and complex. We pride ourselves in bringing order out of chaos. We will work tirelessly as your agent and advocate during all phases, from planning through construction and beyond.

Why Should You Choose Us to Be Your Owner’s Representative?

• Awareness of Environmental Issues and Constraints:
  We have performed site analysis and evaluation, including managing phase I and phase II environmental analysis, on the following school projects:

• Experience Working With and Coordinating Multiple Agencies, Architects, Engineers and Contractors:
  We have coordinated building projects with a variety of town and state agencies. We have worked with many architectural and engineering firms on these projects.

• Past Record of Performance on Local Contracts (schedule, cost control, work quality and cooperation with client):
  We encourage you to contact our references. We have saved our clients significant amounts of money while delivering their projects on time.

• Knowledge of Pertinent Federal, State and Local Policies, Procedures and Regulations:
  Our experience and knowledge of the Bureau of School Facilities (BSF) requirements is unequaled in the owner’s representative industry. As a public education authority, it is our mission to understand the requirements the BSF has for the elementary school building committee.

  It is because of the confidence the school construction industry has in CREC that we become involved in “forensic” accounting of projects recently completed or projects experiencing difficulty closing out. We are expected to maximize the local authorities’ reimbursements as well as guide them through the process. We have been hired by school districts as well as design professionals to accomplish this task.

  We have a clear understanding of building code requirements because we employ a state-licensed building official. We do not rely solely on our experiences with local officials, but rather will ensure local and state agencies are satisfied with the information and procedures as they are set forth.

• Experience Working With and Making Applications to State
  Department of Education Offices, Bureau of School Facilities:
  As stated above, we have extensive experience working with the Bureau of School Facilities (BSF). We have authored numerous educational specifications, prepared and submitted many EDO-49 grant applications, scheduled and managed the PCT process, managed the EDO46 progress payment applications, compiled, organized and submitted change orders (including filling out the EDO42), reviewed the eligible/ineligible costs to identify potential financial exposure to our client towns, and managed final audits with the BSF to complete the project closeouts.