Most construction mistakes happen before the first nail goes in, in the lease, the proposal, the budget, and the schedule. Epex Consulting helps owners, franchise operators, investors, and developers plan, budget, and monitor projects with clarity, before costly mistakes take over.
By the time a problem shows up on a jobsite, the cause is usually six weeks upstream, in a lease clause nobody flagged, an exclusion buried on page 14 of the proposal, an allowance that was always going to be short. Our job is to catch those upstream.
This section highlights the importance of making the right decisions before construction begins. It emphasizes how early planning, contract review, and risk assessment can prevent costly problems later in the project
Whether you’re building a boutique retail space or a mid-rise multifamily complex, our process remains surgical in its precision.
Pre-lease feasibility, contractor proposal review, landlord work-letter review, schedule planning, and owner’s representation for commercial buildouts. We protect tenants and small property owners before they commit, and during construction, once they have.
Feasibility, development budget review, bid review, draw administration, schedule tracking, and progress reporting. We protect developers, investors, lenders, and out-of-state owners from the dollar leaks that show up in the second half of a project.
Expert project management solutions that keep your projects on schedule, within budget, and aligned with your goals.
Line-by-line review of exclusions, allowances, and ambiguous scope language-translated into dollars.
Pressure-test the dollar figures against current Houston-market costs. Identify missing line items and exposure.
Your construction advocate from planning through closeout, OAC meetings, pay apps, weekly written summaries.
Active-project oversight: schedule, submittals, RFIs, change orders, lien releases, and inspections.
AIA paperwork, lien waivers, lender coordination, audit-ready files, every month, on time.
Read the lease, the proposal, the plans, the budget, the schedule. Identify what's missing, what's underpriced, and what's about to bite.
Translate every issue into plain English with the dollar value and schedule impact attached. No jargon. No hand-waving.
A written recommendation: walk away, renegotiate, or proceed with conditions. We say what we would do.
Once construction starts, we watch the project on the owner's behalf, weekly reporting, change-order review, draw verification.
Get access to the same internal evaluation tools we use for our high-stakes engagements.
Bring the lease, the proposal, the plans, the budget, the schedule, whatever you have. We’ll review it on the call and send a written summary the next business day.
