Commercial and Industrial
Commercial and industrial projects live or die on schedule. A tenant has a lease commencement date, an operator has a production start, and every week of delay carries a cost that is easy to calculate and painful to absorb.
We manage the site development and construction that gets those projects open.
Schedule is the product
On most commercial and industrial development, the building is the least uncertain part of the project. The site work, utility service, agency approvals, and offsite improvements carry the schedule risk, and they are frequently the least attended to during design.
Where the schedule actually goes
- Utility service applications and energization lead times
- Offsite improvement requirements triggered by the use or the trip generation
- Fire access, water flow, and hydrant requirements discovered late
- Storm water treatment facility sizing and agency approval
- Grading permit issuance conditioned on unrelated approvals
- Long lead equipment such as switchgear and transformers
- Franchise utility coordination and joint trench scheduling
- Agency inspection availability at the end of the job
Industrial and logistics development
Large industrial pads are earthwork projects with a building on them. Pad certification, subgrade preparation, and the truck court and trailer parking areas frequently exceed the building slab in cost and complexity. Getting the pad right, on a schedule that supports building construction, is the core of the work.
Auto retail and specialty commercial
Automotive dealerships, auto parks, and similar specialty commercial carry brand standards, specialized site requirements, and phasing constraints around continued operation. We have managed development of this type in San Diego.
Mixed use and urban infill
Infill sites concentrate difficulty: no staging space, adjacent occupied structures, existing utilities of unknown condition, shoring and excavation adjacent to property lines, and permit conditions around construction hours and traffic. Cost per square foot benchmarks are especially misleading here.
Project types
- Business and industrial parks
- Distribution and logistics facilities
- Manufacturing and production sites
- Auto retail and auto parks
- Retail and mixed use centers
- Office and flex development
- Urban infill and podium projects
- Pad certification and site development
- Tenant improvement coordination
- Offsite and frontage improvements
- Utility service and joint trench
- Storm water treatment facilities
How we support commercial owners
Site development budgeting
Realistic site work budgets built from grading, utility, and offsite requirements rather than from a per acre allowance.
Schedule development
A CPM schedule that includes utility lead times, agency review windows, and long lead procurement, not just construction activities.
Constructability review
Document review before bid, focused on the civil, utility, and coordination issues that drive commercial change orders.
Construction management
Field oversight, cost control, and change order management through completion and occupancy.
Owner's representation
Full project representation for owners without internal construction staff, from concept through tenant occupancy.
Lender monitoring
Independent draw inspection and cost to complete analysis for construction lenders on commercial projects.
Related project experience
Automotive retail development with specialized site and brand standard requirements.
San DiegoBusiness ParkPacific Coast Business ParkBusiness park site development including grading, utilities, and pad preparation.
San Diego CountyCommercialSan Diego SpectrumCommercial development with significant site development and infrastructure scope.
San DiegoQuestions about this work
Can you manage a project with an immovable opening date?
That is most commercial work. The approach is to identify every activity with an external lead time early, put those on the critical path where they belong, and start procurement and agency applications before they feel urgent. Most missed opening dates were determined months earlier by something nobody ordered on time.
Do you handle tenant improvement work?
We coordinate it as part of larger project management, particularly where landlord and tenant work interface. Standalone small tenant improvement projects are generally better served by a contractor directly.
What about projects on occupied sites?
Phased construction on an operating site requires sequencing around business operations, maintaining access and parking, managing noise and dust, and constant communication. It is coordination work as much as construction work, and it needs to be planned before construction starts, not managed after.
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Tell us the site, the scope, and the schedule you are working toward. Initial consultations carry no fee and no obligation.
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