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CONSTRUCTION & CAPITAL ADVISORY

An outside read on the decision you can't afford to get wrong.

Blue Granite Advisory provides capital planning, acquisition due diligence, and change order review for owners, lenders, and investors who don't have this expertise in-house — and don't need it on staff full-time.

Findings, in writing — built layer by layer
$2.3B+
Hands-on construction program leadership — utility infrastructure, K-12, and multi-family capital portfolios — not oversight from the sidelines
Eng. + MBA
Engineering and financial training, not just field experience
5
Sectors covered — multi-family, hospitality, industrial/data center, public education construction, and utility infrastructure
Written
Every engagement ends in a findings memo, not a verbal opinion
WHAT WE DO

Three services. One skill: judgment, in writing.

Each engagement ends in a clear, written opinion — not a meeting, not a verbal walkthrough, not an ongoing retainer you didn't ask for.

01 — Capital Planning

Five-year capital plans that hold up to board and lender scrutiny

A multi-year funding plan for what to repair, replace, or upgrade — and in what order — across one property or a full portfolio.

Typical fee$5,000 – $25,000 per project
02 — Due Diligence

A clear answer before you close: is the budget real?

Pre-acquisition review of construction risk, deferred maintenance, and budget reasonableness — delivered as a findings memo, not a verbal opinion.

Typical fee$3,500 – $18,000 per project
03 — Change Order Review

Independent review before you sign the next change order

Line-item review of entitlement, scope legitimacy, and pricing — so you know what to approve, negotiate, or reject before you respond to the GC.

Typical fee$1,500 – $8,000 per review
WHO THIS IS FOR

Too small to hire this in-house. Too big to skip it.

A good fit

A multi-family renovation or acquisition, a select-service or boutique hotel capital project, a $4M charter school capital project, an industrial facility or data center buildout, a private equity fund acquiring three apartment buildings, a regional lender underwriting a construction loan — situations with real money and real construction risk, but no one on staff to evaluate it.

Not a fit

Active, on-site construction oversight; managing a GC day to day; contractor licensing or stamped engineering work; anything that needs someone physically on a job site weekly. Blue Granite Advisory is a desk-based, document-driven practice — and intentionally so.

HOW AN ENGAGEMENT RUNS

Four steps, start to finish.

01

A short conversation

A call to understand what you're deciding and what's at stake — no cost, no obligation, and no pitch deck.

02

A fixed-fee proposal

A clear scope and a flat fee before any work begins. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no meter running while you think.

03

Document review

Budgets, contracts, condition reports, change order packages — reviewed against institutional-scale experience, not a generic checklist.

04

A written opinion

A findings memo with a clear recommendation — yours to use internally or share with your own counsel, lenders, or board.

BACKGROUND

An uncommon mix, by design.

Most construction consultants come from the field. Most financial consultants have never run a job site. This practice is built at the intersection — an engineering background, an MBA, and three decades leading construction and capital programs across public education construction, industrial and data center facilities, hospitality, multi-family capital programs, and utility infrastructure.

B.S. Engineering
MBA
$1.2B+ K-12 Capital Program
Industrial & Data Center Facilities
Hospitality Capital Planning
Multi-Family Capital Planning
Utility Transmission & Substation Construction
Change Order & Contract Management

Have a decision in front of you right now?

A capital plan, an acquisition, a change order you're not sure about — happy to talk through whether this is a fit, no cost to find out.

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