A good project manager will save the project many times his cost to the project. It has been our experience that CFS save its clients more than the fees it will charge in direct and identifiable cost savings.
13 Reasons why you need a third-party Project Manager.
Your PM is the orchestrator of the entire project, not just a specialist in one particular component of it. CFS leads its clients from A through Z, not from K through R.
Your PM understands the tasks and responsibilities for each of the components of the entire project.
Your PM has developed many commercial buildings before.
Your PM has seen lots of the same mistakes made before and has learned from these mistakes.
Your PM speaks the same language as the civil engineer, as the architect and as the contractor.
Your PM knows the right questions to ask the professionals.
Your PM can challenge the architect to dig deeper for new creative ideas instead of the same old “off-the-shelf” solutions.
Your PM knows the likely places where costs can be saved from contractors.
Your PM can ask the hard questions that the client is uncomfortable asking.
Your PM is your pushy personality, full time babysitter, making sure everyone completes their responsibilities on-time as promised.
Your PM is responsible for the overall schedule to insure the building is ready for use upon its promised completion date.
Your PM arranges for and oversees the inspection of the contractors work.
Your PM can insulate you from well intentioned in-kind donors who might not be best suited to offer materials or labor.