Our unique Risk Management approach is rooted in what we refer to as a “Bottom-Up” method for designing, procurement and construction projects as opposed to the traditional “top-down” or Value Engineering method. The bottom-up strategy of estimating the cost of a project is based on the simple concept that each building element must be isolated and broken down into a line item budget. It starts with the foundations and goes up to the roof, where we identify each system’s cost. Our approach allows the design team to understand how their design directly relates to the budget, and how to get the design in line with the budget. This can and often does occur, when the owner only has a conceptual floor plan and possibly a 3D image. In addition to just the raw costs, our team generates a conceptual construction schedule and evaluates the constructability of a project. The schedule not only provides the owner with a realistic construction schedule, but also allows the budget to consider additional costs associated with weather delays or identifying sequencing constraints when the project is built back up.