From Site Selection through Due Diligence and Entitlement

Because projects don’t manage themselves…

If you are an experienced land developer, you have managed projects yourself and know the difficulties. Now you face another major development and know it’s time for a professional to make this project as successful as it possibly can be.

You already know that managing this land development project is a major key to success; one that you know you need to bring in a professional for. You have probably read that project management ranks as the third most important factor behind easy access to land and the ability to negotiate with regulators, according to a 2007 IBISWorld Industry Report on Land Subdivision and Land Development in the US.

See yourself reaping the benefits of early stage success, the foundation for a winning project

Land search, acquisition & due diligence and entitlement are the three critical pre-construction phases of every land development project. Sound execution in these phases of development sets the stage for your successful project.

Know that YOUR land project will be professionally managed with you providing the business leadership and strategy with your chosen consultants acting as a totally coordinated team.

Good project management is time consuming. And you rightly devote most of your time to the deal—this one and the next. Your team of consultants are experts at what they do. They shouldn’t need much management, right?

• See your consultants move from the usual self-interest and confusion to working in a “virtual-team” each empowered to fully communicate across boundaries and take action to keep the project moving at full speed.
• Imagine having streamlined communications, easy-to-view data on the whole project, and program status accessible to every team member real-time, 24/7?

Contact us to see how we can directly impact your project and bottom-line.

The buck may stop on your desk but wouldn’t you like your consultants to be accountable for their contribution to the project?

You have to rely on consultants to get the front-end work done from site selection through entitlement. In fact, you’ll probably have more consultants working on a project than employees.

Your attorney, accountant, banker, title insurer, engineer, architect, planner and surveyor must all interact and coordinate their efforts as one unit if you’re going to be successful. How often have you seen them do it on their own..never. With our proven processes, we will rapidly transform them into a team, all pulling for your success.

You’ll see improved accountability and end the “just submit it and take a comment” attitude that costs you time and money.

Good project management is a series of simple actions, repeated frequently. To do it well it takes time and often you don’t have it. We can help you setup your project management routine, get your consultants organized to advance your interests and if needed, act as your project manager.

Ready for the best team in project management? Let’s get started by talking about your project.

Clear Communication = Project Success

Most developers treat their consulting team as a loose collection of experts. Communication happens in closed silos between the developer their individual consultants. There is limited communication between consultants and when it does happen, only small snapshots of the project are transmitted back and forth.

To be effective your consultants need to know the big picture of the project as it evolves. Each project we manage for you includes a unified, online project communication website. Using your secure project website, you, your GlobalMind project manager and all of your consultants will stay on the same page. It’s as easy to use as email and you can even receive and reply to messages from your Blackberry or iPhone.

Your secure project website collects all of the communication in one place for everyone on the team to see.

Our processes save your whole team time with:

• One central place to review ALL project communication.

• Simplified schedule tracking.

• Improved accountability for deadlines and quality.

You’ll have everyone’s milestones laid out in front of you.

We will document and track each consultant’s milestones and deliverable on your project website. We use this to put accountability out in the open. If your engineer is late on a deadline everyone will know when they log-in. It creates significant social pressure for everyone to stay ahead of schedule…no-one wants to be the one who “dropped the ball.”

Our proven schedule follow-up process ensures that everyone knows when “a little bit late” = BIG DELAYS. Our goal is to keep you free of big delays and the big money they cost you.

What we do isn’t for everyone, but if you value your time and want to increase your capacity to do more projects, we may be able to help you.

To find out, contact us for a free 30-minute project consultation.