Owner’s Representative Services from The Davani Group

Owner’s representatives uphold project owner interests and objectives during interior decoration and construction projects. Our experienced owner’s reps guide project conceptualization and design, develop schedules and budgets, and oversee and coordinate third-party professionals and tradespeople so the owner’s vision and goals are represented in every decision.

As a project owner, you may not have the time or the expertise to manage every detail of a construction project. But without oversight, costs spiral and schedules slip. Our owner’s reps have many years experience as designers, project planners, and managers of architects, project managers, and other professionals.

Your Davani Group owner’s representative works to keep projects on budget and on schedule, while ensuring the owner’s objectives are achieved.

What is an Owner’s Representative?

An owner’s representative is an agent hired by a business or individual to monitor and supervise construction and interior decoration work on their behalf. Owner’s reps are experienced professionals with expertise in architecture, design, and the technical and legal aspects of construction projects.

Typically, an owner’s representative joins a project at the beginning to oversee planning, budgeting, scheduling, and project scope. Owner’s reps work all stages of the project, including initial conception, design, construction, completion, and close out.

They are often the only professional who works on the project from conception to closeout, providing a consistent vision that supports the owner’s intentions.

What Services Do Owner’s Reps Provide?

Owner’s representatives offer a wide range of services throughout a project. A non-exhaustive list includes:

Preparation: working with the project owner to develop concept designs and ensure objectives are feasible within the project’s scope.

Planning: hiring and coordinating with architects and designers on initial project designs, and verifying designs meet the owner’s needs. An owner’s rep will also develop project budgets and schedules, discover which permits are required, and create a management plan.

Hiring: managing contractor identification, vetting, and procurement. The owner’s rep prepares RFPs, analyses bids, and makes hiring recommendations to the owner.

Construction: monitoring the work site, managing the budget and schedule, enforcing quality control, and communicating with all stakeholders to ensure objectives are achieved.

Risk management: monitoring and managing on-site safety, modifying budgets and schedules in response to exigent circumstances, and ensuring project milestones are achieved.

Why Do You Need an Owner’s Rep?

Any construction or decor project risks cost overruns, schedule slippage, and failure to achieve the owner’s objectives. Professional services firm KPMG estimates only 31% of construction projects are completed within 10% of their budget and only one in ten are completed on time.

Risk factors include inadequate planning, inaccurate estimates, project design errors, bad hiring decisions, and poor coordination between stakeholders.

Project owners rarely have the time or the knowledge to manage planning, budgeting, and project design while coordinating the many companies, professionals, and tradespeople involved in a project. Owner’s representatives work on their behalf to anticipate and mitigate these challenges, ensuring projects run smoothly from beginning to end.

Owner’s Representative vs Project Manager: What’s the Difference?

Owner’s representatives and project managers have different but complementary roles. The key difference is that owner’s reps work directly for the project owner, while a project manager typically works for a general contractor or a third-party company.

A project manager is responsible for managing tasks for the part of the project the general contractor is hired to carry out. That may include developing plans, creating budgets, hiring and managing subcontractors. Project managers report to the company that pays them.

In contrast, the owner’s representative oversees the entire project, from inception to completion and beyond. They monitor all aspects, including the project manager’s activities. They report only to the project owner, and work exclusively on their behalf to represent their interests.