Gilbert Cost Control Consultants Corp.

Situation: An experienced not-for-profit provider of senior housing was in the final design stage of a $6,500,000 project. The architect and contractor, acting as a design build team, had been providing services to the organization for more than 15 years. As the contractor worked to finalize the guaranteed maximum price, the Board of Directors of the [...]

Situation: When you’re working with a developer to design, build and lease a building back to you, how can you be sure that the building will meet all your needs and have low maintenance and utility costs over time? That was the question a large international manufacturer asked themselves when they were faced with relocating [...]

Situation: In the fall of 2005, Gilbert Cost Control Consultants Corp. was contacted by a taxpayer in a small town. His local volunteer fire department was nearing the end of a year-long design process for a new Fire and EMS facility that was to service a number of area communities.  The taxpayer was concerned that [...]

 Situation: A publishing company was considering remodeling their corporate offices. They contracted with a space planner to define their overall requirements and obtain some preliminary construction estimate for budgeting purposes. The project was relatively modest, in the $300,000-400,000 range, and the preliminary estimate came in at $399,000. Subsequently, the owner had a good sense of [...]

  Situation: The school district of a growing community contracted with Gilbert Cost Control Consultants Corp. to assist the school district with the construction of a new school and an addition to an existing school. Although the taxpayers of the district had approved a school referendum to pay for the cost of construction, the School [...]