Owner's Representative
Senior owner's representation that protects budget, schedule and quality from procurement through design, construction and occupancy.
Your advocate on site, answering only to you.
Construction is rarely the owner's core business. A health system exists to treat patients, a technology company to run compute, a university to teach. Yet each must commission and govern work worth hundreds of millions, opposite designers and contractors who do this every day and price their risk accordingly.
As your owner's representative, RichardBarkley closes that gap. We lead the delivery team on your behalf, hold contractors to the schedule and budget they committed to, test every change and claim before it costs you, and give you clear counsel at each consequential decision. You keep the authority. We make sure it is exercised with full information.
What we bring to Owner's Representative
Senior practitioners, proven method and the right technology, specified line by line.
Delivery leadership
Day-to-day direction of designers and contractors on the owner's behalf.
INCLUDEDProcurement strategy
Delivery model, packaging and contractor selection matched to your risk appetite.
INCLUDEDDesign management
Design reviews, coordination and value engineering that protect intent.
INCLUDEDSchedule & cost oversight
Contractor schedules and cost reports validated independently every period.
INCLUDEDChange & claims defense
Changes and claims tested on evidence before entitlement is conceded.
INCLUDEDActivation & handover
Commissioning, occupancy and closeout led to a firm date.
INCLUDEDA clear path, milestone by milestone.
Every engagement follows a disciplined sequence, so you always know what happens next and why.
What you receive
- RB-20301-D01Owner's project execution plan
- RB-20301-D02Procurement and delivery strategy
- RB-20301-D03Monthly owner's report
- RB-20301-D04Change and claims reviews
- RB-20301-D05Design review comments
- RB-20301-D06Closeout and handover record
Technology we work in
Platform-fluent and vendor-independent. We work inside your environment, or recommend the one that fits.
What changes when we arrive.
Not activity. Results your board, your lenders and your teams can feel.
An expert advocate with no commercial interest but yours.
Issues raised and resolved before they become claims.
Every major decision taken with full counsel and evidence.
What leaders ask us first.
Straight answers. If yours isn't logged here, raise it with us directly. A principal will respond.
When should an owner's representative be appointed?
As early as possible, ideally before design and procurement, while the decisions that fix cost and risk are still open.
How does this differ from a construction manager?
An owner's representative works solely for the owner and carries no construction risk or profit motive. A construction manager usually carries delivery responsibility and commercial interests of its own.
Will you serve a single project?
Yes. We represent owners on single projects and across full capital programs, with the same senior attention.
Capital Project Advisory
Independent advice on investment decisions: feasibility, delivery strategy, risk and value, before the money is committed and the date is announced.
Project Governance
Decision rights, thresholds, stage gates and steering forums that keep capital programs accountable, transparent and moving.
Project Assurance
Independent assurance reviews that test program health, controls and readiness for sponsors, boards and lenders.
Command the date you announced.
Book a 45-minute program review with a senior principal. You will leave with an independent read of where your schedule and cost really stand, and the three moves that matter most.