BRJ & Associates carries out Program Management with broadly experienced teams of professionals who possess the skills required to guide complex, multi-project programs successfully through the wide array of challenges they face. Services provided include:
| Strategic Planning: |
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We provide leadership and support for the process of a group or organization identifying goals in a manner consistent with their values, including choices about mission goals or vision, target(s) for services, community role, services and products to offer, necessary resources, and key strategies to accomplish the mission. |
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Educational Master Planning: |
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We provide leadership and support for the process of determining the long-range academic and service goals of the institution, the potential for growth, and the relationship to the surrounding educational “audience.” |
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| Facilities Master Planning: |
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We translate Strategic and Educational Master Plans into facilities needs, provide planning for the most effective use of existing facilities and site improvements, and create a Master Plan for the future additions, modernizations, and non-building changes needed to accomplish the institution’s goals. |
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Bond Campaign Support: |
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We plan and develop promotional materials relative to Facilities Master Planning, community information meetings, and other activities in support of bond campaigns, grants applications, and other funding opportunities |
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| Funding Support Services: |
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We prepare and submit planning and fund-requesting documents, including Federal, State, and local funding agencies. |
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Program Budgets and Cost Controls: |
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We design and implement budget and cost-control systems, establish program budgets, process program payments, and forecast program costs. |
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| Program Standards: |
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We help our clients to establish and maintain the program standards for procurement, design, and construction, and the operational systems that support them. |
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Management of Designer Selection Process: |
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We help our clients to develop the selection criteria and implement the selection process, including generation of requests for qualifications and proposals, initial proposal review, interview process, and contract negotiations after final selection.
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Design Phase Management and Review: |
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We manage the project design contracts, including process meetings, design milestone reviews, and owner review support. |
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| Value Engineering: |
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We provide a systematic examination of design documents for the purpose of generating ideas for cutting project costs while maintaining aesthetic and functional characteristics and quality. Our clients require clear and complete information in order to make their complex project decisions, and our exacting system provides that thorough clarity. |
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| Peer Reviews: |
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We prioritize reviews of the design documents using architects and engineers who specialize in the type of project under review. At key milestone points chosen for the effectiveness of such reviews, our teams examine the design for:
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Space (adjacencies, spatial quality, circulation) |
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Aesthetics (overall, materials and finishes) |
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Systems (effectiveness, economy, ease of installation, ease and economy of maintenance) |
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Construction (economy, clarity of documents, effectiveness of materials and methods, and application of client standards) |
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