Contract Administration
Practical support for correspondence, compliance tracking, payment issues, performance documentation, and disciplined contract execution.
Discuss this serviceFederal Construction Advisory
Turn complex federal construction requirements into clear, defensible project decisions.
Practical contract, change, closeout, and technical guidance for government construction contractors delivering complex projects under exacting standards.
Clarity at every stageDocumented.Defensible.Decisive.
Change Management & REAs
Clear scope analysis, entitlement review, cost and schedule evaluation, negotiation preparation, and defensible modification records.
Discuss this serviceConstruction Closeout
Structured planning for punch lists, testing, commissioning, warranties, as-builts, training, turnover, and final acceptance.
Discuss this serviceTechnical & Quality Review
Independent review of technical submittals, field issues, inspection findings, specifications, and corrective-action strategies.
Discuss this serviceResidential Project Support
Professional guidance for renovations, additions, and ADUs.
Select residential projects benefit from the same disciplined planning, documentation, cost awareness, and quality oversight used on complex construction programs.
Renovation Planning & Coordination
Scope development, budget and schedule planning, design-team coordination, bid comparison, contractor selection support, and progress monitoring for kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home renovations, and additions.
ADU Feasibility & Project Support
Early feasibility review, project requirements, consultant and permit coordination, proposal evaluation, utility and site-issue tracking, construction oversight, and closeout support for detached, attached, and conversion ADUs.
Owner's Representation
An informed point of contact protecting the owner's scope, budget, schedule, documentation, and quality interests from planning through final walkthrough.
Construction, architectural, engineering, and other regulated services are performed by properly licensed professionals separately retained for the project.
The Somerset Approach
Bring order to the record before the issue controls the project.
Understand the contract
Establish the governing requirements, facts, responsibilities, and decision timeline.
Build the record
Organize correspondence, costs, schedules, technical evidence, and contemporaneous documentation.
Define the path forward
Translate the record into focused options, clear positions, and practical next actions.
Why Somerset
Technical judgment meets disciplined contract administration.
Federal construction problems rarely fit neatly into one discipline. A technical issue can quickly become a schedule, documentation, cost, and contractual issue.
Somerset Project Advisory helps contractors connect those pieces, strengthen the project record, and make well-supported decisions from execution through closeout.
Somerset Project Advisory is an independent consulting practice and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.
Practical Insights
What strong project records consistently include.
Contemporaneous documentation
Records created when the event occurs carry more clarity and credibility.
Traceable cause and effect
Scope, responsibility, cost, and time impacts should connect through evidence.
Disciplined closeout planning
Acceptance, turnover, warranty, and payment requirements need an early roadmap.
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Bring clarity to your next project decision.
Tell us where the project stands, what decision is pending, and what documentation is available.
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