Creative thinking gives contractors a competitive edge
You are accustomed to dealing with fluctuations in material costs, availability of labor, work-stopping weather and other construction disruptions, even wild swings in the credit markets, and you’ve always been successful. However, in this current economy, you realize that business can’t be done as usual. You need experienced advisors to help you fine-tune your bids and improve your operations. You need out-of-the-box thinking to help with strategic planning and financial issues.

We know the construction industry
But who can help? Our construction services team will bring entrepreneurial enthusiasm and creativity to your projects. We like to say “your business is our business.” That means our philosophy of service involves investing our knowledge and experience in your success. It also means that the construction services team knows about the challenges you face because they serve more than 500 construction industry clients and understand various issues from construction disruption and delay claims to LEED certification. Our clients are in commercial construction, residential construction, and heavy highway construction. They are general contractors, sub-contractors, and industry suppliers.

Our construction services team members are active in state construction associations, state housing councils, the Association of General Contractors (AGC), and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA).

Multidisciplinary team to advise contractors

Team members are CPAs, management consultants, architects, and licensed builders. Among their specialties are:

• Development and implementation of costing/estimating models
• Implementation of purchasing, inventory management, and project tracking systems
• Information technology planning, selection, and implementation
• Process re-engineering
• Performance management
• Operations improvement
• Strategic and business planning

You will appreciate their efforts to help you stay in front of the ever-changing regulations and their experience when they begin to help you strategize and implement improvements. You can depend on them to anticipate major issues that might adversely impact your company, and help you negotiate workable solutions.

Services to help contractors thrive

The construction services team can also collaborate with the firm’s tax specialists to assist you with tax deferral strategies, cost allocations, federal, state, and local tax planning and compliance. Because Plante & Moran is one of the nation’s largest accounting, tax, and business management consulting firms, the construction services team can deliver a full menu of services to help your organization thrive.

You will appreciate the positive attitude we bring to every project. When we give you references, you might ask them to confirm that Plante & Moran is earnest in providing quality service and making every engagement especially pleasant and rewarding.