Preconstruction Risk Advisory

Find the risk before the GMP locks it in.

Independent review of cost, schedule, and constructability for owners and developers. We find the exposure while the decisions are still cheap to change, not after the price is signed.

Independent, no stake in delivery
Senior-led, start to finish
Pre-GMP focus
US owners & developers
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Built for
Owners & Developers Lenders & Investors GMP & Design-Build Pre-GMP stage
The Problem

By the time the price is signed, the risk is already yours

A GMP feels like certainty. But the number is only as good as the design, schedule and scope behind it, and most of the exposure is baked in before anyone breaks ground.

The price is a guess in a suit

A GMP built on an incomplete design carries assumptions, allowances and gaps you never see, until they arrive as change orders.

80%of cost deviation traces back to the design, not the field.

The schedule is optimistic

Programs are sold, not stress-tested. Procurement lead times, sequencing and float rarely survive contact with the real job.

70%of rework traces back to design and engineering error.

Scope falls between trades

Gaps between packages and interfaces are invisible on paper and expensive on site. Nobody owns them until someone has to pay for them.

$177Blost to rework and conflict a year in US construction.
How We Work

Same job, read three ways

Every review we run answers the same three questions in order: what's the risk, how do we take it apart, and what does that win you.

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The problem

You can't see the exposure

The cost plan, the program and the design were each built by someone with a stake in the outcome. The gaps between them, the real risk, are exactly what nobody is paid to surface.

How we solve it

An independent review, before the GMP

We reconcile the price against the design and the schedule, stress-test contingency and sequencing, and pull apart the interfaces where scope hides. BIM, 4D and 5D are our tools, the finding is the deliverable.

What you get

Decisions you can defend

A clear, written view of where the money and time actually sit at risk, and what to fix while it still costs a comment. You walk into the GMP knowing what you're signing.

What We Review

Decisions tested before they cost you

Four independent reviews, run before the GMP, while there is still time to change the outcome.

What Happens Next

From first call to a decision you can act on

No long onboarding, no production line. A tight, senior-led engagement scoped to the decision in front of you.

01

We scope the review

A short call to understand where the project stands and what's about to be signed. We tell you which review fits and whether it's worth doing now.

02

We do the analysis

We reconcile cost, schedule and design ourselves, senior-led, using BIM/4D/5D as tools. You get one point of contact, not a handoff.

03

You get findings & a call

A written view of the real exposure with a clear recommendation, and a working session to walk you through what to fix before the GMP.

What You Get

The upside of knowing before you sign

A review pays for itself the first time it turns a change order back into a comment.

A GMP you can defend

Walk into the price knowing what's real, what's an allowance, and where the number is exposed, to your board, your lender and yourself.

Fewer change orders

The gaps, clashes and thin allowances that become variations on site get caught while they still cost a redraw, not a claim.

A schedule you can trust

A program that's been stress-tested against procurement and sequencing, so the completion date you promise is one you can keep.

Decisions on record

An independent, written basis for the calls you make now, the record that protects you if the project is ever questioned later.

An independent voice

Someone in the room whose only job is to protect your interest, no design to defend, no delivery to protect, no software to sell.

Leverage while it's cheap

Change made in the pre-GMP window costs a fraction of the same change on site. We put you there, on purpose.

The expensive problems start in preconstruction. Not on site.

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The Practice

Senior judgment, not a sales team

An independent practice, not a production house. You work directly with the person doing the analysis.

Why the

Pre-GMP window is the cheap one

Pre-GMP window Cost of a change Ability to influence Design Field
Independent by design

Reltic VDC holds no position in delivery. No software to sell, no design to defend, no construction to protect. The only question on the table is whether your project decisions hold up.

Pre-GMP focus +

The work happens before the price and the schedule lock, while there is still leverage to change the outcome. This is the window where a problem costs a comment, not a change order.

Senior-led throughout +

You work with our senior team on the analysis. No account manager, no junior handoff, no offshore production. Senior reviewers stay accountable from the first read to the final recommendation.

Decision-first, not model-first +

We use BIM, 4D, and 5D as analysis tools. The model informs the decision. The model is never the deliverable. What you receive is findings and a clear recommendation.

Why Preconstruction

Change gets costlier the moment you lose influence

80%
Cost deviation from design
Nearly 80% of cost deviation comes from changes to the design; about 17% from construction activities.
70%
Rework from design errors
Up to 70% of rework traces back to engineering and design related errors.
<20%
Of project cost lost to rework
Rework can be anywhere from 9% to 20% of a project's total cost.
$177B
Lost to rework yearly, US
Rework and conflict resolution costs the US construction industry more than $177 billion a year.
Who We Help

Whoever carries the risk should see it first

If the exposure lands on your balance sheet, you should have an independent read before it's locked in.

Owners & Developers

You're the one signing the GMP and living with the result. We give you an independent read before you commit.

  • Test the price before you sign it
  • Cut change-order surprises
  • Protect the completion date

Lenders & Investors

Your capital is riding on numbers someone else built. We give you an independent basis to trust, or challenge, them.

  • Independent cost & schedule read
  • Contingency adequacy check
  • Risk basis for drawdown

Project & Asset Teams

You'll manage this build for years. We hand you a clear map of where the risk sits before it becomes your day-to-day.

  • Interface & scope-gap map
  • Sequencing & logistics review
  • A record you can hand over
The principle
"A change made before the GMP costs a comment. The same change after it costs a claim. We spend our whole engagement in the window where the price is still yours to move."
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Get in Touch

Start with a review, not a sales call

Tell us where the project stands. We'll tell you what a review would look at and whether it's worth doing now.

Call
(844) 544-0011
Email
info@relticvdc.com
Practice
Reltic VDC LLC, Wyoming, US
1

We schedule a short call at your convenience.

2

We scope the right review and confirm timing.

3

You get findings and a clear recommendation.