Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Cost Managers who keep capital projects on the number — budget control, cash flow forecasting, change management, EAC discipline, and contingency governance from award through closeout. Forecast accuracy verified with the owners and PMs who relied on it.
A structured process for the cost seat — where forecast credibility, change control, and invoice discipline decide whether leadership finds out about overruns in time to act.
30-minute call. We align on the seat — owner-side or contractor-side, project size, cost platform (Procore, Kahua, e-Builder, Unifier, EcoSys), reporting cadence, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Cost Managers with sector-matched project cost history at your scale. References from the PMs and owners who consumed their forecasts included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee — contingency, contract, and direct hire alike.
We verify EAC accuracy and early-warning behavior with the project leaders who depended on the numbers — did the forecast move before the problem hit, or after?
Reference-verified change management discipline — trend logs, change order validation, and pushback on unsupported contractor pricing, not just processing paperwork.
Owner-side cost management, consultancy cost management (AtkinsRealis, Turner & Townsend, Cumming-style seats), and GC cost engineering are different jobs. We shortlist for the one you actually have.
Reference-verified monthly EAC and cash flow forecasting accuracy — including how early cost trends surfaced relative to when they were actionable.
Change order review rigor, trend program management, and contingency drawdown tracking — verified on real projects, at your scale.
Working depth in the systems the seat runs on — Procore Financials, Kahua, e-Builder, Unifier, EcoSys, SAP/Oracle cost modules, and Excel/Power BI reporting layers.
Pay application validation, commitment tracking, and audit-ready cost documentation — verified with finance and project leadership references.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — owner-side vs. contractor-side, platform, project scale, and where cost meets scheduling in your controls team.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–5 weeks. Cost managers with mission-critical project history — especially owner-side — are heavily recruited, so speed of decision matters.
Most US Cost Manager base salaries fall between $115,000 and $160,000, with data center and semiconductor markets commonly running $135,000–$175,000 plus bonus. Consultancy seats often price slightly below owner-direct seats at the same level; program-level leads price above — see Senior Cost Manager.
The roles overlap heavily; the framing differs. A Quantity Surveyor comes from the measurement-and-valuation tradition (BOQs, valuations, final accounts, often RICS-trained), while US cost managers typically lead budgets, forecasts, and change control on a cost-reporting platform. Many candidates hold both skill sets — we match to the work your seat actually does.
Yes. We place cost managers directly with owners, developers, and owner’s rep firms across data center, life sciences, healthcare, and energy programs — including candidates stepping over from top cost consultancies.
Yes. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee, on every engagement model.
We reference forecast accuracy and change-control behavior with the people who consumed the reports — not just the candidate’s manager. A cost seat lives or dies on credibility, and credibility is checkable.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the cost seat, platform, project scale, and reporting expectations — then start sourcing from a mapped network of cost professionals in your sector.
