Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Preconstruction Managers who own the project before it breaks ground — conceptual budgets through GMP, value engineering, bid packaging, subcontractor prequalification, and design-assist coordination. Estimate accuracy and buyout history verified against actuals, not resumes.
A structured process for the precon hire — the seat where budget credibility, buyout coverage, and design-phase discipline decide whether the project starts on a number it can actually hit.
30-minute call. We align on pursuit pipeline, delivery methods (GMP, design-build, CM at-risk), estimating platform, sector mix, and the estimate volume the seat has to carry.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Preconstruction Managers with sector-matched precon history. Estimate-vs-actual performance and references from operations leaders who built their numbers included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee — contingency, contract, and direct hire alike.
We verify how candidates’ conceptual and GMP estimates tracked against final cost — with the operations teams who delivered the work, not just the precon executives who signed the proposal.
Milestone estimates at SD, DD, and CD; value engineering that protected scope instead of gutting it; constructability input the field actually used. We probe for all three in references.
Subcontractor prequalification, bid leveling, and buyout coverage in tight trades — electrical gear, mechanical equipment, long-lead procurement — verified in the markets you build in.
Reference-verified estimate-vs-actual history across conceptual, milestone, and GMP estimates — including how buyout performed against the number.
Working command of the tools the seat runs on — CostX, Sage Estimating, WinEst, Destini Estimator, On-Screen Takeoff, Assemble, BuildingConnected — matched to your stack.
Reference-verified collaboration with architects and MEP engineers through design development — VE logs, scope gap closure, and constructability reviews with real teeth.
Prequalification rigor and bid coverage in your geography — who actually returns their calls in electrical, mechanical, and structural trades, verified with subs and peers.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — pursuit volume, delivery methods, estimating stack, and where the seat sits between estimating and operations.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–5 weeks. Precon talent with strong estimate-vs-actual records in mission-critical sectors moves fast — most of our placements come from candidates who were not actively applying anywhere.
Most US Preconstruction Manager base salaries fall between $130,000 and $180,000, with data center and life sciences markets commonly running $150,000–$200,000 plus bonus. Precon leaders who carry GMP sign-off on major pursuits price above that band — see the Senior Preconstruction Manager page.
An Estimator produces the numbers; a Preconstruction Manager owns the phase — estimate milestones, VE, bid packaging, subcontractor prequalification, schedule input, and the client conversation from concept through GMP. Many strong precon managers grew out of senior estimating seats.
Yes — that is our core market. We maintain mapped networks of precon professionals with hyperscale data center, cGMP life sciences, semiconductor fab, and healthcare estimating history, including candidates fluent in long-lead equipment strategy and owner-furnished procurement.
Yes. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee, on every engagement model.
We verify what precon actually produced — estimate accuracy against final cost, buyout performance, and VE outcomes — through references with the operations teams who inherited the numbers. Most recruiters check titles; we check whether the budget held.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the precon seat, your pursuit pipeline, delivery methods, and estimating platform — then start sourcing from a mapped network of precon talent in your sector.
