Clarify responsibility and authority
Define responsibilities, decision authority and escalation paths. Distinguish the work Sand Hill leads or coordinates from approvals and contractual commitments retained by the owner.
Owner Representation & Project Leadership
See across the whole effort.
Represent the owner’s interests through project leadership and coordination, connecting decisions and execution across the overall project.
Owner Representation & Project Leadership
When to engage Sand Hill
- Multiple organizations are making decisions that affect one another.
- Your internal team needs experienced leadership or specialist support.
- Leadership needs a clear view of priorities, exposure, and required action.
What we do
Manage interfaces across delivery partners
Define and manage the information exchanges, responsibilities and dependencies among engineering, OEMs, procurement, construction and facility teams. Work with the responsible parties to resolve gaps and conflicting requirements that affect overall execution.
Resolve decisions and information gaps
Identify pending decisions and missing information before they disrupt execution.
Evaluate readiness for turnover and acceptance
Assess completion and operating readiness against the owner’s agreed requirements. Identify unmet requirements and outstanding commitments, and assess how those gaps affect the owner’s turnover, acceptance and start-up decisions.
What you receive
Owner execution plan
An integrated plan connecting project scope, delivery priorities, responsibilities, decision authority and coordination across the owner’s team and delivery partners.
Responsibility matrix
Clear ownership of work, information, decisions, and handoffs.
Decision & action register
A record of required decisions and actions, responsible parties, due dates and implications for execution, with the current status of each item.
Leadership reporting
A consolidated view of exposure, progress, and decisions needed.
A few useful questions.
How does Sand Hill fit alongside our project manager?
We define the engagement around the owner’s existing organization. Sand Hill can provide project leadership, reinforce an internal team, or coordinate a specific area. Responsibilities and authority are established together at the outset.
Does Sand Hill replace the engineer or contractor?
Engineering firms, OEMs, and contractors remain accountable for their contracted deliverables. Sand Hill helps the owner coordinate their work, resolve gaps, and maintain visibility across the overall effort.
Does owner representation authorize Sand Hill to bind the owner contractually?
In standard engagements, the owner retains authority to sign contracts, approve amendments and make binding commitments. Sand Hill develops recommendations and coordinates the information and actions necessary for those decisions. Any delegated authority to make contractual commitments would require a separate written agreement.
Sand Hill’s role is advisory, administrative and focused on project leadership. We do not serve as the owner’s contracting agency, general contractor or construction manager at risk.
Specific deliverables, authority, staffing and acceptance requirements are established in the engagement scope.
EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
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RecoveryWithin 1%of Sand Hill’s initial cost re-estimate
Bringing 19 project scopes into one coordinated program
Explore this Experience RecoveryCredible cost to completeCompleted by the replacement contractor within the revised budget.Establishing a credible path to complete a boiler project
Explore this Experience DevelopmentUp to US$2.2Bindividual project development budgets across engagements, measured as total installed costGreenfield Development & Delivery
Explore this ExperienceWhat are you working toward?
Start with your objective and the situation in front of you.