Project Advocates

Name

Project Advocates

Legal name

Project Advocates

Website

https://project-advocates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Project Advocates is a privately held owner's representative firm providing construction project advocacy and oversight across feasibility, design, construction, and activation phases for property owners in the Midwest and Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Owner's Representative Services / Construction Project Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Project Management & Owner’s Rep Services for School Capital Projects (EDAEABAN), Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Owner's representative services
• Construction project management
• Preconstruction consulting
• Construction advisory services
• Building program management

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Owner's Representative Services: Professional consulting services where Project Advocates acts as the owner's representative throughout construction projects. Services span four phases: Project Feasibility (risk assessment, site evaluation, cost/schedule estimation), Design & Programming (architect/engineer collaboration, budget management), Construction Phase (active representation, progress monitoring, change order management), and Transition & Activation (move-in support ensuring operations readiness). Revenue is generated through professional service fees for project oversight and advisory services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Project Advocates is an owner's representative firm that works exclusively for property owners throughout construction and development projects. The firm delivers professional advisory and oversight services across four sequential phases: Project Feasibility (risk assessment, site evaluation, cost/schedule estimation), Design & Programming (architect/engineer collaboration, budget and schedule management), Construction Phase (active representation, progress monitoring, change order management, cost control), and Transition & Activation (move-in support and operational readiness). Services are tailored to each engagement, with the ability to step in at any phase or carry through the entire process.

Product overview

Project Advocates is a professional services firm offering owner's representative services for construction and development projects. They do not offer a software product or platform — they provide advisory and project management consulting services across four phases of project delivery: Project Feasibility Phase (risk assessment, site evaluation, cost/schedule estimation), Design & Programming Phase (architect/owner collaboration, budget/schedule management), Construction Phase (active construction representation, progress monitoring, change order management, cost control), and Transition & Activation Phase (move-in support, ensuring operational readiness). Their services are delivered by a team of principals and project advocates with backgrounds in engineering, architecture, and construction management, serving clients across Omaha, Kansas City, and North Texas markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Feasibility Phase Services
• Design & Programming Phase Services
• Construction Phase Services
• Transition & Activation Phase Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $365M in development overseen for clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hill International: Global construction management and owner's representative firm with deep public-sector and infrastructure experience. Comparable owner's rep service line, though at significantly larger scale and international footprint.
• CBRE (Project Management): Global real estate advisory with a large project management practice offering owner's rep services to enterprise and institutional clients. Overlaps with Project Advocates in commercial real estate, education, and healthcare verticals but at much larger scale.
• JLL (Project & Development Services): Global real estate services firm whose PDS group provides owner's representation, project management, and construction advisory at enterprise scale. Competes for larger commercial/real estate owner's rep engagements.
• The Weitz Company: National general contractor and construction manager; employer of Radd Way prior to Project Advocates. Comparable project experience in commercial, healthcare, and senior living, though operates primarily as a contractor rather than pure owner's rep.

Direct peers

• Heery International: Architecture, engineering, and program/construction management consultancy with a strong owner's representative practice for public-sector and institutional clients. Comparable in serving municipalities, schools, and nonprofits.
• Cumming Group: Construction and program management consultancy providing owner's representation, cost consulting, and project management. Comparable in offering owner's rep services, though it operates at significantly larger scale across more geographies.
• Kitchell: Construction manager and owner's representative with strong healthcare, education, and commercial real estate verticals. Comparable mid-size, owner-side advisory business with deep expertise in project delivery.
• OAC Management: National owner's representative and construction management firm that works exclusively for owners across higher education, healthcare, civic, and corporate projects. Closely comparable in service model, vertical mix, and project-phase engagement structure.
• Project Control Associates: Owner's project management consulting firm serving education, healthcare, government, and institutional clients. Directly comparable in niche owner's-rep positioning and vertical mix.

Regional players

• EVPM (Eppstein Vandyke McNutt): Midwest-based owner's representative and project management firm serving education, healthcare, and corporate clients in the Iowa/Midwest region. Direct competitor in adjacent geographic territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ProjAdvocatesNE

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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