Cambridge CM

What Cambridge CM does

Cambridge CM (CCM) is a privately held construction management firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm exclusively represents building owners on technically complex projects, delivering project and construction management services across healthcare, biotech/life sciences, education, data centers, workplace/corporate, arts/culture, and retail/residential sectors. The offering is organized into five integrated modules: Project Delivery (programming, planning, entitlements, procurement), Design Management, Construction Management, Cost Management, and Project Scheduling. Clients include UCSF, UC Davis, Kaiser Permanente, Meta, Palo Alto Networks, Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, Vantage Data Centers, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Charles Schwab, and Gilead Sciences.\n\nCambridge CM employs Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Lean Construction methods, and Building Information Modeling (BIM), and is positioned among early adopters of these methodologies in the CM category. The firm runs pull scheduling sessions with trade contractors, applies Target Value Design to align budget with design decisions, operates "Big Room" collaborative environments for integrated teams including architects, contractors, and key subcontractors, and uses Earned Value Analysis for cost and schedule control. Domain depth is particularly evident in OSHPD-regulated healthcare construction in California and in large-scale data center and corporate campus delivery, with documented project scale including the UCSF Mission Bay program (combined construction cost over $1.3 billion), UC Davis California Tower (907,000 SF, 334 beds), Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara (1.2M SF), Facebook MPK21 (approximately 500,000 SF, Frank Gehry design), and a Vantage Data Centers 75 MW Silicon Valley campus.\n\nRevenue is earned through negotiated professional service fees tied to project scope, complexity, and duration, and the firm does not publicly disclose pricing. Go-to-market is enterprise field-sales, with new-business development led personally by President Bill Hammerson. Cambridge CM operates from seven offices: Palo Alto (HQ), San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, New York, Bentonville, and London. Founder/management-owned with no disclosed parent company or institutional equity backing, the firm reports 11-50 employees and is led by Bill Hammerson (President), Ed Schaffarczyk (Senior Vice President, founding member), Michael Kaplan (VP and COO), and Erika Venter (VP of Finances and Human Resources).

Name

Cambridge CM

Legal name

Cambridge CM, Inc.

Website

https://cambridge-cm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cambridge CM is a private construction management firm founded in 2002 in Palo Alto, California that exclusively represents building owners on technically complex projects across healthcare, biotech, education, data center, and corporate sectors using Integrated Project Delivery and Lean Construction methods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Management Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• Project management consulting
• Owner representation services
• Healthcare facility construction
• Data center construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Project and Construction Management: Cambridge CM earns fees for providing project and construction management services to building owners. Services include programming and planning, design management, construction management, cost management, project scheduling, and procurement. Revenue is generated through professional service fees, likely based on project scope, duration, and team size.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cambridge CM provides project and construction management services exclusively for building owners across technically demanding projects such as hospitals, stadiums, data centers, and commercial/institutional developments. The offering is structured around five integrated service modules—Project Delivery, Design Management, Construction Management, Cost Management, and Project Scheduling—delivered together as a coordinated engagement that manages risk to owners' cost, schedule, and quality requirements. The firm applies Integrated Project Delivery, Lean Construction methods, and Building Information Modeling across healthcare, education, biotech, data center, and workplace/cultural sectors.

Product overview

Cambridge CM is a project and construction management firm that provides a unified suite of professional services to building owners. The core offering consists of five integrated service modules: Project Delivery (encompassing programming, planning, entitlements, and procurement), Design Management, Construction Management, Cost Management, and Project Scheduling. These services are delivered together as a coordinated offering tailored to each client's needs, supporting complex building projects across sectors including healthcare, education, data centers, and commercial/institutional developments. The company operates exclusively for owners, helping them navigate the complexities of designing, building, and delivering demanding construction projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Delivery Comprehensive project delivery services for building owners covering programming, planning, site analysis, entitlements, delivery method determination, budget development, and consultant/professional procurement.
• Design Management Collaborative design management that aligns architectural and engineering design with owner requirements while maintaining budget and schedule constraints, including Target Value Design and continuous schedule/budget monitoring.
• Construction Management Oversight of all construction processes on behalf of building owners, including contractor sourcing, contract management, schedule monitoring, quality assurance, and change order management.
• Cost Management Cost information and financial decision support for building owners including budget development, risk management, Earned Value Analysis, continuous cost controls, and change order settlement.
• Project Scheduling In-depth project scheduling services including master schedule development, workflow analysis, critical path management, pull scheduling for construction sequencing, and Earned Value Analysis integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• UCSF Mission Bay five projects: combined cost over $1.3 billion
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Skanska USA: Major construction and program management firm with strong healthcare, education, and data center practices. Comparable to Cambridge CM in project type mix but with substantially greater geographic reach and self-perform capacity.
• AECOM: Global professional services firm offering program management, construction management, and engineering consulting. Competes with Cambridge CM on large owner-side program management commissions, particularly in healthcare and transportation infrastructure.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest US general contractor with significant healthcare, higher education, and corporate campus CM practices. Frequently competes with Cambridge CM for major institutional owner mandates, though at a fundamentally different scale and resource base.
• Mortenson Construction: Top-tier US builder with leading market positions in data centers, healthcare, and higher education construction. Direct overlap with Cambridge CM on Equinix/Vantage data center work and academic medical center delivery.
• Hensel Phelps: National employee-owned general contractor and CM with major healthcare, aviation, and data center practices. Comparable to Cambridge CM on healthcare and large institutional owner mandates but at materially greater scale and self-perform capability.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global engineering, program management, and construction services firm. Comparable to Cambridge CM on complex owner-side mandates (healthcare, life sciences, advanced facilities), though at much larger scale and with a heavier international footprint.
• DPR Construction: Technical builder with concentrated healthcare, life sciences, and advanced technology/corporate campus practices. Comparable to Cambridge CM on life sciences labs, tech campuses, and healthcare owner mandates, though with a substantially larger national footprint.

Direct peers

• Vanir Construction Management: Owner-side construction management firm with deep healthcare and education specialization across California. Closest pure-play comparable to Cambridge CM in terms of being a privately held, owner-rep CM rather than a GC, and similarly focused on OSHPD-regulated hospital work and institutional clients.
• Level 10 Construction: West Coast-based construction manager/builder with comparable size and a strong healthcare, technology, and corporate campus book of business. Comparable to Cambridge CM in geographic footprint (California-anchored), project mix, and preference for collaborative delivery methods on complex owner projects.

Emerging players

• Anser Advisory: Owner-representation and construction management firm focused on healthcare and aviation capital programs. Closely comparable to Cambridge CM in the pure owner-rep business model and healthcare concentration, though with a different geographic center of gravity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cambridge_cm
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Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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