DRB Associates

What DRB Associates does

DRB Associates is a privately held project management and owner's representation firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in the Los Angeles Area (Manhattan Beach) and Boston. The firm serves public, private, and institutional clients — including owners, developers, tenants, municipalities, and lenders — across building programs ranging from large-scale redevelopments to complex infill projects on small land parcels. Its customer base spans retail banking (Bank of America, Wells Fargo), pharmacy and coffee retail (Walgreens, Starbucks), higher education (Notre Dame de Namur, Los Angeles City College, UCSF), federal government (National Park Service, GSA), craft beverage, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations.

Name

DRB Associates

Legal name

DRB Associates

Website

https://drbassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DRB Associates is a privately held owner's representation and construction management consulting firm founded in 1995, serving owners, developers, municipalities, and lenders across the U.S. West and East Coasts with planning, project management, asset advisory, and construction loan monitoring services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Project Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• Owner's representation consulting
• Project management advisory
• Construction loan monitoring
• Facilities planning consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: DRB Associates generates revenue through professional consulting fees for Owner Representation, Construction Management, and Project Management Advisory Services. Services are provided to owners, developers, tenants, municipalities, and lenders across various project types including new construction, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

DRB Associates provides Owner's Representation, Construction Management, and Project Management Advisory Services for building programs from site selection through occupancy. The firm serves as an owner's representative and advocate, delivering multi-disciplinary consulting across project planning (feasibility, entitlements, financing), design and construction management (cost control, scheduling, LEED certification, contract negotiation), asset services (lease review, acquisition strategy), and construction loan monitoring (independent cost reviews, progress inspections) for public, private, and institutional clients.

Product overview

DRB Associates is a project management and owner's representation firm offering a unified suite of consulting services for the planning, design, and construction of building programs. The company provides four integrated service lines: Project Planning Services (pre-design activities including site selection, feasibility analysis, and financing), Project Management Services (design and construction phase oversight including cost control and scheduling), Asset Services (lease and real estate management), and Construction Loan Monitoring Services (lender-focused independent cost reviews and progress inspections). These services work together to guide projects from concept through occupancy, with the loan monitoring services specifically designed to protect lender investments during construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Change orders on the International Bird Rescue project amounted to less than 5% of the original Contract Sum through value engineering and aggressive cost control

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Anser Advisory: Anser Advisory is a national owner's representation and construction management consulting firm serving owners, developers, and lenders. It is a direct peer to DRB Associates in the owner's rep / agency CM segment with comparable service lines and enterprise clients.
• Hill International (Global Infrastructure Solutions): Hill International is a long-established construction management and owner's representation consultancy, now part of Global Infrastructure Solutions. It is a direct peer in the agency CM / owner's rep category, particularly on large public-sector and infrastructure programs.
• Anchor Group Management: Anchor Group is a boutique owner's representation and project management firm. Comparable to DRB in size, owner-representation model, and institutional client mix (universities, healthcare, nonprofits).
• Cumming Group: Cumming Group is a privately held construction management consulting firm providing project and cost management services to owners. It competes directly with DRB in the agency construction management space, particularly for owners in healthcare, education, and commercial real estate.
• Procon Consulting: Procon Consulting provides owner's representation, project management, and construction management services for public and private sector clients. It is a direct peer to DRB in size, service mix, and client type, with strong overlap in institutional and government work.
• Paladin Consulting Group: Paladin Consulting Group provides owner's representation, project, and construction management services to commercial, institutional, and governmental clients. It is a direct peer to DRB at similar scale and with strongly overlapping service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Turner & Townsend: Turner & Townsend is a global cost, project, and program management consultancy. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same owner's-side cost and PM advisory mandates DRB pursues, but at much larger scale and with broader international reach.
• CBRE (Project Management practice): CBRE's Project Management service line bundles owner's rep, construction management, and PM advisory services for enterprise occupiers and developers. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same mandates DRB bids on, particularly from enterprise occupiers.
• AECOM (Construction Services practice): AECOM's construction management practice serves public and private owners on nonresidential building and infrastructure programs. It competes with DRB for institutional and government project management mandates, though at significantly larger scale.
• JLL (Project and Development Services): JLL's Project and Development Services division provides owner's representation, project management, and construction management globally. It is a broad incumbent whose commercial real estate origins produce strong overlap with DRB's asset services and tenant-driven mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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