What The Carlin Collaborative does

The Carlin Collaborative (TCC) is a Philadelphia-based Owner's Representative Project Management consulting firm founded in 2019 by Amanda Carlin. The firm acts as an independent advocate for enterprise owners throughout the full lifecycle of capital construction projects — from feasibility assessments and site selection through design management, construction oversight, vendor and equipment coordination, commissioning/qualification/validation, and final occupancy. TCC operates across three primary verticals: Healthcare (hospital systems, outpatient and inpatient facilities), Science & Technology (pharmaceutical, manufacturing, biotechnology, GMP laboratories), and Higher Education. The service catalog comprises eight integrated practice areas delivered as a single advisory engagement rather than discrete modules, with specialized offerings in regulatory compliance (Joint Commission, CMS, DNV, OSHA), CQV for life sciences facilities, and building commissioning.

TCC's underlying 'technology' is its multi-disciplinary human expertise: a leadership team with backgrounds in architecture, interior design, construction, and engineering, supported by over a century of collective experience in healthcare projects. The firm is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (NMSDC) and Women's Business Enterprise (WBENC), a procurement-side asset that opens supplier-diversity pipelines at major healthcare systems and corporations. It has completed 138 projects representing $700M in total project cost of work completed, with 94% of projects sourced from repeat clients. The firm is privately held with no external funding, parent company, or subsidiaries disclosed.

The business model is professional services consulting billed on a project basis as multi-year contracts, with custom engagement-based pricing determined by scope, size, and complexity. Distribution is entirely direct — relationship-based enterprise sales with no channel, reseller, or marketplace intermediation. The firm has expanded its geographic footprint from a Philadelphia headquarters (1200 Intrepid Avenue, Suite 110) to serve clients across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with dedicated Southeast regional staff hired in 2024–2025 to support the NC/SC/GA expansion.

Name

The Carlin Collaborative

Legal name

The Carlin Collaborative

Website

https://thecarlincollaborative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Carlin Collaborative is an Owner's Representative project management consulting firm serving healthcare, science & technology, and higher education clients. Founded in 2019, the Philadelphia-based firm manages capital construction projects from feasibility through occupancy across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project Management Consulting Services: TCC generates revenue through professional services fees for Owner's Representative and Project Management consulting services. These engagements cover the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility assessments through successful go-live implementation. Services are billed on a project basis as professional services engagements with enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Carlin Collaborative (TCC) is an Owner's Representative and Project Management consulting firm that advocates for clients throughout the entire lifecycle of capital construction projects, from initial feasibility assessments through successful go-live implementation. The firm delivers a comprehensive suite of professional services spanning project assessment and planning, design management, construction management, vendor and equipment coordination, occupancy and change management, commissioning/qualification/validation, and quality and regulatory management. TCC specializes in serving healthcare organizations, science and technology firms (pharmaceutical, manufacturing, biotechnology), and higher education institutions across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States.

Product overview

The Carlin Collaborative (TCC) is an Owner's Representative Project Management firm offering a comprehensive suite of consulting services for capital construction projects. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform with modules. Services span the entire project lifecycle from assessment and planning through design management, construction management, commissioning, and occupancy. Specialized services include Vendor & Equipment Coordination, Quality & Regulatory Management, and Building Commissioning. TCC serves three primary industry verticals: Healthcare, Science & Technology (pharmaceutical, manufacturing, biotechnology), and Higher Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Assessment & Planning Comprehensive project assessment and planning services for capital construction projects, including site selection and acquisition, facility assessment, project scope definition, feasibility design assessment, lease review, landlord coordination, delivery method advisement, conceptual budgeting, regulatory requirement analysis, and project team formation.
• Design Management
• Construction Management
• Vendor & Equipment Coordination
• Occupancy & Change Management
• Commissioning, Qualification, & Validation Management
• Building Commissioning & Commissioning Project Management
• Quality & Regulatory Management

Quantifiable outcome

• $700M total project cost of work completed across 138 projects
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NMSDC (National Minority Supplier Development Council)coreOthersTCC is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise through NMSDC, demonstrating commitment to diversity and inclusion. This certification provides recognition and access to procurement opportunities with major corporations.
• WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council)coreOthersTCC holds Women's Business Enterprise certification through WBENC, recognizing the company as women-owned and led. This certification opens doors to contracting opportunities with companies seeking diversity suppliers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AtkinsRéalis (formerly Heery International): AtkinsRéalis, including the legacy Heery owner's-rep practice, provides owner's representation and program management for healthcare, higher education, and public-sector capital projects, directly comparable to TCC's service model.
• CRB Group: CRB is a life-sciences-focused engineering, architecture, and project management firm whose GMP/lab project portfolio overlaps directly with TCC's CQV and life-sciences owner's-rep work for biotech and CDMO clients.
• Anser Advisory: Anser Advisory is an owner's-representation and program management firm serving healthcare, higher education, and life sciences capital programs, directly competing with TCC in owner-side advisory engagements for similar enterprise clients.
• Gilbane Building Company: Gilbane provides owner's representative, program management, and construction management services with significant healthcare and life sciences practice groups, making it a direct competitor for the same Owner's Rep engagements TCC pursues.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Stantec is a large global design and program management firm with healthcare and life-sciences practices; its program management arm competes with TCC on larger owner-side engagements and offers broader geographic reach.
• CBRE - Project Management: CBRE's project management practice serves healthcare systems and universities with owner's representation and program management at a national scale, a broader incumbent alternative to TCC's regional owner's-rep offering.
• Turner & Townsend: Turner & Townsend provides independent project management and cost consulting for healthcare, higher education, and life-sciences capital programs globally, serving as a larger-scale peer to TCC in the owner's-rep/PM consulting category.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) - Project & Development Services: JLL's Project and Development Services division delivers owner's representative and program management for large enterprise healthcare, life sciences, and higher education clients globally, overlapping with TCC's verticals at the enterprise tier.
• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs provides facility and capital project management consulting including healthcare and life sciences, competing with TCC on large, complex capital programs where its global bench and PMO scale are differentiating.

Regional players

• Horizon Group Construction: Horizon Group is a Midwest-based construction and program management firm with healthcare and higher-education practices, a comparable regional owner-side PM player outside TCC's core Mid-Atlantic/Southeast geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 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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