Construction and Development Solutions

What Construction and Development Solutions does

Construction and Development Solutions Inc. (CDS-Inc.) is a privately held, founder-led owner-representation and construction management advisory firm headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, with a secondary office in Reno, Nevada. Founded and operated by Del Nordby, LEED AP, the firm serves property owners, developers, healthcare systems, beverage producers, and government entities across the western United States, providing advocacy and project oversight from acquisition and due diligence through entitlements, design management, permitting, construction, and project close-out. The firm specializes in OSHPD3-compliant medical and dental facilities, winery and brewery production infrastructure, commercial offices, and multi-family residential development, and also performs Property Condition Assessments to ASTM E2018-01 standard.

CDS operates as a professional services firm rather than a technology company, delivering services through direct, relationship-based engagement and project-by-project contracts. Revenue is generated from professional service fees on owner-representation and construction management engagements, with no disclosed pricing or SaaS/productized component. The firm's value proposition rests on the founder's 25+ years of personal experience managing over $1 billion in cumulative construction value, deep domain specialization in regulated healthcare and food/beverage facility construction, and a curated alliance model of architects, engineers, and general contractors tailored to each project's scope.

The firm's underlying delivery relies on established project management methodologies, industry standards (ASTM E2018-01 for property condition assessments), and coordination of multi-prime construction teams rather than proprietary technology. Marketing is limited to a portfolio-driven website (cds-inc.net), LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram presence, and case-study content. CDS has not raised external funding, has no disclosed headcount, and shows no evidence of AI/ML tooling or productized software offerings, positioning it as a classic small-scale, principal-driven professional services firm.

Name

Construction and Development Solutions

Legal name

Construction and Development Solutions Inc.

Website

https://cds-inc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Construction and Development Solutions Inc. is a founder-led owner-representation and construction management advisory based in Santa Rosa, CA, serving healthcare, winery/brewery, biotech, multi-family, and government clients across the western United States with project oversight from acquisition through close-out.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Rosa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Owner Representation Services: CDS Inc. provides owner representation for commercial real estate development, managing projects from acquisition through final completion. Services include acquisitions and due diligence, cost modeling, legal and risk management oversight, integrated master scheduling, project design and entitlement oversight, and construction management.
2. Construction Management: Full-service construction management including design management, vendor and procurement management, construction oversight, and project close-out services. Revenue generated through professional service fees on a project basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Construction and Development Solutions Inc. (CDS Inc.) is a private advisory firm that provides owner representation and construction management services for commercial real estate development projects. The firm serves clients across four primary verticals — wineries and breweries, medical and dental facilities, commercial offices, and multi-family residential — operating from offices in Santa Rosa, California (headquarters) and Reno, Nevada, backed by California Contractor License #936938 and BRE License #01977949.

Product overview

Construction and Development Solutions (CDS) offers two core services: Owner Representation and Construction Management for commercial real estate development. Owner Representation serves as an advocate for property owners throughout the entire development lifecycle, from acquisitions and due diligence through entitlements, design oversight, permitting, and project close-out. Construction Management provides oversight of all construction activities including scheduling, budgeting, vendor management, and procurement. These services are applied across four specialized industry verticals: Wineries and Breweries, Medical and Dental Facilities, Commercial Offices, and Multi-Family Residential. Supporting sub-services include Property Condition Assessments, Cost Modeling and Pro-forma Analysis, and Purchasing coordination for furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) and operating supplies and equipment (OS&E).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Owner Representation
• Construction Management
• Pre-Construction Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• 120,000 sf brewery project delivered on time despite October 2017 Sonoma County fires causing delays
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• WMB ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural services partner for Community Medical Centers projects including the new Downtown Campus in Stockton. WMB Architects provides all architectural services for CMC healthcare facility developments. CDS-Inc. works with WMB to create conceptual plans and manage design development.
• ArchiLOGIXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural and programming services partner for complex projects including Russian River Brewing Company's 120,000 sf Windsor facility. ArchiLOGIX teamed with CDS-Inc as owners' representatives and construction managers for the 15-month fast-track project.
• WL Butler ConstructionmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor partner for CMC West Lane Clinic project. WL Butler Construction provided construction services for the 20,000 sf medical clinic.
• Villa ConstructionmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor partner for Marin Community Medical Center project. Villa Construction of Richmond, CA partnered with CDS-Inc and Hedgpeth Architects.
• StrataAPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering and consulting partner based in Sonoma, CA. StrataAP provided design services for Sonoma Wine Company's American Canyon expansion including crush facility and 500,000-gallon tank farm. Design work began spring 2013 for completion before fall crush.
• Hedgpeth ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural services partner for Marin Community Medical Center project. Hedgpeth Architects of Santa Rosa, CA teamed with CDS-Inc and Villa Construction.
• BCC General Contractors Inc.majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor partner for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical projects. BCC General Contractors Inc. served as general contractor for over 200,000 sf of office and biotechnological space across multiple Novato and Brisbane locations.
• Mason McDuffie Commercial Real EstateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReal estate brokerage partner for Community Medical Centers Downtown Campus project. Del Nordby worked with Mason McDuffie Commercial Real Estate as a real estate agent to assemble and acquire properties for the new downtown campus.
• Westlake Urban LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for the Hill Avenue Project, a 24-unit pocket neighborhood subdivision in Hayward, CA. CDS-Inc managed the design, entitlement process, and legal and risk management for this Planned Unit Development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MGAC: National real estate and construction advisory offering project management, owner's representation, and cost consultancy; overlaps with CDS in healthcare, hospitality, and commercial verticals at a larger-firm scale.
• Cumming Corporation: Larger national construction consultancy providing project and cost management across commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and education; competes with CDS on enterprise owner-rep engagements but at meaningfully larger scale.
• Swinerton: Large California-headquartered general contractor and construction manager with broad commercial, healthcare, and multi-family portfolio; competes for the same owner-side work in California but at significantly larger scale and capacity.
• DPR Construction: National technical builder and construction manager with strong presence in healthcare, life sciences, and commercial office; competes in CDS's core verticals and geographies with much larger bench strength.

Regional players

• Truebeck Construction: California-based general contractor and construction manager with offices across the Bay Area; competes for similar commercial, healthcare, and life-science project work in the same geographies as CDS.
• Webcor: California-based general contractor and construction manager serving commercial, healthcare, institutional, and residential clients in the Bay Area and beyond; competes for similar owner-side engagements across California.
• Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction: Bay Area-based construction manager and general contractor with deep commercial, institutional, and life-sciences portfolio; competes for owner-rep and CM scopes in Northern California.

Direct peers

• Anser Advisory: Mid-size owner representation and project management advisory serving aviation, healthcare, education, and commercial clients; directly comparable in business model (fee-based owner rep) and in mid-market project scale.
• OAC Services: Pacific Northwest-based owner representation and construction management firm of comparable size and service scope to CDS, providing owner-side project management across higher education, healthcare, civic, and commercial portfolios.
• Project Management Advisors (PMA Consultants): Independent owner project management consultancy serving healthcare, higher education, and institutional clients; closely aligned with CDS's owner-rep / CM consulting model and vertical specialization approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ConstructionandDevelopmentSolutionsInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/construction-and-development-solutions
• Instagraminstagram.com/cds.inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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