Chronicle Consulting, LLC is an engineering and LEED consulting firm established early in 2005 to provide personlized construction management and a la carte program management services such as estimating, scheduling, change order management, claims analysis, LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) design and construction coordination and Owners' representative services. We specialize in public institution and K-12 educational facility construction and renovation. Chronicle Consulting, LLC is a woman-owned business as certified by the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program and the Pennsylvania Department of General Services Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities. Chronicle Consulting is also a veteran-owned business.

Chronicle Consulting is a member of the US Green Building Council, the Green Building Alliance, Council for Educational Facility Planners and the Engineers. Society of Western Pennsylvania. Our staff includes professional engineers, a registered architect, estimators, schedulers, inspectors, project managers, and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Our vision is to provide Owners with a variety of professional project management, construction management and consulting services coupled with a commitment to sustainable building practices.

• Identify Professional Consulting services and develop RFPs that include LEED qualifications
• LEED registration, grant application, identification of environmental grant programs
• Develop LEED goals and perform feasibility analyses as design progresses
• Integrate peer review, constructability review, particularly as it relates to sustainable design and construction throughout the design process
• Provide on-the-spot cost estimates throughout the design process to enable integrated and sustainable design at the lowest possible cost
• Provide presentations to Board members and community related to LEED progress, construction costs, schedule, etc.
• LEED documentation and application preparation for design review

• Review contractor prequalification statements
• Collaborate with Architect/Owner to develop contractor interview and goals
• Review drawings and specifications (constructability reviews) for reasonableness of construction, budget and schedule as well as accuracy and compliance with LEED goals
• Review/comment on front end specifications ensure appropriate contract language to meet goals
• Review estimate, budget and provide value engineering suggestions while maintaining LEED goals
• Review contractor bids and make recommendations
• Reconcile estimate, budget
• Review construction schedule
• Attend and/or conduct pre-bid meetings
• LEED goal development and continued value engineering to foster integrated design

• Frequent jobsite inspection to ensure compliance with contract and LEED requirements
• Schedule management, review, analysis, reporting and coordination of multiple primes
• Change order management, parallel estimating, review, negotiation, recommendations to Owner
• Quality review, contract document monitoring, reporting and corrective action
• Submittal and shop drawing review and adherence, particularly related to LEED documentation
• Designer/Owner coordination-i.e. RFI tracking, submittal tracking, action item tracking
• Progress Tracking, Requisition review, Schedule of Values review of multiple primes
• Meetings for Construction Coordination/Owner Updates/Preconstruction/Pre-installation
• Miscellaneous Meetings (City, County, Neighborhood, Outside Agencies) as needed
• Collection of all permits, certified payrolls, etc
• Liaison and coordination with tenants of adjacent facilities
• Facilitate and analyze Requests for Information, Substitution Requests for consistency with contract documents and cost/schedule impacts
• Coordinate with external testing and inspection agencies for progress and final inspections
• Provide value engineering suggestions
• Review contractors. as-built drawings for accurate updates
• Maintain parallel record set of drawings with all bulletins, RFIs and field changes annotated
• LEED coordination and document collection, verification of goal adherence

• Punchlist development and management
• Substantial completion oversight, Occupancy Certificate coordination
• Closeout document review (lien release, consent of surety, final as-builts, warranties, etc.)
• Year end warranty inspection and report, if desired
• Annual facility inspections, if desired
• LEED documentation and application preparation