Time is money. This rings especially true when opening a store or restaurant, where according to a recent IBIS World industry report, a three month delay costs an average of $445,000 in lost revenue!

It’s an all-too-common story: communication breakdowns, unfortunate surprises, and costly change orders lead to repeated site visits and schedule setbacks. The result? Grand openings are delayed, causing businesses to miss out on crucial early earnings.

At ms consultants, we address these challenges head-on. Our full-service A/E team delivers efficient solutions designed to streamline your projects. We take a partnership-driven approach, aligning with your goals and working diligently to avoid common pitfalls. Our informed strategies are crafted to keep your projects on course so you can open your doors and start generating revenue as planned.

When you partner with ms consultants, you’re tapping into over 60 years of specialized expertise in sectors like big box, convenience stores, quick-service restaurants, grocery, and retail. Our legacy of success in the architecture and engineering space means you can bypass the typical learning curve.

Industry-Specific Expertise: Our track record of success with major brands demonstrates our ability to meet complex prototype constraints and branding goals with top-tier A/E design and program management.
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Single Point of Contact: Having a single dedicated project manager removes the frustrations of communicating with large, multidisciplinary teams and keeps you up-to-date throughout the life of your projects. It helps eliminate confusion and drastically reduces time demands on your team.

Streamlined Coordination: Being a one-stop-shop for A/E services means you avoid the hassle of juggling multiple contracts and dealing with disjointed coordination. Instead, you gain consistency, quality, and efficiency with a team that takes accountability for the project as a whole, without any finger-pointing among separately hired consultants.

Precise documentation of existing conditions is pivotal to reducing unforeseen construction issues and costly repeat site visits. At ms consultants, we prioritize getting detailed building information to ensure accuracy and efficiency from the start.

Advanced reality capture technologies like 3D scanning allow us to digitize precise building dimensions and images. The accuracy of this technology drastically reduces issues later in the process. It also enhances planning detail and accelerates the creation of accurate building models.

Detailed facility condition assessments uncover critical insights into the current health and longevity of your building. This process extends beyond basic evaluation, pinpointing potential risks, forthcoming repairs, and energy efficiency opportunities.

By investing time upfront in accurately documenting the existing conditions, we optimize progress and reduce time spent on revisions. This paves the way for faster permitting and construction, ultimately leading to greater efficiency and substantial cost savings.

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Our in-house permitting team understands the complexities of navigating jurisdiction requirements throughout the USA and Canada. At ms consultants, projects start with a clear understanding of what approvals are needed and how to do it efficiently.

Thorough Research: Our dedicated in-house permitting team gathers essential information upfront on the submittal process, design requirements, and plan review turnaround time. This allows us to proactively identify and address potential issues that could cause delays.

Prioritized Plan: By carefully analyzing the due diligence research, our team gains valuable insights into potential risks and is able to prioritize projects accordingly. We take a data-driven risk management approach, tackling the big challenges first. Our clients’ annual priorities are set based on this evaluation, allowing us to align production schedules with third-party approval processes. Our clients’ projects become part of a pipeline plan for multi-unit rollout, accounting for items outside of our control.

Progress Monitoring: Our clients stay informed in real-time throughout the review process. There is no doubt that issues outside of our control will come up. The key is dealing with them quickly. By maintaining open lines of communication with the jurisdiction, our in-house team stays fully dedicated to the project and can quickly coordinate to address issues as they arise.

Supply chain challenges are ongoing and remain at the root of many store opening delays. Our experienced full-service A/E team can help you overcome these uncertainties in the market with three impactful steps.

Standardize Materials and Equipment to avoid lead-time delays and simplify your operations. Complement this with warehousing across your portfolio, assuring instant access and shielding against supply chain hiccups. Further these benefits by establishing national accounts, creating a long-term purchasing edge that sets the stage for material and equipment availability.

Create a Network of strategic partnerships with construction managers and contractors. This helps overcome challenges of labor scarcity and inconsistent construction methods. By capitalize on a powerful network of pre-qualified contractors, even through non-binding commitments, you can elevate the level of service, secure a privileged position on the priority list, and ensure consistent construction practices.

Circumvent the Competition by creating a strategic plan for delivery schedules that accounts for the cyclical and seasonal nature of construction. This helps mitigate supply chain bottlenecks caused by surges in ordering. Through proactive pipeline management and well-planned schedules, you can ensure a continuous flow of materials, avoiding disruptions.