Solutions for General Contractors

Resolving complex challenges across the real estate lifecycle.

QA/QC
Construction Scheduling & Project Controls
Industrial Hygiene & Building Sciences
Construction Claims Consulting and Support

The real estate business abounds with compliance, regulatory and construction challenges. Whether you’re a developer, owner, general contractor or real estate lender or investor understanding potential roadblocks and pitfalls is vital to your project’s success. With our history of excellence in the environmental, construction, engineering and energy sectors, VERTEX is poised to help you address your real estate challenges— regardless of scope or complexity. We provide customized, strategic and technical solutions at every turn in the real estate lifecycle.

“VERTEX recognizes the interplay between the environmental, construction and business risks and is able to assist the client in making appropriate business decisions. Consultants who are not as facile on the business component can severely hinder the business process. VERTEX always keeps the goals of the business in mind.” – Elizabeth Mack Partner & Chair Environmental Section Locke Lord LLP

Environmental
Property Compliance and Building Services
Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG)
- Investment & Program Management
Energy Audits and Conservations Assessments
- Energy Disclosure
- Energy Benchmarking
- ADA Compliance
Industrial Hygiene
- Building Sciences (ACM, Lead, Mold)
- Certified Industrial Hygiene Consulting
Distressed Services
- Environmental
- Construction
- Claims Support
- Litigation Support

Quality Assurance

QUALITY. It’s that elusive standard that every company strives for. At VERTEX, we have developed a team of professionals whose only job is to ensure that every client achieves excellence. We are a second set of trained eyes on your project. We have seen the mistakes that others have made and make sure that you don’t step into those same traps. Our service is a promise. It’s a declaration that you can have complete confidence in your product. We deliver peace of mind and an unparalleled commitment to your project’s success.

Residential Third-Party Quality Assurance

Successful builders understand this and run Quality Assurance programs to ensure their team builds to the highest standards each step of the process. To help homebuilders and multifamily developers achieve this goal, VERTEX provides highly qualified third-party QA/ QC professionals with decades of real-world construction experience. Our ICC-certified inspectors provide a second set of trained eyes on every project, and they bring with them lessons learned through forensic investigation and failure analysis on hundreds of residential building projects. This unsurpassed level of expertise allows us to be a proactive and trusted partner for builders’ quality management initiatives at every stage of a project, from preconstruction, through project completion. Our mission is to bring peace of mind to builders that their project achieves excellence.

Our People:

Team of specialists devoted entirely to quality assurance
Trusted advisors who make the complicated simple
Invaluable “lessons learned” from hundreds of inspections
Peace of mind and complete product confidence, knowing that rigorous standards of excellence have been met

Our Technology:

Proprietary documentation and tracking portal using InSpec® technology
Smarter, more efficient process for identifying and correcting issues in real-time
Saved time and cost throughout the project
Site visits on your schedule, not ours

Our Quality Assurance Services:

Third-party plan review
Constructability analysis
Site inspections
Real-time reporting, photo documentation, and tracking using Inspec®

Project Scheduling Advisory

For 25 years, TriLogix Consulting has successfully served the construction industry through consulting on over 1,000 projects with a combined value of tens of billions of dollars. Our client list ranges from Owners, Developers, Attorneys, Construction Managers, General Contractors, and subcontractors. In March 2024, TriLogix was acquired by The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX). Regardless of the size, scope, or phase of the assignment, we provides the most professional, efficient, and cost-effective services available. Our diversified staff of professionals has earned the trust and respect of some of America’s leading corporations, law firms, financial institutions, and government agencies. By combining these qualities into a collective team effort, the firm has developed a large portfolio of services resulting in a proven record of success.

Construction Manager & General Contractor Scheduling

An accurate and well-thought-out CPM Schedule is a tool for the use of all parties to plan projects, monitor progress, and assure timely completion. It provides the proper early warning to adjust course to meet milestones or completion dates.

It is TriLogix’s proven philosophy that delays on any construction project can be effectively minimized and/or avoided by applying fundamental principles.

Develop a schedule in a team effort with all parties during Pre-Construction and Construction phases.
Build in detail to cover procurement, coordination, engineering & fabrication, construction detail based on drawing reviews and client input, back-end testing/inspections, and handovers.
Pro-actively use the schedule to monitor progress.
Document issues contemporaneously.
Resolve disputes in a timely manner.

CPM Schedule Auditing

TriLogix provides advisory services to review and comment on the submitted schedules. Our typical services provided include:

Pre-Construction/Planning Phase – Prepare schedule specifications to be included in contract bid documents. Identify key project milestones in preparation of summary schedule for information to bidders. Identify key sensitive areas in detail. Review schedule of bidder response.
Construction Phase – Schedule Development – Conduct an in-depth audit review on the preliminary CPM schedule and on the detailed baseline schedule.
Construction Phase – Schedule Updating – Attend monthly update meetings and job site visits to assess progress. Analyze update submittals and provide comments to the Owner. Provide monthly narratives. Advise the Owner on current or potential problem areas and suggest corrective action such as time extensions.

Master Scheduling

What is it?

We develop, monitor and administer the Master Project Schedule. The schedule is developed using a Team Effort with representatives from the Owner, Developer, Construction Managers/General Contractors and Design Consultants.

What are the Benefits?

By integrating each project team members work plan into one Master Project Schedule, an Owner need only reference one document to check the status of any component of the project. By integrating all schedules into one Master and defining interrelationships between project components, conflicts can be identified and remedied to ensure the overall project goals are not compromised. Additionally, by consolidating and linking all team members’ schedules into a Master Schedule, the effect on the overall project can be easily demonstrated, should a team member deviate from their work plan.

Industrial Hygiene & Building Sciences

VERTEX provides our clients with solutions and threw guidance in managing and monitoring their industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety needs. VERTEX provides a wide range of Industrial Hygiene and Building Sciences services to our valued customers in business, industry, insurance, higher education, and government, and we understand the complex issues surrounding worker and community health and safety. VERTEX provides competitive advantages for your business with respect to identifying and managing hazards in the workplace and in the community. Whether your mission is to ensure a safe and healthy work environment, renovate or demolish existing structures built with hazardous materials, or address concerns of potential exposure to toxins, VERTEX can support your business in identifying, implementing, and achieving your goals in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Liability Protection for Property Managers through Industrial Hygiene Consulting

Testing and inspection services
Remediation protocol preparation
Asbestos, lead-in-paint, microbial assessments, and remediation verification
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) plans
Regulator liaison support

Water Intrusion/Mold Growth Consulting

Cause and Origin assessments
Post-storm event inspections
Water intrusion/mold growth O&M plan and awareness training
Bioaerosol sampling
Remediation protocol development
Pre- and post-remediation verification inspections

Industrial Hygiene Consulting

Chemical exposure assessments
Noise exposure assessments
Forensic, environmental, and occupational exposure investigations
Workplace hazard assessments
Regulatory compliance reviews (OSHA, EPA, ISO, Joint Commission)
Crystalline silica program management, sampling, and exposure control plans
Industrial site investigations
Contaminant-in-water sampling
Occupational Safety and Health Training (respirators, PPE, Hazard Communications, etc.)

Expert Witness Services

Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) expert witness services
Case document review
Trial and deposition support

Asbestos and Lead-in-Paint Consulting

Pre-renovation and pre-demolition HAZMAT surveys
Operation & Maintenance (O&M) plans
HAZMAT abatement project design and bid process management
Asbestos abatement air monitoring and oversight
Lead abatement air monitoring and oversight
OSHA and state regulatory compliance support

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Consulting

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) assessments
Occupant complaint investigations
Odor investigation and control
IAQ parameter measurements (temperature, relative humidity, CO₂, CO, etc.)
Building component/HVAC inspections (interior and exterior)

Construction Claims & Dispute Resolution Services

Expert Construction Claim Solutions – VERTEX helps clients investigate, analyze, and manage litigated construction claims, providing expert consulting services to resolve disputes efficiently. Our team evaluates the nature and extent of damages caused by substandard work, design errors, omissions, and material deficiencies. We assess plaintiff declarations, repair scopes, and incurred costs to determine reasonableness, ensuring fair and data-driven settlements.

With a roster of established experts, VERTEX assists contractors, owners, sureties, design professionals, and insurance carriers in claim preparation, analysis, review, and resolution across all project types, from infrastructure to vertical construction. Our cost-to-repair reports can be tendered as formal bids, verifying the legitimacy of our estimates and streamlining settlement negotiations.