Project Management
From Vision
to Completion.
When an institution sets out to build, it inherits hundreds of decisions and dozens of people it has never managed before. Westbrook stands beside the owner through all of it — one independent professional whose only incentive is the owner's outcome.
A building project is the largest and most complex undertaking most institutions will ever attempt. The architect answers for the design. The general contractor answers for the build. Every engineer and consultant answers for a slice of it. No one, by default, answers for the owner.
That is the role we fill. The owner who is about to build needs one experienced professional whose only incentive is the owner's outcome — someone who reads every contract, weighs every trade-off, and asks the question the room isn't asking.
Westbrook sits beside the owner, not the contractor. For over four decades, we have helped owners, executives, and institutions navigate the real estate development process — engaged, informed, and protected from first decision to last.
Orchestration
Like a conductor leading an orchestra, Westbrook brings the many teams and disciplines of a construction project into one harmonious, successful result. The architect, the general contractor, every engineer — civil, structural, mechanical, geotechnical — and dozens of consultants and vendors all play their part. We hold the score and keep them in time.
We work for the owner.
Not under the architect. Not under the general contractor. The owner sits at the top, and Westbrook sits just beneath — the single point of coordination across every team, accountable to one person only.
Optimize the project, not the pieces.
A building is not a stack of separate contracts; it is a network of commitments among the people making them. The more closely those people are related — sharing information, sharing goals — the better the result. So we move effort earlier into design, where the ability to shape cost and function is highest and the cost of changing course is lowest.
It is a more disciplined way to build, and a more proven one. Westbrook is a member of the Lean Construction Institute.
The Owner's Advocate
On a construction project, nearly everyone is paid to deliver their own piece. We are paid to look after yours. Here is what that protection covers.
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Communication
We keep every team talking to the right people at the right time, heading off delays and misunderstandings before they cost you.
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Cost Savings
We hold the project to industry standards and proven practice, lowering risk and the spending that comes with it.
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Time
We extend your project-management capacity, so you stay engaged and informed without being overworked.
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Information
Project-management software and document matrices give you real-time, instant access to where things stand.
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Scope
We define each team member's roles and responsibilities so the details that fall through cracks don't.
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Relationships
Decades of established relationships in construction help you choose the right contractors and consultants.
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Hiring
We generate RFPs, define the scope of work, interview candidates, and negotiate the contracts.
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Budget
We build and oversee a full budget — hard and soft costs — tied to the schedule, and track every expense against it.
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Schedule
We build and maintain a master schedule, including critical path and deliverables from every party, using the Last Planner System.
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Quality Assurance
We review the documentation and the construction, and inspect the work on site every day.
The Process
Every project moves through the same six stages. We lead the owner through each one.
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Assessment
We develop a True North statement to guide the team, define how everyone will communicate, and write a clear narrative of the project's scope.
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Planning & Site Selection
We select the best site and evaluate zoning, title, survey, environmental assessment, geotechnical testing, and entitlements.
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Design
We coordinate the design team around the client's vision, needs, schedule, and budget, and produce the construction documents that secure a building permit.
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Construction
We monitor activity, hold regular job-site meetings, and track progress against schedule, budget, and the construction documents.
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Relocation
We coordinate with vendors for a smooth physical move and stay on site to answer questions.
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Closeout
We develop the punch list, oversee completion, and deliver project documents, warranties, invoices, contract records, and lien waivers to the owner.
Open Book
We work in an open book. The client takes part in every step and sees what we see — there are no closed doors between the owner and the cost of their own project. How we are paid is part of that honesty.
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Preferred
Lump-Sum Fee
The most straightforward arrangement: no surprise invoices, and full access to the project manager's services for a known number.
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Discouraged
Percentage of Total Cost
When the fee rises with the price of the project, nothing rewards saving the owner money — which contradicts the entire reason the owner hired a manager.
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Less Ideal
Hourly & Per-Square-Foot
Both leave the owner watching the clock or the size of the building instead of the quality of the outcome.
We would rather be paid in a way that keeps our incentives pointed at your outcome.
Selected Work
Institutions across North Texas have trusted Westbrook to build what matters to them.
- 40+ Years beside owners
- 80+ Facilities for Cook Children's
- 123,000 SF · Rosedale headquarters
- 75 Acres · Trinity Valley campus
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Cook Children's Health Care System
80+ facilities, including the 123,000 SF Rosedale headquarters — Cook Children's first Integrated Project Delivery contract.
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Christ Chapel Bible Church
Site selection, planning, and project management in Fort Worth and Willow Park.
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Trinity Valley School
A new 75-acre campus, from planning through project management.
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Carter BloodCare
Campuses across North Texas — in Bedford, Fort Worth, Tyler, and Waco.
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Gladney Center for Adoption
Project consultant.
Building something?
Don't do it alone.
If your institution is planning to build, the first conversation costs nothing and clarifies a great deal.