Is your business growth constrained by your facilities?
Imperien is a construction management firm that assists with all stages of the industrial business expansion process including stay/build/relocate analysis, design, and construction management of a new facility.
What We Offer
For many businesses, an expansion is the most important decision in a leadership team’s career.
Imperien offers a suite of services that protect a customer’s interest every step of the business expansion process:
Stay/Build/Relocate Analysis
Imperien provides a cost and risk analysis to determine whether operations would most benefit from expansion of a current facility, relocation to a different facility, or new construction.
Incentive Negotiation
Imperien will obtain maximum incentives from government agencies to lower the cost of a project.
Design
Traditional workflows waste time and money with a design, price, re-design, re-price process. Imperien’s design-build model marries design, scheduling, and budgeting into a streamlined, efficient process. The design-build process allows for a flexible process that adapts to changing needs. The way we structure our contracts reduces time, cost and conflicts of interest to ensure your budget and timeline is protected.
Build
Imperien manages the risk of a construction project, assuming responsibility for budget, scheduling, and construction management and protecting a customer’s interests throughout.
Develop
Imperien offers build-to-suit solutions and can purchase existing facilities for clients. Sale-leaseback agreements with Imperien can provide companies with access to cash to fund building expansions, or general access to working capital.
Why
Imperien
The most common roadblocks to business facility expansion are analysis paralysis and managing budget. We help with both!
Make Confident Decisions
Budget Wisely
The Imperien Difference
Expert Analysis and Experience
We’ll provide the insight needed to evaluate options and help you decide on a course of action. Our expertise in negotiating pricing, sequencing schedules, subcontracting with reliable partners, and controlling quality keeps everything on budget and on time.
Project Continuity
Owner Advocates
Saved time = Saved money
The traditional
Design – Bid – Build
process is
flawed.
Here’s how to fix it.
The traditional Design – Bid – Build process begins when you contract with an architect to develop building plans which get passed along to a construction team.
This structure puts you in the middle of two service providers – design services and construction services – who often have opposing interests. Not only can it drive up project costs and timelines, it creates management headaches and takes you away from what matters most – your business.
Most building project owners have an average rate of $200/hour. What’s the value of that time when invested back into the business rather than managing design and construction services?
Design – Build
Instead
Imperien streamlines the process by offering Design – Build services. Design – Build projects with an experienced construction manager like Imperien can save up to 6.1% on the unit cost of a building project while enjoying a 12% faster construction speed. (Source: Construction Industry Institute (CII) and Penn State research.)
Our expertise in managing a building project – from conceptual design through construction – gets you out of the middle while saving time and money at the same time.
About Us
Colin Simpson, P.E.
President
Colin founded Imperien in 2018 to directly deliver the representation services clients deserve. Colin spent much of his career managing construction projects on behalf of owners including municipal governments. In those roles, he became to be a fierce advocate for the owner’s interest. He carries this passion forward, founding Imperien based on the core values of:
- Protecting our clients’ interests;
- Quality construction; and
- Partnering with our clients and vendors.
A professional engineer with a degree from Valparaiso University, Colin is also a proud graduate of Rockford Public Schools’ Auburn High School where he continues to volunteer on Academy Support Teams that bring career focused education into the classroom.
Featured Projects
In The News
NEWS: IMPERIEN ANNOUNCES $65M SPEC DEVELOPMENT IN ZION, ILLINOIS
Imperien, a leading construction management and advocacy firm based in Rockford, IL., announced today it is moving forward with a $65 million spec development in Zion, IL Imperien will design and build a half-million square-foot cross dock facility at Trumpet...
NEWS: JAMIE MUSICK JOINS IMPERIEN AS GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Musick will assist with all stages of the industrial business expansion process — from stay, build and relocate analysis to design and construction management.
BLOG: POPULAR MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS
With increasing popularity of the design-build process, myths and misconceptions are abound. Here are the top five design-build myths – BUSTED!