.png){kind=small}
OUR SERVICES
Your capital project is an investment. We help you navigate the sea of risk with our proprietary process to save your construction dollars.
Consider us your Construction Owner Advocate with the sole objective of protecting your capital investment. by preventing and recovering contract leakage through:
-
Pre-Construction Contract Reviews
-
Construction Contract Audits
-
Educational Seminars
OUR ETHOS
Fort Hill's Principals have a long history of working together on new construction and major renovation/expansion projects in the public and private sectors, both in the US and globally.
We are hands-on in every step of the audit process to ensure successful outcomes for each project Owner.
OUR HISTORY
The Principals of Fort Hill established the firm in 2006 to create a construction contract auditing practice leveraging their combined financial and accounting expertise and experiences. Under their leadership, the Principals have grown the consultancy from a regional player in the Mid-Atlantic area into an established construction audit firm with projects throughout the United States, as well as internationally. Fort Hill has audited numerous construction contracts for all types of clients and projects, with a specefic emphasis in higher education and healthcare.
OUR DIFFERENCE
SINGULAR AUDIT FOCUS
ON CONSTRUCTION
Unlike other firms that offer construction contract auditing services as simply a component of their overall audit practice, Fort Hill specializes in this one area. Our audits, pre-construction contract reviews, and education seminars are all focused on one activity – construction contract audits.
NO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION
Fort Hill realizes your employees' time is valuable. We do not affect your routine day-to-day operations. Additionally, all work is done on a confidential basis.
PERSONAL SERVICE
When you hire Fort Hill, you receive the personal service you deserve and expect. Unlike the large accounting firms, Fort Hill will be devoted to your firm's contract review, ensuring the highest level of expertise. Fort Hill aims to represent and support you throughout the entire construction process - from pre-construction contract reviews through close-out and settlement.
Unlike many of our competitors, Fort Hill solely specializes in construction contract auditing. The firm's Principals, your point of engagement, have extensive experience performing construction contract audits for higher education institutions, large healthcare systems, industrial/manufacturing companies, and property development firms. Fort Hill provides the professionalism of a large firm, but with the personal attention to detail that can only be given when cultivating a long-term relationship.
OUR EXPERIENCE
OUR TEAM
DILIGENT. KNOWLEDGEABLE. EXPERIENCED.
The Principals of Fort Hill have worked extensively as a team since the firm’s inception. The projects audited encompass new construction and major renovations/expansions in both the public and private sectors throughout the United States and globally. The Principals are thoroughly involved in each step of the audit from project commencement through the execution of the audit program. The team has proven its ability to work efficiently and with the flexibility to arrive at a successful conclusion for each project’s Owner.
Our Solutions
1
Pre-Construction Contract Reviews
• Pre-execution review of Contract Language
• Pre-construction reviews of labor billing rates and various uplifts
• Ensure reasonableness of labor billing rates versus industry and regional standards
• Estimate appropriate uplifts for tax burden and fringe costs on labor
• Estimate appropriate uplifts for insurance, small tools, information technology, etc.
• Create and implement a contract audit process within an organization to ensure appropriate controls are in place to minimize risk
• Assist in implementation of an appropriate contract payment application structure to allow efficient and effective reviews periodically
2
Periodic and/or Project Closeout Audits
• Validate Labor costs billed and identify non-compliant charges
• Analyze leased equipment billings for non-compliant charges
• Reconcile Subcontract Payments and identify any non-compliant charges
• Change Order Pricing Reviews
• Insurance/Bond coverage and cost validation
• Validate IT costs billed and identify non-compliant charges
• Validate Materials’ purchases and identify non-compliant charges
• Reconcile to actual costs when estimated costs have been used
• Review all billings for duplicate payments
OUR EXPERTISE
LATEST ARTICLES
Greenville Office
37 Villa Road
Suite 106
Greenville, SC 29615
864-631-2376