The New Jersey-based firm has a slew of construction management-related services. (Images courtesy Greyhawk)
A construction consulting firm that had a hand in building the homes of the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets has moved into the Richmond market.
New Jersey-based Greyhawk last month put local boots on the ground for the first time with the hiring of Daniel Copeland as its director of business development for Richmond.
Copeland has been in the construction industry for over two decades, with stints at other consulting firms, including Hill International and Long International. He was most recently at Ashland-based home contractor Mr. Fix-It.
Among Greyhawk’s specialties is working to resolve disputes between contractors and developers. Copeland said developers and contractors alike hire Greyhawk when projects run into such issues as being over budget or behind schedule. Greyhawk isn’t a legal practice, but Copeland said the company will work alongside lawyers if necessary.
Daniel Copeland
“We’re kind of the experts that solve problems and try to keep it from becoming a dispute,” Copeland said. “We can provide proactive reviews of what’s going on, or if it’s nasty and goes to court, we’ll come in and work on that too.”
Greyhawk also gets hired early on in a development’s process to be project manager.
“We kind of look at it as the front end or back end. The front end is to keep you out of trouble, and the back end is to get you out of trouble,” he said. “The front end is more advisory and then the back end is a deep dive into the problems that are creating the legal situation.”
The 27-year-old firm is privately held with 30 employees nationwide. Greyhawk has worked on developments of all shapes and sizes over the years, ranging from office towers to educational facilities to condo buildings.
Greyhawk’s portfolio also counts some sports arenas, including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and American Airlines Arena (now the Kaseya Center) in Miami.
Copeland said that the firm is already working in the Richmond region on some unidentified projects, including a local pharmaceutical development.
Copeland is currently Greyhawk’s lone Richmond employee. He said it’s unclear whether the company will continue to grow its headcount here or will open a physical office.
Greyhawk works all over the country and Copeland said Richmond fit the bill for Greyhawk’s expansion plans.
“The company is expanding our reach,” he said. “Richmond fits into their strategic plans because they really are heavily focused on the mid-Atlantic.”
Greyhawk is the latest in a flock of national firms that have planted their flags in Richmond in recent years.
A Maryland-based general contracting firm recently opened a Richmond office, as did D.C.-based architecture and engineering firm Page Southerland Page. On the brokerage side, national firms including Newmark and Lee & Associates also have recently hired brokers to lead expansions in the region.
The New Jersey-based firm has a slew of construction management-related services. (Images courtesy Greyhawk)
A construction consulting firm that had a hand in building the homes of the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets has moved into the Richmond market.
New Jersey-based Greyhawk last month put local boots on the ground for the first time with the hiring of Daniel Copeland as its director of business development for Richmond.
Copeland has been in the construction industry for over two decades, with stints at other consulting firms, including Hill International and Long International. He was most recently at Ashland-based home contractor Mr. Fix-It.
Among Greyhawk’s specialties is working to resolve disputes between contractors and developers. Copeland said developers and contractors alike hire Greyhawk when projects run into such issues as being over budget or behind schedule. Greyhawk isn’t a legal practice, but Copeland said the company will work alongside lawyers if necessary.
Daniel Copeland
“We’re kind of the experts that solve problems and try to keep it from becoming a dispute,” Copeland said. “We can provide proactive reviews of what’s going on, or if it’s nasty and goes to court, we’ll come in and work on that too.”
Greyhawk also gets hired early on in a development’s process to be project manager.
“We kind of look at it as the front end or back end. The front end is to keep you out of trouble, and the back end is to get you out of trouble,” he said. “The front end is more advisory and then the back end is a deep dive into the problems that are creating the legal situation.”
The 27-year-old firm is privately held with 30 employees nationwide. Greyhawk has worked on developments of all shapes and sizes over the years, ranging from office towers to educational facilities to condo buildings.
Greyhawk’s portfolio also counts some sports arenas, including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and American Airlines Arena (now the Kaseya Center) in Miami.
Copeland said that the firm is already working in the Richmond region on some unidentified projects, including a local pharmaceutical development.
Copeland is currently Greyhawk’s lone Richmond employee. He said it’s unclear whether the company will continue to grow its headcount here or will open a physical office.
Greyhawk works all over the country and Copeland said Richmond fit the bill for Greyhawk’s expansion plans.
“The company is expanding our reach,” he said. “Richmond fits into their strategic plans because they really are heavily focused on the mid-Atlantic.”
Greyhawk is the latest in a flock of national firms that have planted their flags in Richmond in recent years.
A Maryland-based general contracting firm recently opened a Richmond office, as did D.C.-based architecture and engineering firm Page Southerland Page. On the brokerage side, national firms including Newmark and Lee & Associates also have recently hired brokers to lead expansions in the region.
We’re being carpetbagged once again. Once Richmond (and the surrounding counties) becomes a soulless, hollowed-out big-box landscape owned by non-local entities with no stakes in its people, culture, schools, etc. what’s the next “cool” (i.e. cheap) place for these vultures? So tired of this pattern.