The Bracken Way: 12-Week PM & Superintendent Program
Expert support on your job today. A better project manager or superintendent for good. Advise – Represent – Serve
What it is. For 12 weeks, BCG works side by side with one of your project managers or superintendents, on your job. Your project gets an experienced hand keeping it on track. Your person learns the habits, systems and judgment that make projects run well: the Bracken Way.
Why it matters. A temporary hire helps until the contract ends, and then the help walks out the door. This program is a short-term engagement that makes a permanent change. When the 12 weeks are over, the knowledge stays with your person and with your company.
The Package
12-week program · one PM or superintendent
$18,000
About 120 hours over 3 months
Start the Conversation
What’s included
- Two 4-hour days on site every week, working alongside your PM or super on the live project
- 2 hours a week on call by phone or email for questions as they come up
- A starting assessment of strengths, gaps and goals for the 12 weeks
- Real-time coaching on the project’s actual schedule, budget, subs and problems
- A final review with you and your person, and a plan to keep improving
| How the hours add up | Per week | 12 weeks |
|---|---|---|
| On-site days (2 days × 4 hours) | 8 hrs | 96 hrs |
| On-call support | 2 hrs | 24 hrs |
| Total | 10 hrs | 120 hrs |
| Package price | $18,000 |
Choose the Track
Project Manager Track
- Buyout, subcontracts and scope gaps
- Budget tracking, cost-to-complete and forecasting
- Change orders: pricing, negotiating and documenting
- Pay applications and cash flow
- RFIs, submittals and owner and architect communication
- Running meetings that end with decisions
Superintendent Track
- Daily planning and three-week look-aheads
- Subcontractor coordination and sequencing
- Jobsite safety, from an authorized OSHA trainer
- Quality control and getting it right the first time
- Daily reports and documentation that protect the job
- Leading crews and working as one team with the PM
12 Weeks, Start to Finish
Weeks 1–2Assess & set goals
Weeks 3–6Build the systems
Weeks 7–10They lead, we coach
Weeks 11–12Lock it in
Assess
Weeks 1–2
- Shadow your PM or super on the job
- Review the project’s schedule, budget and records
- Agree on clear goals with you and them
Build
Weeks 3–6
- Set up the tools and routines that run a job
- Work through live issues together
- Fix the biggest gaps first
Lead
Weeks 7–10
- Your person takes the lead
- BCG coaches, checks and steps in when needed
- Confidence and judgment grow on real decisions
Sustain
Weeks 11–12
- Make the new habits stick
- Final review with you and your person
- A plan to keep improving after we leave
A Short-Term Hire That Makes a Permanent Change
A typical temporary hire
- Fills the gap while they are on the payroll
- Takes what they know with them when they leave
- Leaves your team no stronger than before
The Bracken Way program
- Expert oversight keeps your project on track now
- Your PM or super learns while doing the real work
- The skills stay after the engagement ends, on every job they run next
- Leaves your team stronger than before
Why Bracken
- Field-built experience. Eighteen years in construction, from laborer, foreman and superintendent to estimator, project manager and project executive.
- Mentor and trainer. Experienced mentor and trainer for young construction professionals, and an authorized OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer.
- Formal training, real-world results. Master’s degree in Project Management (Construction) from Northeastern University.
- One person, start to finish. Your team works directly with John Schofield.
How We Work
- Advise. Plain answers on cost, schedule and risk.
- Represent. Your company’s interest, on your job.
- Serve. Clear goals at the start and a documented review at the end.
- One clear price. $18,000 for the full 12 weeks, with a log of every hour provided.
Invest in your people once. Benefit on every job after.
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