Full Lifecycle
Owner's representation across every phase of the project lifecycle — pre-construction through closeout. Cannon Consulting serves clients in Middle Tennessee and across the country.
As your owner's representative, Cannon Consulting acts as your independent advocate — protecting your interests, budget, and timeline from the first decision through the final handoff.
The decisions made before a shovel hits the ground set the trajectory for everything that follows. Most budget overruns and schedule failures are preventable — and they start in pre-construction.
Cannon Consulting engages early to validate your budget, stress-test your schedule, and ensure your design documents actually reflect what you intend to build. We ask the hard questions before they become expensive answers.
This service is particularly valuable for first-time developers, owners entering a new market, complex mixed-use projects, and anyone working with a budget-sensitive program where early decisions carry the most risk.
Site Feasibility Review
Evaluating site conditions, zoning, and constraints before commitments are made.
Design Document Review
Checking for constructability issues, scope gaps, and coordination conflicts.
Budget Development & VCalidation
Independent cost review to confirm estimates are realistic and complete.
Schedule Development
Building a realistic milestone schedule before construction begins.
Permitting & Jurisdictional Coordination
Navigating approval processes across Williamson County, Davidson County, and beyond.
Design Team Selection & Coordination
Identifying and managing architects, engineers, and consultants on your behalf.
Choosing the wrong contractor is one of the most expensive mistakes an owner can make. The lowest bid is rarely the best value — and an unqualified contractor creates problems that no contract can fully protect you from.
We run a disciplined procurement process that identifies qualified contractors, levels bids on an apples-to-apples basis, and gives you the information you need to make a confident, well-reasoned award decision.
Whether you're running a competitive bid, negotiating a GMP, or managing a multi-prime delivery, this service ensures the right team is in place before construction begins.
Contractor Pre-Qualification
Vetting financial stability, experience, capacity, and references before inviting bids.
Bid Package Preparation
Assembling complete, clearly scoped bid documents that minimize ambiguity.
Bid Leveling & Analysis
Comparing bids on a true apples-to-apples basis — exposing gaps, exclusions, and qualifications.
Award Recommendations
A clear, documented recommendation based on price, qualifications, and project fit.
Contract Review Support
Reviewing contract terms to protect the owner's interests before execution.
Active construction is where projects succeed or fail. Problems compound quickly when no one is watching closely — a missed RFI, an overbilled pay app, a two-week delay that turns into two months.
Cannon Consulting is your eyes, ears, and voice on the project during construction. We're on site, in the documents, and at the table — so issues get caught early and resolved before they become claims.
From ground-up construction and tenant buildouts to renovations and multi-phase projects, this service provides the continuous, senior-level oversight your investment requires.
Regular Site Visits & Documentation
Scheduled and unannounced site visits with written progress reports.
Pay Application Review
Verifying work in place before approving contractor payment requests.
Change Order Analysis
Evaluating every change for legitimacy, pricing, and schedule impact.
RFI & Submittal Oversight
Managing the flow of project information to keep construction moving.
Schedule Monitoring
Tracking milestones, identifying delays, and holding contractors accountable.
Owner & Lender Reporting
Regular written reports for project owners, investors, and lending institutions.
Closeout is where many projects stall — punchlists that drag on, documentation that never gets collected, final payments that become leverage. A poorly managed closeout costs owners real money and real time.
We drive the closeout process with the same discipline applied throughout — ensuring every item is resolved, every document is in hand, and every system is commissioned before final payment is released.
This applies to every project type — and is especially critical for lender-financed projects, occupied facilities, and any project where contractor relationships have become contentious.
Punchlist Management
Creating, tracking, and closing every outstanding item before final acceptance.
Closeout Documentation Review
Collecting warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, and attic stock.
Certificate of Occupancy Coordination
Managing inspections and approvals required for legal occupancy.
FF&E Coordination
Coordinating furniture, fixtures, and equipment installation with construction.
Final Payment Management
Ensuring retainage and final payments are released only when all obligations are met.
Owner Transition Support
Handing the completed project off with everything the owner needs to operate it.
Available as a standalone engagement for financial institutions and project owners requiring independent third-party oversight of construction draw activity.
When a financial institution funds a construction project, they need independent, knowledgeable eyes on the ground to verify that work is progressing as represented and that draw requests are supported by actual work in place.
Cannon Consulting provides lender-ready inspection reports, draw review documentation, and budget tracking for banks, credit unions, private lenders, and investment groups funding construction projects throughout Middle Tennessee and nationwide.
Site inspection visits at each draw request
Written inspection reports with photo documentation
Draw request review & percentage-complete verification
Budget-to-actual tracking and cost-to-complete analysis
Lien waiver and compliance documentation review
Contingency and change order monitoring
Schedule review and delay risk reporting
We have worked with Cannon Consulting for the past several years and have been extremely impressed with the responsiveness, communication, and attention that they have provided to Volunteer and our customers. Cannon Consulting is a great partner for the bank.
