“From the outset, Burk & Company provided outstanding project leadership, building collaborative relationships with everyone involved. From coordinating the site logistics for this large‐scale project to providing unparalleled technical expertise and construction ingenuity, Burk & Company ensured that the integrity of the project was never compromised.”

John A. Miller, Chief of Engineers - United States Army Corps of Engineers

Project Execution and Assurance. Our offerings combine a global network of capital project and building experts with an extensive understanding of local and regional construction markets. Our comprehensive construction services span preconstruction and feasibility analysis, budget development and cost control, selection of construction partners (including public–private partnerships), and management of implementation and cost estimation processes. During the planning phase, we help clients develop a project concept that delivers the greatest value at the lowest risk by using design tools to drive project value and applying a project management approach to reduce capital expenditure. In the contracting and procurement phases, we help clients define a contracting model, select contractors, and establish appropriate contract delivery structures, contract terms, and incentives.

We challenge traditional approaches to productivity improvement and schedule management in capital projects, transforming capital strategy, project planning, and delivery practices throughout the project lifecycle. We have delivered impact in more than seven-hundred engagements, including work on twelve megaprojects collectively valued at more than twenty billion. Our unique ability to partner with enterprises and drive fundamental change is rooted in our independent perspective, a deep commitment to innovation and impact, and the depth and breadth of our expertise and experience.

We help our clients have the strongest possible starting point for their large projects by establishing a tailored procurement strategy, structuring contract-award negotiations to realize early cost savings and building the required management infrastructure. Our business acumen, on-the-ground experience, and comprehensive program and project management knowledge of functional operational topics—such as project origination, design, engineering, procurement, construction, and strategic risk management—uniquely position us to support entities involved in public-sector and private-sector projects and asset investors. Drawing on our extensive experience serving government agencies, and other public entities, we work to ensure stakeholders are aligned and project outcomes are mutually beneficial.

To help organizations apply the same analytical rigor to projects as they do to contracts, we have established a strategic approach to project due diligence. We evaluate five dimensions—technical issues, execution requirements, market factors, political and regulatory concerns, and organizational capabilities—against five readiness criteria: degree of project definition, degree of optimization, quality of risk assessment, planning for the next stage, and adequacy of resources. We help clients build governance models balancing cohesion and maximizing synergy while accounting for project risk. Our expertise spans the construction process: program and project financing, site development, design and engineering coordination, and construction. Our proprietary models enable us to identify risk, advise on budget, and assess risk mitigation and the implications for financing strategy.

We help clients implement integrated risk-management solutions and bring a risk–reward perspective to strategic decision making and day-to-day business operations. We share a structured problem-solving approach where all opinions and options are considered, researched, and analyzed carefully before recommendations are made. We focus on the efficient use of capital to achieve superior investment returns. We carefully evaluate investment opportunities across a range of potential market conditions and advance only those projects likely to provide long-term shareholder equity value. We offer both union and open shop construction services with the expertise, commitment, and reliable execution to meet each project’s specific requirements. We take our commitment to empowering unions very seriously. We respect the strongest union relationships in the industry, which we use to ensure employment and timely, effective project completion with the highest standards of quality. We help unions succeed in their missions for strong, safe, highly trained workforces.

We support clients in aligning architectural design and public use objectives with capital and operational expenditure budgets. To ensure the long-term relevance of buildings, we advise clients on the strategic use of materials and on design, expansion, accessibility, and sustainability techniques. We support clients in corporate asset planning and prioritization, financial projections (including value engineering), and facility operating management models. We collaborate with independent specialty trade contractors (experts in structural steel, mechanical, electrical, piping, and architectural precast concrete panels) and prime contractors (site development, excavation, energy and public utilities, cast-in-place concrete, and complex cofferdam caissons). We combine knowledge of individual asset classes—transportation, metropolitan rail systems, and airport terminals—with distinct functional expertise.

We support clients with every stage of the decommissioning process, from strategic decisions to on-the-ground project execution. We offer decommissioning and environmental remediation services including asbestos abatement, hazardous material removal, soil remediation, asset recovery, and site preparation. We excavate, tunnel, and construct underground infrastructure. We provide design and engineering for structural shoring and civil earth retaining systems in addition to consulting services for energy, oil and gas, and telecommunications industries. Our team offers support for new construction and installation of traffic signals, street lighting, high-mast lighting, fiber-optic interconnect installations, and smart highway systems.

We provide insights into the performance and costs of existing and emerging waste technologies and help public-sector organizations develop and refine integrated waste-management strategies. We also help national and local governments assess how recycled materials might contribute to resource-management strategies and economic-development targets. We help public utilities transform their operations along the entire value chain of water, waste, and wastewater by optimizing elements such as network and pump station maintenance, pump energy efficiency, sludge treatment, waste asset configuration, aeration control, and support functions.

We provide our diverse group of clients with specialty fabrication of structural steel; special moment frame systems; ornamental metals; erection of pre-stressed concrete girders; structural steel girders and trusses; post-tensioning systems; and fabrication and erection of structural tilt-up and architectural precast concrete, transitional masonry, and stone products. We have skilled and certified restoration experts with the essential knowledge and most effective restoration strategies. We offer a comprehensive range of concrete construction management services—including the scheduling and budgeting of conceptual documents, design and installation of form work, and placement of concrete. We also protect project sites by endorsing strict environmental protection practices such as proper storm runoff control of and full compliance with noise and air pollution standards. We have an emergency response team to cover our most extensive and demanding projects anywhere in the world. Clients measure our success based on the safe completion of work, increases in quality and productivity, and implementation of cost-effective solutions to their greatest maintenance challenges.

We connect boardroom strategies to the frontline—infusing technology where and when it matters to rapidly deliver lasting transformations through capability building. We deploy specialty inspection, maintenance, repair, and engineering assessment services that result in greater operational safety, asset efficiency, and critical reliability. We support federal, state, and local partners by complementing their capabilities to deliver quality products and services. From state-of-the-art research and judicial facilities to public works projects, our specialty trade prime contractors are skilled at bringing important projects to reality through public–private partnerships and turnkey development solutions.

We offer services to maintain refineries, construct solar power systems, and erect powerlines and substations. In electric power transmission, we help reduce costs, improve reliability, and increase customer affordability for large project portfolios; we optimize design, improve lands and rights processes, and implement lean construction techniques in major, time-critical corridor projects. In generation, we provide end-to-end support on investment projects across all technologies including construction of new power stations and refurbishment projects. We support utilities to capture value by ensuring projects meet business needs and are easy to transfer from the building to operational phase. We help clients develop insights into opportunities and risks, evaluate asset and contract portfolios, define their regulatory stance, adopt powerful digital and analytic technologies, build capabilities, and achieve operational excellence.

We help clients develop and maintain energy-efficient heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning products; respond to changing regulations; and identify cost-reduction opportunities. Our fire protection team provides turnkey solutions from consultation, design, and installation to emergency services and maintenance. Our consultants have perspectives on intelligent response fire and security technology and service operations in a variety of buildings, including airports and other large public spaces. We advise our building automation clients of evolving market conditions such as the growing influence of networking and energy companies and the importance of big data and advanced analytics competencies. We understand the intricacies of integrating technologies with engineering and construction; our capabilities include designing and installing technical systems for mechanical and electrical equipment and security systems. These multifaceted projects require a keen eye for detail, an elevated level of collaboration, a safety-first philosophy, and a commitment to flawless execution.

We offer fully integrated, end-to-end, custom manufacturing that features machine and system design, manufacturing, and installation. We have extensive expertise in the manufacturing methods and requirements of discrete industries including the automotive and assembly industries and mechanical and industrial processes, such as pulp and paper and bulk chemicals. To effectively serve our clients, we have formed a committed group of experts focused on machinery topics in many different sectors. Moreover, we help companies strengthen their core competencies in engineering and product design. The combination of capital reinvestment and an innovative, productive, stable, and safe workforce enables us to expand our core services and fulfill our clients’ needs on a broad geographic basis. We continually develop contract platforms and joint ventures to meet growing client needs for insights and execution. We blend these industry perspectives with time-tested business acumen to deliver superior results, fine-tune strategies, and uncover detailed customer insights.

Our wide range of capabilities and experience continues to play a crucial role in the management of complex, multisite programs. Our team of experts specializes in handling intricate architectural layouts and desired design solutions. Our roofing services include horizontal and vertical applications, composite wall panels, steel trusses, metal roofing, sheet metal, panelized metal-gauge framing, rooftops, parking deck canopies, awnings, and commercial roofing services and maintenance. We work closely with the nation’s premier manufacturers of glass and glazing materials, metal framing systems, and installation technologies. We provide design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of aluminum composite panel systems for the exterior walls of commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings. We offer gypsum ceiling and wallboard installation, taping, concrete coatings, fireproofing, industrial coating applications, and lead abatement.

Finish carpentry and furniture accessories are some of the final steps that require installation exterior cladding and millwork, laminate flooring installation, movable partitions, and trim around doors and windowsill, as well as fitting the baseboards, crown molding, wainscoting, chair rail and stair railings. We provide commercial wall covering panels, decorative murals, and fresco ceilings. We also provide custom casework and finish accessories for public and private colleges and university academic and residence halls, hospitals, primary care, laboratories, medical research facilities, libraries, performing arts centers, schools, including schools serving those with special education needs, corporate offices, and conference rooms.

Our commissioning professionals inspect and test client systems to ensure there are no system deficiencies. Our solutions combine advanced technology, proprietary data, and deep subject-matter expertise to deliver sustainable, long-term impact to our clients quicker than ever before. Our expertise allows us to quickly identify the internal and external issues affecting system performance. Our experts also set any necessary zoning requirements and balance air flow. This final quality check gives our clients the peace of mind that their systems are set up properly. Whether we are completing a research laboratory, athletic facility, or a center for the performing arts, our experience and resources enable a heightened sense of safety, quality, and production for each project.