WRL Consultants offers a variety of customized consulting services to design and construction firms. Centered on a firm’s business components, the services often touch on a firm’s overall strategy, financial success, project management efforts, organizational structure, and human resources management.
A sample of some of the services that the firm offers to architecture, engineering, and construction firms include:
Strategic Planning
A comprehensive, actionable strategic plan is the basis of success for all AEC firms; however, many design and construction firms lack the research and resources to create and implement a plan that will take the company to the next level.
WRL Consultants works with a firm to assess their current strategic competitive advantages as well as develop new ones in response to the interpretation of current and future trends that will lead to opportunities. Organizational structure, firm culture, financial goals, and industry benchmarks are all considered and incorporated into a comprehensive plan that is jointly-developed with actionable and measurable activities that can be monitored to confirm success or suggest refinement.
Strategic Hire Assistance
In today’s tight workforce environment, the strength and capabilities of individuals are directly tied to the success of a design or construction firm. Based on a senior human resource need determined through natural attrition, strategic planning, or organic company growth, WRL Consultants assists AEC firms with identifying the individual(s) with the greatest potential for success.
Whether the gap is recognized in the C-suite, within the ranks of senior project managers, in a business development capacity, or at a regional manager position, WRL Consultants is able to provide comprehensive assistance to confirm that a firm’s strategic hire has the tools to be successful in the role. Developing comprehensive job descriptions, vetting candidates through initial interviews, performing reference checks, and presenting a short-list of highly-recommended candidates are all services that are provided.
Deliverable Assistance
In order for an AEC firm to grow, they must continue to stretch their reach in terms of the size and complexity of opportunities that they pursue – and win! Unfortunately, these design and construction firms often lack the time and resources to be successful in a highly-competitive environment.
WRL Consultants addresses this challenge by offering assistance to design and construction firms with the opportunity deliverables – proposals and presentations – that must be concise, technically-accurate, professionally-delivered, and focused on a client’s deciding factors. Assisting firms with developing content that effectively addresses a client’s key issues as well as coaching the delivery of that information when a presentation is required are just a few of the services that WRL Consultants can provide.
Marketing Advisement
The tools used for marketing and business development in the AEC industry are rapidly evolving and multiplying! Unless a design or construction firm implements the most targeted processes and employs the most efficient and cost-effective tools, they often fall behind their competition and reduce their rate of success.
Depending on the firm’s specific needs, WRL Consultants can assist and advise them on a number of topics and activities. From advising a firm on an appropriate CRM system or developing a social media methodology to organizing a firm’s business development effort for the most cost-effective approach, WRL Consultants can assist a firm with applying the most current trends and tools to maximize the success of a firm’s marketing and business development effort.