Cut cost
Bid leveling, allowance/exclusion detection, VE options ranked by cost vs operational risk, early flagging of scope that does not belong.
Owner’s representation
Jarvis Vinson & Co.
Owner’s representation for ground-up commercial and mission-critical work.
From capital plan through opening. We work only for the owner.
- Owner’s side only
- Principal-led
- Established 2026
- Chicago · worldwide
Owner’s side only
No GC work
No vendor or designer referral fees
Overview
Sectors: Retail, fuel, logistics, multifamily, data centers, power centers.
Independence is the product. Technology is how that independence stays current on an $80M site.
- Owner’s sideonly — no GC work
- Principal-ledevery engagement
- Est. 2026Chicago · worldwide
About the firm
The firm
Jarvis Vinson & Co. represents owners on complex commercial and mission-critical construction. Exists to sit on the owner’s side and protect capital, schedule, quality, contract, and operating standards from capital plan through turnover. Principal-led by Jarvis Vinson.
Principal
Jarvis Vinson is an owner-side construction executive with seventeen years delivering commercial, multifamily, retail, logistics, and large capital programs. As Vice President of Construction at Buc-ee’s, he led a $1.2–1.7 billion ground-up retail and fuel program across twelve states—seventeen projects at $70–100 million each—from preconstruction through operational opening. Sixteen of those seventeen projects opened on time, with direct ownership of capital planning, forecasting, procurement strategy, contract strategy, vendor selection, and change-order governance.
Earlier he directed large commercial and multifamily programs in Chicago, including an 80-unit, 12-story development, with a 98% on-time and on-budget record. Before that, at Walmart, he delivered 20-plus ground-up retail and logistics projects as a construction manager—general contractors, trades, architects, permits, inspections, and openings with Real Estate and Business Development.
The work now includes data centers, power centers, and other mission-critical builds where power, cooling, redundancy, commissioning, and energized dates decide whether the asset is actually usable.
How we work: field judgment, checked by software
Experience makes the call. Software makes the review faster and harder to game. Bids, contracts, schedules, pay apps, change orders, and supply-chain data run through AI-assisted document review, bid-leveling, and schedule-analysis tools before they reach the owner. Exceptions get human review. Noise does not.
Where the tools go to work
Manage risk
Live risk registers from schedule variance, RFI velocity, weather/permit lag, long-lead exposure, repeating defects.
Contract alignment
Document comparison of GC agreements, exhibits, GMPs, and CO language against the Owner’s approved terms.
Drive schedules
Baseline vs actual, opening/energized-date forecasting, critical-path alerts.
Supply-chain tracking
Long-lead electrical, mechanical, switchgear, generators, cooling, façade from PO to site.
Pay apps & changes
Draws and COs screened against installed progress, contract rules, prior approvals.
Mission-critical control
Commissioning matrices, redundancy, utility interconnection, integrated systems testing.
What does not change
Software does not sign the contract, approve the CO, or take the call from Operations. Jarvis Vinson does. No referral fees from GCs, vendors, or designers.
Credentials
BS Mathematics, Troy University; OSHA 30-Hour.
Services
Three engagement products. Scoped in a written proposal and SOW.
Project Advisory
Budget check, bid leveling, contract/GMP review, second-opinion audits. No standing site role.
Owner’s Representation
One asset, preconstruction through operational opening. Retail, fuel, logistics, multifamily, data centers, power centers, mission-critical.
Capital Program Leadership
Multi-site portfolios. Program governance plus per-site preconstruction.
Owner’s Representation — scope by phase
A. Preconstruction through GC award
- Validate capital budget, cash-flow, and contingency
- Advise delivery method and risk
- Support design and GC solicitation
- Constructability & VE at SD/DD/CD
- Procurement strategy and bid leveling
- Review contracts, exhibits, allowances, GMP
- Write CO and time-impact rules
- Coordinate permitting, utility, and power path
- Establish baseline schedule, cost log, risk register
B. Construction representation
- OAC representation
- Review pay apps
- Evaluate COs and time-impact claims
- Track schedule vs baseline
- Oversee RFIs/submittals affecting cost, quality, brand, opening
- Site observations and field reports
- Quality and safety to contract
- Long-lead coordination
- Keep RE, Ops, and Finance aligned
C. Turnover and closeout
- Punch through actual completion
- Commissioning and readiness
- Warranties, O&M, as-builts, attic stock, training
- Lien waivers and final accounting
- CO and opening milestone support
Deliverables
- Project execution plan
- Bid-leveling matrix and award recommendation
- Contract-redline memo
- Monthly owner report (cost, schedule, risk, decisions, CO log)
- Pay-app recommendations
- Field observation reports
- Closeout package
Site cadence
Standard: two site visits/month during active construction + weekly virtual OAC. Additional visits or embedded presence additive.
Exclusions
Does not perform construction; does not stamp A/E; not lender’s inspector unless separately engaged; no 24/7 superintendent; expert-witness quoted separately.
Engagements & rates
Effective 2026. Principal-led only. Fees in USD. Starting framework; every engagement is a written proposal and SOW.
How the band is set
Lower: one asset, complete docs, one market, part-time visits. Mid: $70–100M retail/fuel/logistics/commercial with brand standards and multi-state. Upper: data centers, power centers, mission-critical; live P&L; concurrent sites; incomplete docs; distressed job.
Commercial terms
- Percentage fees fixed to approved construction budget at GC award; do not rise with CO volume.
- Hourly capped by written NTE unless owner expands scope in writing.
- Retainers include stated site-visit count and report cadence; extra sites/travel additive.
- Travel, lodging, reasonable per diem at cost, no markup.
- No referral fees from GCs, vendors, or designers.
- Minimum advisory $12,000. Payment monthly in arrears, net 15.
Sample structure — single $70–100M ground-up asset
Option A — Hybrid
Recommended
Preconstruction $85,000 fixed
Construction $26,000/month × 14 months
Closeout $45,000
= $494,000
Option B — Full-lifecycle percent
1.00% of an $80,000,000 award budget
= $800,000
Fee does not increase with change orders.
Option C — Retainer only
$28,000/month from NTP through opening (est. 18 months)
= $504,000
Plus preconstruction $85,000 if started earlier.
Reimbursables at cost, no markup. Extra site visits: $2,400/day plus travel. Hourly advisory outside SOW: $300/hour with written NTE.
Start a project
Send the asset, the market, and the date you need to open.
Chicago, IL — projects worldwide.
Your first note should include:
- Asset type
- Location(s)
- Target opening
- Current phase
- Construction budget range
Request a proposal for a scoped SOW.