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Education
Schools, higher-education facilities, and campus assets across new construction and long-range capital planning.
The asset context
Understand what makes the project different.
Educational facilities must support students, staff, accessibility, life safety, indoor environmental quality, technology, and campus operations. Construction and capital work often has to fit an academic calendar or proceed around occupied spaces.
KOW supports schools, higher-education facilities, and campus assets across financing, construction, property condition, capital planning, and building performance. The assignment is organized around the institution’s decision horizon and available facility information.
What we look for
Read the assignment in the context of the asset.
Design, construction, operations, finance, and end users meet differently in every property type. For education assignments, our teams calibrate fieldwork and reporting to the property, the transaction, and the work the client has asked us to perform.
- Academic calendar constraints
- Campus utilities and infrastructure
- Accessibility
- Deferred maintenance priorities
Common assignments
Where KOW supports the asset.
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Plan and cost review and construction monitoring
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Accessibility plan review and field observations for campus projects
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Facility condition and long-range capital-needs assessment
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Energy, commissioning, and building-performance review
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Focused inspection of envelope, site, or major system conditions
Relevant expertise
Services commonly used for this asset.
Construction Loan Monitoring
Independent site observations and draw review for lenders tracking work in place, requested funds, remaining cost, schedule, and change activity.
Explore service 02Accessibility Consulting
Project-specific accessibility review from governing requirements and coordinated construction documents through field observations, issue tracking, and closeout.
Explore service 03Property Condition Assessments
Property condition reporting that identifies material deficiencies, immediate repairs, and expected replacement needs for financing, acquisition, and capital planning.
Explore service 04Capital Needs Assessments
A forward-looking schedule of major repairs and replacements based on observed condition, expected useful life, program requirements, and the planning period.
Explore service 05Building Commissioning
Design review, installation observation, functional testing, and issue tracking used to verify that selected building systems operate as intended.
Explore serviceClient perspectives
The questions change with your role.
Public & Housing Agencies
Physical-needs, accessibility, environmental, construction, and building-performance consulting for regulated, mission-driven, and affordable-housing portfolios.
See your perspectiveOwners & Developers
Technical support from acquisition and feasibility through design, accessibility, construction, compliance, capital work, and operations.
See your perspectiveConstruction Lenders & Equity Partners
Independent review of the plans, budget, draw, work in place, accessibility, schedule, and money left to complete the project for debt and equity capital teams.
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