Managing Portfolios, Keeping Projects on Track — With People Who Can Do Both

A selection of two to four profiles is typically available within 24 to 36 hours. Three factors are key: the type of project, the project scope, and whether the person should have the authority to issue instructions on-site. From a network of over 23,000 vetted experts, positions in construction management, project management, and building services engineering can usually be filled on short notice.

No. We connect people, not planning services: construction project management, Property Management, Facility Management, building services engineering, and change order and cost tracking. Services defined by the HOAI and legal representation of the client fall under the purview of architecture and engineering firms, not ours. We clarify this distinction during our initial consultation.

The median rate across all assignments is €1,050 per day. The rate depends on the role and level of responsibility: an interim Facility Management director earns more than a property manager, while a construction project manager falls somewhere in between. Costs are typically 30 to 60% of those of traditional management consultancies.

Because a permit doesn’t mean construction has started. From January through July 2026, 148,800 housing units were approved—a 12.9 percent increase over the previous year—but the year before that, more than 35,000 permits expired because financing fell through. The decision to proceed or cancel requires reliable figures, and that is precisely why external expertise is often brought in.

The interim manager assumes a temporary line management role—in operations, construction projects, or engineering—with the authority to issue instructions and responsibility for deadlines, costs, and operational obligations. The freelance management consultant prepares decisions regarding the portfolio, in-house versus outsourced operations, and a restructuring roadmap. The technical expert provides expertise in construction management, engineering, or cost tracking.

Yes, and then the data is filtered. Anyone who has been responsible for facility operations is familiar with inspection deadlines, documentation requirements, and the consequences of a lapse. The questions focus on property types and system groups, not on seminar attendance—that’s the difference between responsibility on paper and in a real-life emergency.

Yes. Public procurement law and budgetary considerations also come into play, which changes the procurement process: Above the threshold amounts, direct contracting is not permitted. We’ll clarify the process with your purchasing department before making a proposal to ensure staffing doesn’t fail due to procedural issues.

Typically, with a notice period of 5 to 10 days, depending on the agreed-upon term. Because construction projects and takeovers have a defined end date, fixed-term staffing is well-suited to the project. Extensions are common when the takeover transitions into regular operations.

This is the most common question we receive in construction and operations settings, because we work closely with your teams and subcontractors. Before we begin, we work with your legal or procurement department to clarify the contract terms, chains of command, work equipment, and documentation. This does not replace legal advice.

The most in-demand roles are facility and property management, construction project management, building systems engineering, and maintenance management. In addition, there is demand for CAFM and space management, energy management, contract management for service providers, and cost controlling for individual properties and change orders.

Most of the time, yes, because the transition and regular operations run concurrently and involve the same people. A temporary external management team oversees the change in service providers, data migration, and the identification of deficiencies, and then hands over to the future management. Assignments typically last six to twelve months.

Each profile undergoes an interview with a relevant subject-matter expert and is evaluated against the job requirements: projects managed and properties handled, including type and scale; results achieved; and references from comparable mandates. The placement rate for all assignments is 95 percent.