Project Management: Your Construction Director, on Your Side
Someone who has run a construction department, without hiring one
Most franchisors don't need a full-time construction department for every opening. They need someone who has run one. VEST manages restaurant, QSR and retail projects from lease signing to opening day as your representative, not the contractor's, anywhere in Canada.
What we do
Scope and budget from the building assessment. Tender package, contractor prequalification, bid levelling and recommendation. Construction schedule tied to your opening date and equipment lead times. Site meetings, progress reports and photo logs. Change-order review, with the engineer who drew the set deciding whether a change is justified. Landlord coordination and deficiency close-out. Final inspections coordinated so the fire department, public health and the municipality sign off before opening day, not after.
Client-side, by design
VEST does not build and does not take a margin on the contractor's work. Our founder led national construction for a franchisor for years, opening more than 200 locations, and built VEST around that perspective: the client's interest is the only one in the room.
For multi-unit programs
A standard reporting format across all your openings, one dashboard of dates and dollars, and a consistent contractor pool built up from bid to bid.
What you get
A fixed fee per project or per location, a named engineer on every call, and a store that opens on the date the franchisee was promised.
Tell us where you're opening next
Send us the site and the target opening date and we'll come back with a scope and a fixed fee. Email info@vestengineering.ca.