Growth and Scale Consulting for Construction Investments
Unlock the Full Growth Potential of Your Construction Portfolio
Are your construction investments fully optimizing their operations to achieve scalable growth and peak efficiency?
Are your portfolio companies leveraging technology like ERP systems and Procore to unlock their full potential and drive performance?
Is your supply chain strategy designed to minimize costs, eliminate delays, and maximize efficiency across your portfolio companies?
Do your investments need a comprehensive strategic plan to maximize ROI and position your construction companies for long-term growth and success?
Ascent Consulting provides private equity firms and investors with the expertise and tools needed to overcome growth challenges in their construction portfolios. From streamlining operations to developing strategic growth plans, we ensure your companies are positioned for scalable success. With our tailored approach and industry experience, we help maximize efficiency, profitability, and long-term ROI for every construction asset in your portfolio.
Learn how Ascent Consulting helps private equity firms maximize their construction investments.
Transforming Construction Companies for Maximum ROI
Ascent Consulting understands the unique challenges that private equity firms face when managing construction companies within their portfolio. Achieving maximum return on investment requires more than just operational adjustments—it demands a comprehensive strategy that aligns with your growth objectives.
Our tailored consulting services address every facet of a construction company’s operations, from workflow optimization to technology integration, ensuring scalable growth and sustained profitability.
Ascent Consulting Empowers PE-Owned Construction Companies to Excel
Our team of industry experts leverages decades of construction and consulting experience to develop actionable solutions that drive efficiency and enhance performance. From operational design and ERP implementation to supply chain optimization and strategic use of Procore, we provide the tools and expertise necessary to streamline processes and position construction investments for long-term success.
Partner with Ascent to unlock the full potential of your portfolio companies, creating a foundation for sustainable growth across the general contractors, specialty contractors, or residential construction companies in your firm’s portfolio.
Positioning Your Portfolio Companies for Growth & Scale
Operational Design
Our Operational Design services are tailored to help transform a construction company’s operational capacity and efficiency. Our construction experts conduct thorough assessments of business operations, structures, and financials to develop and implement standardized processes, procedures, workflows, and protocols.
This approach aligns the organization, enhances efficiency, and supports scalable growth, ensuring that each team member operates cohesively. By integrating industry best practices, we create a unified operational model that simplifies management and drives consistent, repeatable results, ultimately maximizing the value of your investment.
Procore & Software Integration
Our Certified Procore Experts specialize in helping construction companies maximize the value of a leading construction management platform—Procore. We guide businesses through every phase of the Procore journey, from evaluation and selection to integration, training, and expanded use.
Our certified Procore Consultants lead discovery sessions to identify operational needs and determine how Procore can optimize workflows, improve collaboration, and enhance efficiency. Through tailored implementation plans, hands-on training, and ongoing support, Ascent ensures construction teams fully utilize Procore’s capabilities, driving operational excellence and maximizing your return on investment.
ERP Evaluation, Selection, Pricing, and Implementation
Ascent Consulting specializes in helping construction companies leverage Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to support growth and scalability. Our expert-driven process ensures that your ERP solution aligns with a construction company’s unique operational needs and a private equity firm’s long-term goals.
We begin with an in-depth evaluation of your existing processes, workflows, and team structure to identify opportunities for optimization. From there, we collaborate to select and implement ERP systems that seamlessly integrate key functions such as estimating, financial management, project coordination, and field operations.
Our tailored approach includes defining essential software capabilities, researching and evaluating potential solutions, facilitating demonstrations, conducting cost analyses, and assisting with the final selection. Throughout implementation, we work alongside your team to provide hands-on training and ensure the ERP system integrates smoothly into daily operations, driving efficiency and enabling your company to scale effectively.
Stage-Gate Process Design
Our Stage-Gate Process Design provides private equity-owned construction companies with a structured approach to project execution. This process breaks projects into distinct stages, each marked by critical decision-making gates to ensure predictability, accountability, and efficiency.
Our experts work closely with companies to design customized Stage-Gate frameworks that align with business goals, minimize risks, and optimize resource allocation. By integrating best practices and industry insights, Ascent enables construction firms to improve project timelines, control costs, and achieve consistent, high-quality results.
Supply Chain Analysis & Optimization
Our experts help construction companies analyze and optimize their supply chains to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance operational performance.
Our experts conduct a comprehensive assessment of your procurement processes, vendor relationships, and material handling workflows to identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks. By leveraging industry decades of construction experience, we create tailored solutions to streamline the supply chain, enhance collaboration with suppliers, and ensure timely delivery of resources.
Fractional Executives
Ascent Consulting’s Fractional Executives provide construction companies and private equity firms with C-suite expertise tailored to the unique challenges of the construction industry.
Leveraging decades of operational and leadership experience, our Fractional Executive Advisors offer strategic insights and hands-on support to optimize financial management, streamline operations, and enhance marketing efforts. This cost-effective solution delivers executive-level guidance without the overhead of full-time staff, empowering construction companies to navigate growth, improve efficiency, and achieve long-term success in alignment with private equity goals.
Ascent Consulting Assists Private Equity Throughout the Investment Lifecycle
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Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence
Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence
We provide comprehensive pre-acquisition consulting services, including existing business operational analysis, market research, growth potential, and valuation assessments to ensure you make informed and strategic investment decisions in the construction sector.
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Post-Acquisition Assessment
Post-Acquisition
AssessmentWe work closely with new acquisitions to evaluate and optimize operations, technology, leadership, and design strategic growth plans to maximize ROI.