Alexia Nalewaik MRICS CCE announces the launch of QS Requin Corporation
10/07/2009 20:43
New quantity surveying firm and management consultancy based in Southern California and Washington DC area
NEW YORK – October 7, 2009 – Alexia Nalewaik MRICS has announced the full launch of QS Requin Corporation. She brings more than 17 years experience in construction cost management to her new company and this leadership role. Industries served include manufacturing (food & beverage, automotive, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, semiconductor), healthcare, higher education, hospitality, and laboratories. She was most recently associated with the construction audit practice at Moss Adams LLP; the risk analysis group at Faithful+Gould; and Deloitte’s real estate and cost segregation divisions. Her specialty is in cost management, risk analysis, audit, claims, owner’s agent, and complex capital program delivery. Now she has established QS Requin Corporation to provide cost avoidance and mitigation services to clients across the country and internationally. “I’ve been looking to build up this type of practice for a long time,” Alexia said. “The visibility I’ve gained by being active in membership associations like RICS has helped me raise my profile. Through serving the associations I saw the benefit of reaching beyond my firms and clients for networking. I couldn’t have done this five years ago, before I became active as a member,” she said. Alexia’s team includes industry leaders who are members of professional and technical associations. She characterizes them as problem-solvers skilled in current and emerging best practices, and proven methods in project controls and capital program management. They specialize in estimating, scheduling, accounting, legal, architecture, LEED and more. “My teams are built from a loose network I’ve developed over the years,” she explained. “Some of these people I worked with in the past, sometimes as their employee, sometimes as a supervisor. I have come across great people through the professional associations – and others were picked up in unlikely places.” Alexia is a long-distance swimmer, and the swim team she trains with at CalTech happens to have some great minds So why now and why this kind of practice? “I saw the need for a greater breadth of service for clients,” she explained. “If I see something that needs fixing, I can’t stop until it is set right. I really enjoy auditing, but on engagements I found so many things I wanted to improve but couldn’t do without compromising my independence as an auditor. Now I can provide a diversity of services and maintain some third party independence.” The clients coming to her now are owners who have a specific concern they want to manage or understand, have a sense that their construction program performance could be better, or require specific short-term expertise. “There are new pressures in this economy. And, on big construction projects, inefficiencies and controls gaps are magnified – often in an embarrassingly public fashion. These owners have a feeling that something isn’t quite right, and they are looking for advice and guidance,” she noted. “We are the trusted advisors who jump in, address the situation, and depart. In the end, it all comes down to establishing a strong contract, implementing appropriate controls to keep things on track and on budget, and then of course claims and change management. It may sound straightforward, but these are the keys that make the difference in capital program success.” QS Requin Corporation offers:
For more information, please visit the website www.qsrequin.com. About RICS & RICS Americas RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 professionals in property, land, construction and related environmental issues. RICS Americas, based in New York and covering North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, has more than 3,000 members in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, valuation and fine arts appraisal. For further information visit www.ricsamericas.org or e-mail ricsamericas@rics.org. |