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Construction Management

CDM Smith provides full-service construction management solutions across the water, environmental, transportation, energy and facilities industries.

Karen Counes

Practice Lead

Karen Counes

How we support your construction management goals

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CDM Smith’s construction management services are centered around quality, reliability and safety. Our staff adapt our services to the project scale and needs of our clients, supporting traditional and collaborative delivery methods.

A six-step management
approach

CDM Smith uses the six-step plan which allows our teams to perform full assessments and effectively achieve project objectives.

Unmatched dedication to quality

Whether in pre-, mid- or post-construction phase, our quality-focused processes help deliver consistent and complete work.

Steadfast in safety

Preventing work-related injuries is an integral part of CDM Smith’s promise to our
clients and ourselves.

Proven reliability

We use tried-and-true best practice tools to manage all aspects of the construction process.

Construction safety: innovations in hearing protection technology

CDM Smith's construction management group is leveraging our R&D program to pilot an innovative method of hearing protection technology that improves staff and client safety while allowing for communication on active sites.

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Featured construction management projects

Always looking forward, we prepare today for the problems we may face tomorrow, guiding our clients through uncertainty and forging a path towards a more promising future.

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Kings County Hospital Center brick building exterior with "B Building" marked.
Kings County Hospital Center brick building exterior with "B Building" marked.
Brooklyn, New York

Energy efficiency upgrades made easy 

New York’s Kings County Hospital has improved efficiency and reliability through a carefully planned series of energy efficiency upgrades.

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Highway construction over river with vehicles and green forests.
Highway construction over river with vehicles and green forests.
Columbia, South Carolina

Transforming transportation in South Carolina 

The South Carolina Department of Trans­porta­tion (SCDOT) has embarked on the Carolina Crossroads project to deliver over $2 billion in improve­ments along the interstate corridor.

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Construction site with excavators and traffic cones on a city street.
Construction site with excavators and traffic cones on a city street.
Newark, New Jersey

Getting the lead out in Newark 

Newark’s bold response to its public health crisis replaced over 23,000 lead service lines in under three years, protecting residents and restoring trust.

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Aerial view of a construction site with cranes, machinery, and workers, surrounded by greenery and distant cityscape.
Houston, Texas

The US’s largest progressive design-build project 

Houston expanded its Northeast Water Purification Plant to 400 mgd, increasing its ability to support growth while reducing groundwater dependency.

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I'm inspired by positively impacting a client's experience by providing the right skills to help them create achievable solutions.

Karen Counes

Management Specialist

Karen has expertise developing and implementing engineering, technical services and construction program solutions in the transportation, water and power industries.

Related practices

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Architecture

Our architects and engineers deliver quality solutions that master function, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and aesthetics.

Federal Facilities

Resilient facilities enable federal agencies to maintain and enhance readiness to protect the nation. CDM Smith designs and constructs federal facilities and infrastructure around the world.

Drinking Water

Whether your goals are to unlock new sources, enhance the quality and reliability of the supplies you have or upgrade the technologies you use, we can help you achieve water supply innovation.

Water Resources Infrastructure and Resiliency

Forward-thinking water resources planning, design construction and operations means making smarter investments that lower life-cycle costs and provide multiple benefits. 

Water Reclamation

Whether your goal is to meet your permit conditions or to build a net-zero facility, we’ll work with you to find the right solutions.

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing & Fire Protection (MEP+FP)

We’ve completed hundreds of projects from planning and design to system start-up and commissioning, involving boilers, chillers, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), primary and secondary distribution, substations, power generation, cogeneration and sustainable/renewable energy systems.

Transportation CEI

Our construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services are essential to delivering transportation projects built to the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance.

Transit & Urban Mobility

We connect people and technology to build and modernize sustainable transportation infrastructure for the future, maximizing stakeholder funding and fueling long-term economic growth.

Ready to take the next steps?

We love collaborating with passionate individuals and organizations. If you want to talk about potential projects, reach out to our experts. If you're interested in joining our team, check our careers page for open positions or internships.

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