Program & Project Management
Overview
As a dedicated construction program and project management firm, we tailor resources, teams, and systems to deliver successful outcomes for owners at every phase.
Program management is at the core of what we do and has been since our founding in 1971. Our program managers integrate deep technical and management expertise to coordinate multiple stakeholders, control risk, and maintain budget and schedule alignment across every phase of the project life cycle. Our approach ensures efficiency without compromising scope, standards, or the owner’s project vision.
Our professionals actively study and contribute to advancing program and project management. Within our ranks are authors, licensed professional engineers, Project Management Professionals, and recipients of advanced academic credentials who bring rigor and proven methodologies to every engagement. We combine planning, engineering, and management capabilities to deliver measurable results across complex capital programs of every scale and sector.
Our program management teams work across diverse and demanding environments—from large public infrastructure programs to mission-critical facilities. These settings demand the highest level of planning and execution discipline, where uptime requirements, regulatory standards, and systems integration leave no margin for error. We combine proprietary technology, proven processes, and owner-focused expertise to deliver programs that meet the expectations of owners, communities, and the stakeholders who depend on what gets built.
Key Benefits
Unified Team Coordination: Aligns multiple stakeholders and project teams under a unified structure for large capital programs.
Proactive Risk and Cost Control: Applies rigorous methodologies to manage risk, maintain budgets, and prevent overruns.
Life Cycle Oversight: Provides consistent governance across all phases to facilitate schedule adherence and quality compliance.
Technology-Driven Delivery: Proprietary scheduling, risk, and program controls technology gives owners better forecasts, greater transparency, and more confident decisions.
Program & Project Management Services
Program Management
Integrated program management that aligns teams, controls costs, and manages schedules across complex multi-phase capital programs to deliver consistent owner results from planning through closeout.
Owner's Project Management
For more than 50 years, owners have trusted PMA to represent their interests and deliver capital programs that meet their vision, budget, and schedule. As the owner’s project manager, PMA serves as the owner’s consistent, trusted presence from pre-design through closeout, coordinating all project stakeholders, anticipating challenges, and keeping the owner’s priorities at the center of every decision.
Construction Management
Construction oversight from groundbreaking through closeout, including contractor supervision, contract administration, preconstruction constructability reviews, QA/QC management, and rigorous site coordination to protect owner interests.
Mission Critical Program Management
Specialized program and project management for mission-critical facilities—data centers, healthcare systems, power generation, and industrial operations—where uptime requirements, system integration, and operational continuity demand the highest level of planning and execution discipline.
Capital Program Advisory
Independent expertise that helps owners evaluate, structure, and improve capital program delivery by benchmarking practices and recommending strategies that increase efficiency and reduce program risk.
Project Delivery & Execution Consulting
Expert guidance that helps owners select the optimal delivery method, structure contracts, develop project execution plans, and align organizational capabilities with program demands to reduce risk and improve outcomes from the earliest project phases through construction.
Procurement Management
Strategic procurement support—from contract strategy and RFP development through bid evaluation and contractor selection—using proven processes that preserve project value and protect owner interests.