San José-Evergreen Community College District issued $425 million in General Obligation Bond funds designated for building new educational facilities in the district and repairing existing ones within five (5) years. With the start of the Measure X program, SJECCD knew the occasion called for an improved level of efficiency, transparency, and record-keeping to manage over 100 capital improvement projects spanning four separate sites, 216 acres and 1.6 M GSF of Building Space.
Ft. Wayne Community Schools has a lot to do, and not a lot of time to do it. As the kids are sprinting out of the classroom and into summer vacation, Heather Krebs and the FWCS Facilities strike team are making preparations for eight weeks of intensive, heavily scheduled construction management, typically encompassing some 25 buildings strewn all over the district. This varied range of projects is overseen by a scant handful of people. Public funds and inflexible timelines leave no room for waste. None.
Jessy Milner and Jamahl Labbe of Front Line Consulting didn’t come up with their company’s name by polling a focus group. Their combined 34 years of Special Forces and Army Special Ops service included battle duty, direction of special missions, direct reports to the U.S. Intelligence apparatus and other mettle-testing adventures. The day Jessy and Jamahl returned to civilian life—trading uniforms for business suits—was arguably the beginning of their most critical mission yet. Founding Front Line Consulting, the former front line soldiers were determined to build a company whose rank and file were comprised of veterans to whom the word “can’t” was not in the dictionary.