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Design and Construction of a building, including the integration of processes within, is a complicated and costly venture. For most, this procedure is a means to an end, and managing the process is an added responsibility heaped on top of those daily tasks that represent their core business. At SKJN managing the design and overseeing the construction process is our core business.

(Rendering Sample: WaterSaver Faucet Co.)

Having an Owner's Representative throughout the process ensures that your best interests are served. The roll of the Owner's Rep is to monitor and manage the myriad of entities involved and ensure commitments are fulfilled. Architects, Contractors, Suppliers, Owners Consultants, Testing Agencies, and Permitting agencies are just a few of the many professionals that play a roll in the process of taking your facility from your minds eye to reality and sometimes having their own agenda which may not coincide with yours. We follow the entire process through from concept to occupancy and protect your interests every step of the way. We include you in as much or as little as you want keeping you informed through any number of reporting mechanisms.

Sander Kaplan, the SK in SKJN, has 25 years of experience in the Design and Construction industry serving in positions that represent every step of the Design and Construction process including, programming, design architect, site architect, construction manager, and project coordinator on projects as varied as the south expansion of the McCormick Place Convention Center (3.2 million square feet of convention floor space, meeting rooms, back of house areas, office space and truck dock), Motorola Cellular Facilities in Libertyville, IL and Harvard, IL (1.4 million square feet each including manufacturing, storage, research and development, auditorium, cafeteria, and offices), Hills Pet Products (240,000 square foot pet food processing plant including manufacturing, material conveying systems, storage and offices), and Jewel Foods Distribution Center (over 1 million square feet of building area, including offices, plant areas, storage freezers and coolers, and the integration of automatic storage and retrieval systems, and conveyor systems).

Mr. Kaplan has served as Owner's Representative for Eastern Illinois University including managing 10 million dollars in various capital improvements, Jewel Food Stores Distribution Facility including warehouse facility improvements, and is currently providing owner's representative services for WaterSaver Faucet Co, A laboratory faucet and valve manufacturer currently expanding and renovating their world headquarters consisting of manufacturing, research and development, material handling, storage areas, and corporate offices.