Ongoing Oversight
The Person Accountable for Your Stone Scope
Some projects need more than a plan — they need someone who stays with the stone scope from procurement through installation, catching problems before they become compromises. Embedded advisory is ongoing involvement with a defined cadence, structured around the project's phases and milestones.
Ongoing Project Support
Embedded advisory means we're part of the project team for the duration of the stone scope. We attend relevant project meetings (or provide written updates on a defined schedule), monitor procurement status, verify that what arrives matches what was specified, and coordinate between the design team, fabricator, and installer to ensure design intent survives every handoff.
This can include reviewing shop drawings, conducting pre-fabrication meetings, and adding a design-led review of slab layouts so yield decisions also protect vein movement, continuity, and priority surfaces. The work is coordinated with the fabricator and project team around the decisions that matter most.
The engagement is based on the expected involvement across the project duration. Some phases require active evaluation and alignment; others call for monitoring and coordination. The cadence follows the work.
Ongoing — aligned with the project duration and the milestones included in the engagement.
Before
Embedded advisory typically follows a scope review or strategy engagement. For teams with urgency, we can begin embedded involvement immediately with a compressed onboarding phase.
After
Many embedded engagements include procurement management as part of the retainer, providing end-to-end accountability from sourcing through installation.
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