Can-do project managers. (Profile of the Week: Gardiner & Theobald Project Managers).Project manager Gardiner & Theobald offers a full service antidote to the angst that large-scale projects inevitably trigger. By teaming up their clients with experts in various fields, the firm can successfully navigate complex projects while troubleshooting along the way. Some of the project managers at G & T's disposal include building economists, chartered surveyors, architects, civil/structural/mechanical/electrical engineers/project schedulers and accountants. The firm has worked with U.S. clients for over 10 years, and their clients include Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. , The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Yves Saint Laurent Saint Lau·rent or Saint-Lau·rent A city of southern Quebec, Canada, an industrial suburb of Montreal. Population: 77,391. and Brown Brothers Harriman. G & T recently finished a 20-floor fit-out for the new Brown Brothers Harriman headquarters at 140 Broadway. The project marked one of the first major interior renovations in lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North since Sept. 11 of last year. BBH BBH Brown Brothers Harriman (investment bank) BBH Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty (advertising agency) BBH Bouncing Busy Hour BBH Blueback Herring (FAO fish species code) will soon have 1,000 employees working here. "We were approached by Brown Brothers Harriman back in February of 2001. Right now the firm is leasing space at 63 Wall St.," said John Forster For the Irish lawyer, see . For the British surgeon, see . John Forster (April 2, 1812 – February 2, 1876), was an English biographer and critic. He was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. , director of Gardiner & Theobald. Forster assembles a project team, works out a budget and makes certain that--when all is said and done--the project does not exceed that initial budget. How they do it is through communication--not only with their client, but also within their organization. "We save our clients money by taking the risk out of a proposal," said Marcy Stein, senior project manager at Gardiner & Theobald. While it may never be possible to extract all of the risk from any task, large or small, Stein credits her team of experts as one hedge against it. She also identified the firm's independent status as a major asset since, unlike other project managers, Gardiner & Theobald is not allied with specific contractors, architects or construction firms. "Every job is therefore custom for us. We're not afraid We're not Afraid! is a website which was created just hours after the 7 July 2005 London bombings as a place for Internet users from around the world to state that they were not being intimidated by the actions of the terrorists. to take people off a job, if need be," said Forster. A full 80% of the firm's business is repeat. With 2,500 staff scattered throughout the world, the firm has a deep pool of resources to draw on. Here in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. the firm is engaged in myriad large-scale fit outs and interior reconstructions. In Brooklyn, the firm worked on the Chase's MetroTech office, a 2 million-SF job. On the retail side, the firm spearheaded Gucci's interior transformation on Fifth Avenue. The list could go on, as could the description of what Gardiner & Theobald can do for its clients. "We even do yachts," said Forster. |
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