Ghirardelli Associates Inc
Construction management and municipal engineering support for public agencies in the South Bay.
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Ghirardelli Associates Inc keeps a San Jose office in the Gateway Place towers off North First Street, a few minutes from the airport, where Raewyn Lelo-Butcher is the chamber's contact. The firm is a civil engineering and construction management consultancy that works for public agencies rather than homeowners: highways, transit, water and municipal projects. This listing was assembled from the company's own public profile and business records; the San Jose office details have not yet been confirmed by the firm, and its headquarters is in Roseville.
Services the firm describes
On its own pages the company presents itself as a multi-disciplined firm providing transportation infrastructure and municipal services to state and local agencies. The work it lists is the back office of public construction: program management for agencies with several projects running at once, municipal engineering support for cities that lack in-house staff, construction management and inspection on active sites, office engineering, constructability reviews before bids go out, claim avoidance during the build, oversight, and public outreach to the neighbourhoods a project disrupts.
A firm of this profile in San Jose is usually retained by Caltrans, the VTA, county public works departments and city engineering divisions, often as a subconsultant on a larger contract.
Engaging a construction management consultant
Public agencies procure this work through requests for qualifications, so the practical questions are about capacity and credentials rather than price. Ask which office would staff your project, who the resident engineer and inspectors would be, and whether they hold the specific Caltrans or agency qualifications the contract requires. Confirm the firm's small-business or disadvantaged-business status if your funding source counts it, and ask for the professional engineer licence numbers of the people who will stamp documents. Private developers working near public right of way sometimes hire firms like this for permitting and inspection support; call to ask whether that is a fit.
Bay Area footprint
From the airport-side office the firm can cover San Jose, Santa Clara, Campbell, Milpitas, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Sunnyvale and Morgan Hill, and the company also lists an office in Pleasanton for the East Bay. Gateway Place is just off Highway 101 at the Guadalupe Parkway, opposite the Mineta airport approach.
The San Jose line is 408-435-5503. If you work for the firm, the Bay Area Hispanic Chamber will pass the listing to you so the office address and contacts can be corrected.
Servicios
Típico de este tipo de negocioRunning a portfolio of capital projects for an agency, from budgeting and scheduling through consultant coordination, so that a city or transit district can deliver several jobs at once.
Acting as the owner’s representative on an active site: managing the contractor, tracking submittals and change orders, and keeping the project on the approved schedule and budget.
Field inspectors who verify that roadway, structure and utility work matches the plans and specifications, document daily progress and flag problems before they become claims.
Contract engineering staff for cities and special districts in the South Bay that need plan review, permit processing or capital project support without adding permanent employees.
A pre-bid read of the plans by construction professionals to catch conflicts, sequencing problems and unclear specifications that would otherwise surface as change orders.
Notices, meetings and hotline support for residents and businesses affected by a public project, usually required by the funding agency on transportation work.
Detalles
Ubicación y zona de servicio
San Jose, CA 95110-1019
Preguntas frecuentes
Típico de este tipo de negocioDoes the firm work for private clients?
Its published focus is state and local agencies. Private developers with work in public right of way sometimes need the same inspection or permitting support; call the office and ask whether the project is a fit.
How are firms like this selected?
Public agencies typically issue a request for qualifications and rank firms on staff experience, agency-specific certification records and past performance, then negotiate a fee. Ask which contracts the firm currently holds in your county.
Which office would handle a Santa Clara County project?
The firm lists several California offices. Ask whether the San Jose office or another location would staff your work, and who the resident engineer would be.
What qualifications should the inspectors have?
Ask for the professional engineer licence numbers of anyone stamping documents and for the Caltrans or agency-specific qualifications the contract requires, then verify them with the issuing body.
Antes de contratar
- Confirm which office and which named staff would be assigned to your project
- Ask for professional engineer licence numbers and check them with the state board
- Verify any small-business or disadvantaged-business status your funding requires
- Request references from agencies with projects of similar size in the last five years
- Confirm the current San Jose office address by phone before sending documents
Resumen en español
Ghirardelli Associates Inc es una consultora de ingeniería civil y gerencia de construcción que mantiene una oficina en Gateway Place, San José, cerca del aeropuerto. Trabaja principalmente para agencias públicas: administración de programas, inspección de obras, ingeniería municipal, revisiones de constructibilidad y comunicación con los vecinos afectados por proyectos viales. Su sede principal está en Roseville y también tiene oficina en Pleasanton. Para consultas en el condado de Santa Clara el teléfono es 408-435-5503. Los datos de esta oficina provienen de registros públicos y esperan confirmación de la empresa.
Compilado a partir de registros comerciales públicos que tiene la San Francisco Bay Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Las secciones marcadas como típicas describen lo que suele ofrecer un negocio de este tipo, no lo que este negocio ha confirmado.
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