ABOUT US
ABOUT PORTER CONSULTING LLC
Specializing in construction and project management, Porter Consulting has been working with clients throughout California to simplify and streamline complex construction projects since 2006. We are comprised of a small and agile team of Project Managers with unmatched experience in the market areas of healthcare, commercial, education, and light industrial. Based in Sacramento, our team has completed a wide range of projects in the region while expanding to the Bay Area, Central Valley, Southern California, and beyond.
We recognize that each client requires a unique and specific plan to achieve success. We begin each project by understanding the client’s goals and expectations in order to appropriately set up the project and determine the method by which the design, budget, and schedule will be managed.
Our goal is to give our clients accurate information to enable them to make confident decisions at the appropriate time, saving them time and money while achieving their project goals.
- Project Management
- Scheduling
- Constructability Review
- Value Engineering
- Asset / Infrastructure Assessment
- Cost Estimating
- Sustainability
- ADA Compliance (CASp)
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Facility Management Consulting
- Licensing & Regulatory Compliance
- Inspector of Record (IOR)
An Innovative Approach to Our Client’s Vision
Our Services

Project Management
Our team brings decades of combined experience to your projects. Together with the key stakeholders from your facility we will determine the project goals and deliverables so the team hired to design and construct your project will have clear and precise deliverables. These deliverables will be reviewed and tracked over the course of your project, and, together as a team, we will steer your project through design, permitting, construction, commissioning and project closeout to ensure your construction experience is a positive one.

Scheduling
Scheduling is more than just activities used for construction; it is a map to success. At the onset of your project, a schedule will be established showing all key deliverables and dates as well as key decisions that will need to be made in order to meet your deadlines and reach your project goals.

Constructability Review
This is the cornerstone of the cost control process. We include in-house reviews as well as consultant reviews, when appropriate, to detect any issues that have the potential to cost the client additional time and money.

Value Engineering
Providing common sense value engineering is a difficult task. We work with our clients to understand the key deliverables and where alterations can be made without affecting performance, quality and long term maintenance costs. In addition, we will provide cost savings measures to ensure your project stays on budget while maintaining the original intent of the project.

Asset / Infrastructure Assessment
We provide a thorough and cost-effective assessment of your existing building infrastructure and systems to determine the current condition, efficiency and remaining effective life of the equipment to determine the appropriate course of action. In conjunction with the facility, we develop a plan of maintenance or replacement that meets your needs and budget while continuing to provide the environment and services your employees and patients require.

Cost Estimating
Our team will use up-to-date historical pricing and analytics to ensure our clients have honest budgets that are attainable and accurate. While most firms utilize general contractors to provide budget services, we utilize our in-house staff to create and maintain independent, 3rd party project budgets.

Sustainability
From small tenant improvements to ground-up projects, our LEED Accredited Professionals will help certify your project while improving your building's energy consumption, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, and indoor environmental quality. By applying our knowledge of the U.S. Green Building Council’s certification process we will assist you in determining which credits will apply while meeting your facilities goals of sustainability.

ADA Compliance (CASp)
We specialize in assisting facilities in achieving compliance with the intricate Federal Codes of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the complex California State Accessibility laws. Our team will assist you in determining where your facility is not in compliance with applicable codes and assist you in putting together a plan to mitigate your non-conforming issues.

Quality Assurance (QA)
We work closely with our clients to ensure that the product or service being developed is installed in compliance with the plans, specifications, and other project requirements at regular intervals and to minimize any defects before they go into the final product.

Facility Management Consulting
Our approach is centered on working in partnership with our clients to identify any deficiencies in their maintenance program which will help decrease repair costs, increase the life of their equipment, keep our clients within regulatory compliance (Joint Commission/CMS), reduce unnecessary repairs, and minimize downtime.

Licensing & Regulatory Compliance
We maintain strong relationships with OSHPD, CDHP, the Joint Commission and CMS to assist our clients in managing the code and regulatory aspects of healthcare compliance.

Inspector of Record
Our OSHPD Inspectors play a key role in the management, planning, and successful execution of projects which require working with decision-makers, project managers, architects, and owners on facility development. We will provide personal supervision of sub-consultants, special inspectors and/or material field testing technicians.
Our Projects
Our Team
Tyler Davis
Tyler has 20 years of experience in construction, managing a wide variety of projects in occupied healthcare, new hospital expansions, medical office buildings, office, retail, multi-use residential, light industrial, and heavy civil. Founding Porter Consulting in 2006, Tyler built the company by approaching every project as if it was his own. As the owners’ representative and construction manager, he takes personal responsibility for the quality of the project from the design to the final product.
Eric Schottgen
Eric has been in the construction industry for 15 years and has a breadth and depth of experience in all phases of construction. He possesses a scope of knowledge ranging from design, pre-construction, construction, to project closeout. With an eye for organization and detail, Eric has had success with numerous and varied building types including public and private labs, public buildings, assisted living facilities, multi-use residential buildings, CSU & UC projects, and more.
Eric’s focus on creating personal relationships and bringing out the best through solid teamwork produces an efficient and successful working environment for everyone.
Tim Smith
Tim has over 20 years of experience in management. With experience in artist, project, construction, and design management he brings a wealth of varied experience. He has worked on projects in studio, themed entertainment, healthcare, laboratory, university campus, restaurant, and retail. Projects in size and scope that range from completely new lands at theme parks to a restaurant TI. Accelerated schedule, distressed project recovery, and quality control are specialties. Tim understands that projects must be complete/open on time. He approaches his projects with a team mindset. Communication is the key to any successful project, and communication at all levels is Tim’s strength. With a master’s degree in Management, and as a nationally certified soccer coach, he revels in being part diverse teams and forming processes and dynamics that lead to success.
Zach Price
As Project Manager, Zach has responsibility to oversee the entire design and construction process. With over 15 years of experience as both a design professional and a construction project manager, Zach has both the training and practical experience to understand the unique perspectives of all project stakeholders, enabling him to ensure adherence to the owner’s budget, schedule, quality and safety expectations. He has expertise in the healthcare, mission critical and infrastructure upgrade markets, along with experience managing all key project delivery methods, including Design-Bid-Build, GMP, Design-Build, CM at Risk and Integrated Project Delivery. Zach is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California and a member of the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA).
Dave Ring
Dave has over 40 years of design and construction experience. After 8 years of structural design, Dave joined OSHPD as a senior structural engineer reviewing plans for healthcare facilities before his 24 years as Supervisor, Health Facilities Review over seeing architects and engineers to ensure reasonable, timely reviews with proper code interpretations. He also supervised construction observation for nearly 4 years. While approving alternate method of compliance requests he developed a good working relationship with Licensing and Certification often guiding them on difficult issues. Dave’s contribution in the development of Policy Intent Notice (PIN) 50, and experience with incremental, phased and collaborative reviews has contributed to the success of many large hospital projects considering LEAN and integrated Project Delivery principles. Dave has designed and constructed many projects where the need to quickly resolve design and construction challenges made him aware that ensuring reasonable, timely reviews with proper code interpretations was important. Recognizing California’s healthcare needs, Dave’s common-sense approach and good judgement while enforcing regulations through his OSHPD tenure have made him highly respected within the hospital industry as a valued team player.
Larry Gandelman
Larry has over 30 years of construction and commercial real estate experience. Having been an senior executive for two national design-build firms leading teams that were responsible for site selection, securing entitlements, architecture and engineering and construction, Larry has a deep and thorough knowledge of all aspect of project development and project management. These projects areas included the following vertical markets: Financial, Healthcare and Education. The projects in these three verticals ranged in project size from $50,000 to $75,000,000. Those projects have included corporate headquarters, retail installations, critical care facilities, state of the art educational facilities and a myriad of commercial tenant improvement projects. Along with his extensive experience, Larry has a proven track record of representing his client’s needs and fulfilling their budget and schedule expectations.
Nathan Chambers
Nathan has 36 years of construction experience. His formative professional years were spent building custom homes, followed by commercial projects like parking structures and hospitals. He brings a unique perspective to hospital projects, having been an orderly on the Code team early in his career, and then having remodeled hospitals while still in his tool-carrying years. Extremely well versed in the needs of patients and users within the facility during the actual construction phase, for the past nine years he has managed construction work effectively with all stakeholders as they continue the vital work of diagnosis and treatment. With his understanding of the language of healthcare, construction, and design, he cultivates and inspires confidence in the team as they pursue even the most audacious endeavors.
Daniel Rista
Daniel has 19 years of experience in commercial real estate as an executive overseeing operations comprising of acquisition, construction and property management. He is a versatile and entrepreneurial project manager with a proven track record of providing industry expertise and leadership to institutional investors and owners on various assets. Dan has worked on occupied healthcare, medical office buildings, mix-use multi family, assisted living facilities and offices that range in value from $10k to $90 Mil. His success is accomplished through his abilities to provide expense control strategies, organization, creative and efficient operational/project management as well as strategic relationship building.
Caitlin Siegle
Caitlin is new to the Construction Industry and is currently studying Construction Management Technology. She brings a fresh perspective to the projects she assists on and possesses excellent attention to detail. Caitlin is a solutions-oriented team player and enjoys the process of bringing a project to fruition. Seizing the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at Porter Consulting, she enthusiastically supports our Project Managers to keep things running at full steam. Caitlin functions as Tyler’s right hand and is excited to grow with Porter Consulting.
Chris Calvert
Chris Calvert has been actively involved in the General Contracting side of construction for the last 22 years before coming to Porter Consulting LLC. He has extensive multi-disciplinary experience in commercial, mixed use developments, civil infrastructure improvements, Department of General Services (DGS), public works facilities and commercial building construction. He has managed projects of all sizes from smaller Tenant Improvements to 20+ acre ground up job sites to ground up hospitals. His experience as a General Contractor gives his clients a real-world perspective of potential risks. Well versed in multiple project delivery methods including: Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Design-Assist, GMP and Lease/Lease Back.
Berke Turktan
Berke has more than 20 years of real estate development, construction, and design-build experience. He holds a Masters in Construction Management from USC, and an MBA from UCLA. Having delivered over a combined value of $2 billion in construction projects in Southern California, Berke’s prime focus has been maximizing land value, structuring development deals and building project teams to bring success to medical, institutional, and mixed-use commercial projects.
Prior to joining Porter Management, Berke developed and sold his own condo development projects. Berke has also worked with UCLA faculty and industry leaders on legislation for streamlining development processes and procedures in Los Angeles.
Our Clients
Testimonials

“Porter Consulting has been providing construction management services for the Wong Family for over ten years. They are incredibly responsive and have a team of experts to handle any challenge that comes their way. They have been a valued partner to our family and have provided the excellent customer service one would expect.”

“Working with Porter Consulting was an exceptional experience. I was fortunate to have a firm that was skilled, professional, and flexible, guiding me through a completely new process. I was impressed with the collegial relationship they demonstrated with the subcontractors which made the entire process seamless. My office is truly amazing and exactly what imagined. I would recommend Porter without reservation and still call them to this day for advice.”

“We have found Larry Gandelman to be an experienced professional who brings a sense of urgency and critical thinking to all real estate development opportunities.”

“Larry was prompt and diligent in handling any issues brought to his attention. He followed through on any commitments that he made and proved he was a person of his word. In my dealings with Larry, I found him to always be a complete professional and committed to providing the highest level of service to his clients.”

“Larry is very client-centric in his approach to business. He displays a genuine caring attitude about the client’s needs that engenders trust in the relationship. He is a pleasure to work with and I would gladly recommend him to anyone looking for a professional, results-driven, trustworthy business partner.”

“Our entire team has come to rely and trust in Larry’s word. We are confident that he will always go the “extra mile” to honor his commitment and that his integrity is beyond reproach. When faced with difficult decisions, Larry has demonstrated unwavering adherence to his promise to protect, serve and support me and ARHCU.”

Our Offices
San Francisco
388 Market Street
Suite #1300
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415.516.0202
Email: info@porterllc.com
Los Angeles
355 S. Grand Ave.
#2450 PMB #847
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: 949.514.5978
Email: info@porterllc.com
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