Owner's Representative Services for Energy Projects
Somos provides owner’s representative services for energy projects, putting an experienced team on your side of the table. We oversee your EPC contractor, schedule, budget, and quality from preconstruction through commissioning, so the decisions that affect your capital are made with your interests first.
Your Internal Energy Team, Without the Overhead
Most developers and asset owners don’t keep a full engineering and construction management staff on payroll between projects. That gap is where risk hides. A contractor’s incentives aren’t always yours, and a change order that looks routine can push back your commercial operation date or cut into your returns.
As your owner’s representative, Somos fills that seat. We review the contract, track the work, and push back when something doesn’t add up. You get the oversight of an in-house team, led by people who have engineered, procured, and built energy projects themselves.
- Contractor Oversight
- Schedule & Cost Control
- Risk Mitigation
- Quality & Safety Assurance
Advocates. Engineers. Builders. On Your Side.
Owner’s representation works best when the people representing you have done the work. Somos brings hands-on EPC experience to every engagement, so we know where energy projects go sideways and what to watch before they do.
Contract & Bid Review
Evaluate EPC proposals, scope, and terms before you sign, including how change orders get priced and approved.
Design & Engineering Review
Check drawings, specifications, and constructability against your performance and budget targets.
Procurement Oversight
Identify long-lead equipment early and confirm orders protect the critical path.
Schedule Management
Track progress against a critical-path schedule built in Oracle Primavera P6.
Cost Control & Change Orders
Quantify each change's impact before it's approved, backed by earned value tracking and a running estimate at completion.
Quality & Safety Oversight
Site inspections and QA/QC reviews that catch issues before they stop work.
Stakeholder Coordination
Keep the contractor, utility, lenders, and your team working from the same information.
Commissioning & Closeout
Verify testing, punch lists, and turnover documents so the asset is ready for commercial operation.
How Owner's Representation Works
We step in as early as you’ll let us and stay through turnover. Each phase has its own risks, and our role shifts to match them.
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Preconstruction
Review feasibility, budget, and the EPC bid package, then help you select a contractor on value, not just the lowest number.
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Procurement
Confirm long-lead items are ordered on time and that equipment meets spec and schedule.
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Construction
Track cost, schedule, and quality on site and report back to you in plain terms.
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Commissioning
Verify testing and closeout so the project reaches commercial operation ready to perform.
Why Developers Choose Somos as Their Owner's Rep
We’ve sat in the contractor’s seat. Somos delivers EPC projects, so we know how bids are built, where cost risk hides, and which shortcuts show up later as downtime. That experience is what makes our oversight useful instead of procedural.
Too many energy projects are won on the lowest bid and made up on change orders. Changes are a normal part of construction. They should still be justified, priced fairly, and approved by you before they hit the baseline. That’s the standard we hold your contractor to.
Our leadership stays reachable. Our CEO has spent 30 years in the energy industry, including running a nuclear power plant and building more than $3.5 billion in solar projects. He and our engineering leadership stay involved after the contract is signed, so you never get handed off when a project gets complicated.
Owner's Representation FAQs
What is an owner's representative?
An owner’s representative manages a construction project on the owner’s behalf. On an energy project, that means overseeing the EPC contractor, schedule, budget, quality, and contract compliance, so you have expert eyes on the work without building an in-house team.
What does an owner's representative do on an energy project?
The work covers bid and contract review, procurement and long-lead equipment tracking, schedule and cost control, change order review, quality and safety inspections, and commissioning. The goal is to catch problems while they’re still inexpensive to fix.
How is an owner's representative different from an EPC contractor?
The EPC contractor designs, procures, and builds the project. The owner’s representative works for you and holds that contractor accountable to the contract, schedule, and budget.
What's the difference between an owner's representative and an owner's engineer?
An owner’s engineer focuses on technical review, such as design, equipment specifications, and performance testing. An owner’s representative covers that ground plus the commercial side: contracts, schedule, cost, and coordination. Some projects use both.
When should we bring in an owner's representative?
Before the EPC contract goes out to bid, if possible. Preconstruction decisions lock in most of a project’s cost and schedule risk, and they’re the hardest to change later.
How much does an owner's representative cost?
Fees depend on project size, complexity, and how involved you want us to be. Share your project details through the form below and we’ll put together a scoped proposal.
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