How We Build
Project Rescue™
Your GC stalled, your loan is at risk, or your previous architect over-designed past the budget. 50% of the rescue calls Stephen takes start with a horror story. 24-hour response. He takes these personally.
What Project Rescue™ is
Roughly 50% of clients who call Stephen have a horror story: a GC who ran off with money, an architect who over-designed past the bank budget, a builder who stalled and left subcontractors unpaid with the lender threatening default. Every week without a recovery plan compounds cost and legal exposure.
Stephen takes every rescue call personally. The first step is always the same: tell us everything — what happened, what stage the project is in, what is broken. Pereff creates a written remediation plan, then steps in as GC or CMAR as the contract and site conditions require. One hard rule: Pereff will not enter a project with active litigation. If that is your situation, Stephen will explain why and walk you through the steps to take first.
How it works
Four stages from your call to full mobilization. We move at the speed the situation demands.
PHONE CONSULTATION
Within 24 hoursStephen calls. He asks what happened, what stage the project is in, and what is broken. No need to have everything organized — just tell us what happened. No judgment, no sales pitch. This is triage.
SITE WALK
Within a couple daysPereff team on site. We assess the as-built condition, sub and vendor status, lien exposure, city permit standing, and what it will take to complete. Eyes on — not a phone conversation.
REMEDIATION PLAN
Within days of site walkWritten remediation plan: scope-to-complete, revised schedule, revised cost. A plain-language picture of exactly what it takes to finish — so the owner and lender both know where they stand before anyone commits.
MOBILIZE
Upon agreementPereff steps in as the GC or CMAR, whichever the situation requires. Permits re-assigned or pulled fresh, subs confirmed, lender briefed. Weekly written updates from day one.
When to call us
If any of these describe your project right now, don’t wait for it to get worse.
Your GC walked off, disappeared, or ran off with money without completing the work.
Your architect over-designed the project past your bank budget and the loan is now in jeopardy.
Your construction lender is escalating — missed draw deadlines, default notice, or a flagged inspection.
Subcontractors are walking off or threatening to file mechanic's liens.
A construction error is threatening your permit or certificate of occupancy.
You are getting silence: calls unanswered, emails bounced, site unsupervised.
What we don't do
We will not enter a project with active litigation. This is a hard line.
If you are in active litigation with your prior GC, Stephen will explain exactly what you need to do first — typically working through a release, termination, or resolution of the contract dispute — and Pereff will come in once the contract path is clear. A new GC stepping into active litigation inherits the liability exposure, which makes a clean recovery impossible. Stephen walks clients through these next steps at no charge.
We don't use distressed situations to extract margin. Rescue work is priced fairly and transparently — the same way we price every other job. And we don't take rescue work we can't actually rescue: if the right answer is to terminate and rebid on a clean contract, we'll say so before anyone signs anything.
Frequently asked questions
What happens when you call, what Pereff will and won't take on, and how a stalled loan gets back on track.
What is Pereff's Project Rescue service?
Project Rescue is a productized Pereff service for owners whose current GC has stalled, missed milestones, is at risk of bond removal, or has walked off the project. Stephen Pereff personally takes every rescue call. 50% of all inbound rescue calls Stephen takes start with a horror story about a previous contractor.
How quickly can Pereff respond to a stalled project?
Within 24 hours of the call, Stephen does a phone consultation to understand what happened and what stage the project is in. Within a couple days, the Pereff team does a site walk — schedule analysis, subcontractor status, lien check, city status. The remediation plan follows within days of the site walk.
Will Pereff take over a project that's in litigation?
No. Pereff will not enter projects with active litigation. This is a hard line — it protects both the owner and Pereff. If you're in active litigation with your prior GC, Pereff will explain the next steps you need to take first (usually a release or termination), then come in once the contract path is clear.
What kind of rescue situations does Pereff handle?
GC walked off or disappeared mid-project. Architect over-designed past the bank budget killing the project. Loan in jeopardy due to schedule delays. Construction errors threatening city permit. Subcontractors walked off and need replacement. Pereff specializes in healthcare (dental, medical, veterinary) but takes rescue calls across commercial verticals when the math works.
Does Pereff fix the financing side of a stalled project too?
Pereff is not a lender, but a stalled project often has a loan in jeopardy. Pereff facilitates the bank relationship — rebuilding a credible scope-to-complete, revised schedule, and revised cost the lender can underwrite, then presenting that proforma so the loan path can be restored. Final terms are bank-determined.
Get Stephen on the phone
Tell us the project type, location, where it stands, and what happened. We'll give you a straight read within four hours — what we can do, what it will take, and whether we're the right fit.