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Protecting public and private money is a passion for DAY CPM Services.

The Beaverton-based firm, which is serving as owner’s representative for several projects throughout Oregon and Washington, uses an integrated project delivery approach to keep costs down from start to finish, senior principal Mike Day said.

The approach provides an incentive for all construction team members to get the job done by collaborating and making the most efficient use of resources, ultimately ensuring projects are delivered on budget, on time and with high quality, Day said.

“Really, what we do is manage and deliver projects successfully, so the client is getting the best value,” he said. “At the end of the project, we want to be sure that everyone is shaking hands and saying, ‘What’s the next project we are going to do?’ ”

Day started the company in 2002 after a career as a contractor because he saw the need for strong owner’s representation in both public and private projects, he said.

Among DAY CPM’s most high-profile projects are the Collaborative Life Sciences Building and Skourtes Tower project in the South Waterfront District, the Portland Community College bond program and the new Multnomah County Courthouse facility.

The time needed to build the $295 million, 650,000-square-foot Collaborative Life Sciences Building was cut in half thanks to more collaboration throughout the project, DAY CPM principal Joshua Dodson said.

Teams used kiosks with Web-based real-time cloud software that allowed them to read documents in real time. That also meant that architects and builders were working in the same space, designing and building on the fly.

“We have to kind of get out of the comfort process,” he said. “Everything is streamlined. Everyone’s working out of the same area. Instead of having to travel an hour and a half to meet with the architect, they can walk down the hall and he’s right there.”

DAY CPM also brought together the owners of the project, which was a joint venture between the Oregon University System, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University and Oregon State University.

“We’ll get national awards for what we accomplished in that project,” Day said. “It was an inter-institutional effort that will bring all the different parties together under one roof.”