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Education Services

Plante Moran CRESA is affiliated with Plante & Moran, one of the nation’s largest accounting and consulting firms. We bring a multidisciplined team of professionals with in-depth, up-to-date industry and market knowledge to meet the needs of your district.

Our team includes: architects, engineers, construction professionals, LEED accredited professionals, CPAS, and attorneys who seamlessly become an extension of your staff. We offer unbiased advocacy to keep your project on schedule and on budget while you remain focused on your core mission – educating students.

Our services include

Enrollment Projections

Our enrollment projection methodology includes using historical pupil reporting in conjunction with GIS and community trend data within your District boundary that is available through the U.S. Census Bureau. We compare our findings with commercially available demographic information databases to project housing development, household/family migration, age groups, and social-economic factors that could affect pupil membership.

Facility Assessments

PMC’s multidisciplinary facility assessment team includes planners, architects, engineers, construction experts, CPA’s, and real estate professionals. Our focus is to provide independent advice in the areas of real estate facility utilization, site and building layout, building condition and future capital costs. In addition to the structure of the facility itself, we assist the District with the review of the educational and operational adequacy and operating costs.

Bond Planning

PMC’s multidisciplinary bond planning team includes planners, architects, engineers, construction experts, CPA’s, and real estate professionals. Our focus is to provide independent advice in the areas of bond planning. We develop a School District Facility and Technology Improvement Bond Plan to discuss facility and educational technology system improvement needs and generate an Assessment Report in conjunction with an implementation strategy based on curriculum goals and budget. This Assessment Report will categorize the areas of need/goals by: critical, deferred maintenance and enhancement.

We conduct building visitations to evaluate building sites and facilities including parking lots, athletic fields, building code conformance, electrical and HVAC system conditions, etc. to determine upgrades necessary to support the desired education delivery systems. PMC will meet with key staff in the Technology Department, instructional representatives and others as appropriate to define updated technology needs and provide input on best practices and technology trends seen in other districts. PMC will conduct site visits to representative buildings to review existing technology infrastructure and technology.

Application for Preliminary Qualification of Bonds: PMC will coordinate with the District’s Bond Counsel and Financial Advisors and prepare the Michigan Department of Treasury forms that are necessary for Application for Preliminary Qualification of Bonds. PMC will attend the Preliminary Qualification meeting with the Department of Treasury scheduled by Bond Counsel.

Public Information: PMC will assist the District to identify, prioritize, recommend, and prepare various communications to District constituents for the purpose of educating and informing the public on the needs and reasoning behind the bond issue. PMC representatives attend community forums to help explain the facility and technology improvement program.

Project Management

Building a new facility or renovating existing space can be very complicated, time consuming and expensive. Making informed decisions about construction delivery methods, space utilization, architects, engineers, contractors and furniture selection can be overwhelming for even the most competent executive. Our seasoned project management professionals advise you on every aspect of your construction project by providing up-to-date market knowledge, a disciplined process, and the highest level of design and construction expertise.

Real Estate Consulting

PMC’s multidisciplinary real estate team includes planners, architects, engineers, construction experts, CPA’s, and real estate professionals. Our focus is to provide independent advice in the areas of real estate and buyer and tenant representation services. The real estate portfolio is the one of the largest operational cost of any District. Our real estate and financial expertise allows us to provide market knowledge and alternative approaches to the District in the areas of expansion, consolidation, buying /leasing, or selling a facility due to changing parameters within the District.

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