“I have seen Gary involved in meetins where tension was strong and tempers flared – but I’ve never seen him lose his cool. I have seen him faced with multiple new ideas at one time – and remain open to each one. I have seen him express an opinion, be contradicted, and respond with a smile… He is a good listener, yet he can express himself articulately. He has good ideas of his own, yet his open to those of others. He is kind. He is fun. He is warmly personable. And he is very good at what he does.”

“I have employed Gary to be my advocate in a field in which I know very little, but stand to gain, or to lose, quite a lot. He has remained sensitive to my major concerns – the cost of this project in both my time and my dollars. He has regularly synthesized for me my options, with an accounting of advantages and disadvantages…. He has more than justified his fees with his expertise.”

“…Gary’s skills which would be beneficial to you involve the reduction of risk on your part and his ability to save you construction dollars. Gary has been able to save more than his contract fee in both of the projects that he has worked on in my personal experience. I can’t think of anyone who is more capable of helping you see your office construction project proceed…”

“After we were given the absolute ‘rock-bottom’ estimate, Gary went back to the contractor and negotiated some $40,000 in savings to us, without diminishing the quality of the project. Gary has kept the various players in this project happy, and more importantly, kept them on time and to the letter of their agreements. Gary is fanatical about efficiency.”

“He (Gary) has held a high bar to all the groups he has brought on to campus, as they ahve addressed the various needs of the school. Furhtermore, he has saved the school a lot of money through his expertise in scrutinizing each project bid. In this way, he has been able to help the school stay on budget without compromising the quality of the work we sought to achieve.”

“Throughout a unique and complex project, his attentiveness to project-specific details and hands-on approach made him a pleasure to work with. Gary always went out of his way to accomomodate us in an extremely timely and professional matter. No other owner’s representative could have done a better job.

“As an owner representative, we could not have found someone better to assist us through this process. I believe you will not be disappointed.”

“Throughout the project, Gary has demonstrated excellent technical skills and knowledge in all the aspects of construction management required for this project. He has been vigorous in representing and defending our interests, while being fair to the contractors.”

“The best money we ever spent was in hiring Gary L. Gardenhire as the project developer for our $2.9 million dollar building project at Soapstone United Methodist Church in Raleigh. Gary’s leadership has been crucial to our building committee, and his experience and professionalism have been invaluable resources…”

“In your role as project manager you certainly provided a value added service in overseeing this project, minimizing costs, and facilitating the work of the general contractor, Clancy & Theys.”