Built for multi-site programs
What does your multi-site construction program need next?
Answer seven quick questions about the work, scale, and where things stand. You’ll get a personalized starting scope with what to address first, where support can help, and three practical moves for the next phase.
Your answers are used to build your report. Contact details are only requested if you choose to save it or ask for a review.
What is construction program management?
Construction program management coordinates a group of related projects under one plan for budget, schedule, standards, vendors, risk, and reporting. For a multi-site organization, it creates one operating view across every location instead of treating each site as a separate job.
| Role | Primary focus | Typical scope |
|---|---|---|
| Program management | Outcomes across the full portfolio | Multiple related projects, locations, markets, budgets, standards, and reporting systems |
| Project management | Delivery of one defined project | Scope, schedule, budget, decisions, and closeout for an individual location or project |
| Construction management | Planning and oversight of construction | Contractor coordination, field progress, quality, safety, cost, schedule, and issue resolution |
Sevan’s construction program management services connect these responsibilities across complex, multi-site programs. The Scope Finder helps you identify which part of that operating system may need attention first.
When does a multi-site program need a clearer starting scope?
A program rarely struggles because one team lacks effort. Problems usually appear where sites, markets, workstreams, and owners meet. A clearer starting scope identifies that pressure point before the next phase adds more locations and more handoffs.
- The next phase spans several locations, markets, or approval authorities.
- The work repeats, but site conditions and local requirements keep changing.
- Permits, surveys, design, procurement, and construction follow separate schedules.
- Several vendors and internal teams own different parts of the same outcome.
- Leadership receives status updates after a schedule or budget is already at risk.
- The team knows it needs help but has not agreed on what a partner should own.
What does the Program Scope Finder review?
The tool uses seven plain-language questions to turn basic program facts into a practical starting point. It does not ask you to choose Sevan services or write a scope before you know what is driving the need.
Work and program stage
New builds, remodels, rebrands, technology rollouts, surveys, and assessments create different planning and delivery needs. Where the work stands changes what should happen first.
Scale and geography
The number of locations and states helps show how much coordination, local variation, and portfolio visibility the next phase may require.
Current pressure points
You can select up to two areas that are hardest to manage. The first drives the main diagnosis; the second adds context to the recommendation.
Ownership and support
The result distinguishes what your team can keep, where specialist help may be enough, and when one accountable program layer may reduce handoffs.
What will you receive?
A personalized program diagnosis
See the pressure point to address first, the program’s current condition, delivery complexity, and the outcome that needs protection.
Three practical moves
Use the recommended actions and operating standards in your next program meeting, even if you never contact Sevan.
A starting ownership model
See where your team should lead and where targeted, integrated, or accountable outside support may create the most value.
Proof from a similar program
Review a relevant Sevan customer example and the reason it connects to the sector or pressure point identified in your answers.
Why does program scope matter before the next wave?
One unclear handoff can become dozens of repeated problems when the same work moves across a portfolio. The purpose of an early program scope is to define the operating standard, ownership, evidence, and decisions each location needs before volume multiplies the risk.
Across 650 McDonald’s locations, verified site information helped reduce change orders from 10% to 3%, saving $21 million while the program timeline compressed from five years to 2.5 years. Read the McDonald’s case study →
Frequently asked questions
What is a construction program scope?
A construction program scope defines the work, outcomes, responsibilities, standards, evidence, and decision points shared across a group of related projects. It gives every location and workstream a common operating frame.
Is this a final construction scope or schedule?
No. The result is an initial diagnostic and starting scope. A final scope, budget, or schedule requires a direct review of site conditions, program goals, local approvals, available data, and current contracts.
Who should use the Multi-Site Program Scope Finder?
It is designed for owners, facilities and real estate leaders, program and construction managers, and advisors planning or delivering work across multiple locations.
How is program management different from project management?
Project management focuses on delivering one defined project. Program management coordinates a group of related projects so budgets, schedules, standards, vendors, reporting, and decisions support the same portfolio-level outcome.
Do I need to provide contact information?
No. The complete result appears on screen without an email gate. Contact details are only requested if you choose to save the report or ask Sevan to review the program with you.
Can Sevan support one workstream instead of the entire program?
Yes. Sevan can provide targeted specialist help, add experienced capacity across several workstreams, coordinate the program, or support integrated delivery from planning through closeout. The result recommends a starting model based on your answers.
Compiling your personalized program scope
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What this diagnosis means
Your first three moves
Operating standards to work toward
Turn this diagnosis into a working plan
Turn the diagnosis into a working scope.
This result is an initial diagnostic, not a price, final scope, or schedule commitment. Actual recommendations depend on site conditions, local approvals, program goals, and a direct review with Sevan.
