|
|
|
Areas of Expertise
In each area of expertise, clients access comprehensive and integrated solutions that measurably increase shareholder value and minimize occupancy costs and risk exposure.
|
Property Tax Services |
|
|
Cost Containment Advisors works with its clients’ existing property tax structure to formulate and implement property tax strategies that produce fair, minimum tax exposures. CCA has a successful track record in the 38 states that levy personal property taxes on machinery and equipment, and in virtually all states that levy property taxes on the assets of utilities (including telephone, cable, and power plants that are assessed using unit or central assessment procedures).
|
 |
Manpower – CCA has recently expanded dramatically; it boasts resources in every major jurisdiction that levies these property taxes. Team members for projects are assembled from CCA’s cadre of deep experience by industry, locale and nature of challenge. Many of our team members are retired assessors that have a wealth of unmatched experience. |
|
Corporate Turnaround, Restructuring, and Interim Support – CCA provides corporate turnaround, restructuring and interim services for clients needing such services for limited periods of time. |
|
State and Local Expertise – The laws and regulations in the multitude of jurisdictions that levy property taxes are complex and in constant flux. CCA has established relationships with preeminent local experts in virtually all significant tax districts, and accesses these resources rigorously. |
|
Analytical and Market Data Resources – CCA conducts extensive market data mining to discern the accurate value of clients’ assessed property. In order to analyze such market data it accesses extensive, sophisticated analytical resources to undertake wide-ranging iterations in support of valuations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facility Management Service Delivery |
|
|
Cost Containment Advisors supports facility management activities in order to ensure continuous, efficient and reliable operation of buildings and property. This enables organizations to continuously meet their overall business objectives. It manages the following aspects of this area of cost exposure:
|
| Higher service delivery standards |
| Reduction of costs |
| Discovery of solutions for service "gaps" |
| Pendulum swing issues re: insourcing vs. outsourcing |
Implementation:
- Articulating desired service standards
- Deploying delivery resources
- Defining cost parameters
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real Property Services |
|
Comprehensive and integrated solutions to minimize occupancy costs and optimize the value derived from owned and leased real estate.
Functioning as an addition to in-house resource, Cost Containment Advisors combines top management perspective, skilled team building experience, and extensive knowledge of the real estate industry and practices. The process begins by developing a strategic occupancy plan and is followed by implementation. The major real property services categories are:
|
| Advisory Services |
| Transaction Services |
| Lease Audits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
