While all construction projects involve risk, building a high-rise comes with a specific set of challenges. Due to the extended schedules and critical path nature of high rise projects, small issues can exponentially increase in significance as the project rises higher. After working on hundreds of high-rise projects over the course of my career, I can anticipate and help mitigate many of these risks for lenders and investors before they close on their commitments to the project. Most of the pitfalls of high-rise construction fall into 13 main categories. I’ve listed these below, along with mitigation strategies for each.

May 20, 2026
Ken Sliter will support Partner’s growth in the Owners’ Representation & Capital Programs practice, leveraging his extensive experience.

April 28, 2026
Paul D. DeMicco, R.A. LEED AP, Architectural & construction risk leader, joins Partner to expand support for institutional lenders & investors.

March 25, 2026
During my 40+ years in business, both as a client and consultant, I’ve made what feels like millions of decisions. In the early years, my decisions had limited consequences, but as I moved up in the industry, decisions became more complex, sometimes even resulting in broad industry impacts. I've spent a lot of time studying decisions in order to try to make the best ones along the way.




