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RAMPART Associates is uniquely qualified to thoroughly protect "your company's interests first", above everyone else’s in the planning and building of your new facility. Corporations utilize accountants and lawyers as a cost effective means of protecting their financial and legal concerns. RAMPART offers similar protection to growing companies seeking to expand their existing building or build new.
If your firm is considering moving, expanding or consolidating, your time and money would be wisely invested by retaining RAMPART which has the expertise to protect your financial building interests and take your project from CONCEPTION to COMPLETION. Your company would save a great amount of time, money and aggravation, while enjoying the benefits of a higher quality building, better suited to your firm’s need, both physical and financial.
Planning and building a new facility is very important and costly. It is critical that it be well thought out, analyzed and documented as soon as possible. Most of the cost savings on any construction project are realized in the early conceptual and planning stages – not in the bidding or construction stage. Therefore, the earlier you retain RAMPART, the more valuable we will be for your company. Let us become part of your Team in the development of your next facility.
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"A physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect
can only advise his clients to plant vines."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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"The most solid stone in the structure is the first one in
the foundation, the cornerstone."
- Kahlil Gibran
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Facility Planning Phase
- Feasibility Studies
- Economic Analyses
- Site Evaluation, Selection Analysis and Acquisition
- Site Master Planning
- Government Incentive Negotiations
- Zoning and Platting Analyses
- Cost Estimating and Value Engineering
- Own vs. Lease Financial Analysis
Architectural and Engineering Phase
Architects Evaluation and Selection Civil, MEP, Structural Engineers Evaluation and Selection Preliminary Design Studies Project Design and Planning Management Preliminary Specifications Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
Construction Phase
General Contractors Evaluation and Selection Construction Contract Administration Construction Management Scheduling and Budgeting Administration Project Control Budgeting
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"The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution,
which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.
To raise new questions, new possibilities to regard old problems from
a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real achievement."
-Albert Einstein
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| Our Projects - Partial List |
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| SPECIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY |
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| SPECIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, 135,000 s.f. Concrete Tilt Wall Construction, Rockwall, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
FALCON FINE WIRE COMPANY, 75,000 s.f. Concrete Tilt Wall Construction, Rockwall, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
KARLEE COMPANY, 125,000 s.f. Concrete Tilt Wall Construction, Garland, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
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| FALCON FINE WIRE COMPANY |
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| KARLEE COMPANY |
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| TEXAS BOOK COMPANY |
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TEXAS BOOK COMPANY, 60,000 s.f., Concrete Tilt Wall Construction, Greenville, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
PRECISION SHEET METAL, 25,000 s.f., Concrete Tilt Wall Construction, Rockwall, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
OMNISYS CORPORATE OFFICE, 20,000 s.f., 100% Brick with Standing Seam Roof, Greenville, Texas, Government Incentives Obtained
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| PRECISION SHEET METAL COMPANY |
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| OMNISYS CORPORATE OFFICE |
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| AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK - ROWLETT BRANCH |
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RAMPART project managed the construction of six (6) American National Bank Branches in the Texas cities of Forney, Rowlett, Royse City, McKinney,Crandall and currently Burleson.
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"The common law of business balance prohibits paying
a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you always deal with the
lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."
- John Ruskin
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J. D. Sims
President
jds@rampartassociates.com
Cell 214-912-4284
Over the past 20+ years J.D. Sims has developed more than $300 million of industrial and commercial projects throughout the United States. Our clients have included such firms as American Honda, Karlee Company, Levi-Strauss, Moulding Associates, Special Products, NEC America, Falcon Fine Wire Products, H. J. Heinz, Dana Corp. and Duracell Products.
Many of these projects were for our own account. Therefore we have a unique understanding of an owner's desires and expectations in a new facility. This valuable experience has given us a great deal of insight and knowledge in the overall development process from conception of the idea, site selection, master planning, interim and permanent financing and construction administration to occupancy.
Gregory S. Sims
Partner
gregsims@rampartassociates.com
Cell 214-708-6245
Greg Sims has worked in the commercial real estate industry for over 22 years for corporate firms such as Valhi, Inc., Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, and over the last 9 and a half years as Vice President for the Garland Economic Development Partnership of the City of Garland, the Garland Chamber and the Garland Independent School District.
Greg has assisted with Site Location, Site Zoning Approvals, and Government Incentives with such firms as Hillwood Investments, Sears, Prologis, SST Truck/Navistar, Plastipak Packaging, Simon Property Company, Kraft Foods, Fossil, Bass Pro Shops, Lucent Technologies, and Sanmina Corporation. Greg assisted The Garland Economic Development Partnership in increasing the Garland Tax Base by over $1 billion in value and 13,000 jobs within the last 10 years.
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"Know ye not that they which run in a race all run,
but that only one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may win."
- I Corinthians 9:24
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