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Last updated August 2026
No. Hensel Associates, Inc. is an independent international construction management and development consultancy based in Corrales, New Mexico. It has no affiliation with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Greeley, Colorado. The two are separate, unrelated firms that happen to share the “Hensel” name.
Hensel Associates provides construction management, owner’s representation, development and master-planning consulting, forensic investigation, code review, and expert-witness services for complex building projects. The firm advises owners and institutions worldwide, guiding projects from planning through completion — on time, on budget, and to a high standard of quality.
An owner’s representative protects your interests throughout a construction project — managing planning, budgets, schedules, contractors, and quality on your behalf. For owners without in-house construction expertise, it provides independent oversight, reduces risk, and helps keep complex, high-stakes projects on time and on budget.
A general contractor builds the project; Hensel Associates represents the owner’s interests around it — advising on planning, development, budgets, code, quality, and risk. The firm’s role is advisory and managerial, providing independent expertise and oversight rather than performing the construction itself.
Yes. Roughly half the firm’s engagements are rescues — projects with structural failures, contractor defaults, or litigation already underway. Acting as owner’s representative, the firm stabilizes the project, brings in forensic teams, documents everything, and manages the work to completion, as it did for a 30-story hotel in Guam.
The owner, lender, or surety needs independent expertise fast. Hensel Associates assesses the true state of the work, produces weekly code-analysis and quality-control reports, coordinates forensic engineering where needed, and manages completion — protecting the owner’s position in any resulting disputes or litigation.
No. In more than 50 years the firm has never bid on a project; every engagement is negotiated on reputation and referral. Work is typically structured under AIA Construction Manager as Advisor forms, which give owners maximum flexibility and financial control of their project.
Yes. Attorneys engage the firm to assemble complete, logically tracked case files for construction litigation, and to support arbitration, mediation, and conflict resolution. The firm’s documentation process has repeatedly helped owners reach favorable conclusions in complex, multi-party disputes.
Hensel Associates specializes in senior-care campuses, hospitals and medical clinics, educational facilities, places of worship, commercial and retail developments, industrial projects, and mixed-use master planning. The firm’s experience spans schools, resorts, land developments, and water-infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors.
Yes. The firm conducts forensic investigations, code-review analysis, and professional expert-witness testimony for construction disputes and complex, multi-jurisdictional projects. This work draws on decades of engineering and construction-management experience across legal, design, and construction challenges.
Hensel Associates is based in Corrales, New Mexico, with a Texas presence and its principal now working from Michigan. The firm has delivered projects internationally — with experience in more than 70 countries across North America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
The firm has cultivated successful partnerships for over 50 years, with a global track record of complex development and construction projects.
In a build-operate-transfer arrangement, a project is developed and operated for a defined period before ownership is transferred to the client or public entity. Hensel Associates advises on BOT structures for infrastructure and development projects where phased delivery and operation reduce owner risk.
Yes. Specialty capabilities include dry oil-well to domestic-water-well conversions, transportable water-treatment systems (the subject of a U.S. patent held by the firm’s principal), solar and renewable-energy projects, and tire-and-rubber recycling initiatives.
Call the firm directly or submit the contact form with a short description of your project — type, location, and where you are in the process. A principal will follow up to discuss scope and how the firm can help.