About Us
Staff Qualifications
At C&M Construction Audit, our mission is to empower our clients with the tools, expertise, and transparency needed to protect their investments, ensure financial accuracy, and drive project success. We are dedicated to promoting accountability, fairness, and success in every commercial construction project. We do this by transforming complex processes into clear, actionable insights while fostering trust and collaboration among all stakeholders. We help you control costs during your construction investments while ensuring transparency with your contractors.
C&M’s focus is on quality work products, and we perform an internal quality assurance review on each assignment. This includes members of the project team reviewing each other’s work product for accuracy of computations, spelling, references, etc. Additionally, colleagues not assigned to the project are asked to perform a secondary review of the work to verify clarity, accuracy, and adherence to the requirement of the work plan. A final review of the work product is performed by the principal-in-charge.
Our team of construction audit professionals is a member or the National Association of Construction Auditors (NACA) and participates regularly at various professional organization events throughout the country. We have presented on construction topics at audit seminars for construction audit professionals. We have also help train members of our client’s internal audit department on construction auditing.
Meet Our Team
Paul Wallerus, CCA
Principal
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Paul started C&M Construction Consultants, Inc. in November 2003 after identifying the need for construction auditing and other financial related services on commercial construction projects in Minnesota.
Paul’s experience over the past 15 years has centered on accounting, auditing, and project management, with the last 12 years focused primarily on construction and real estate projects. Before starting the company, Paul was the project controller for the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage campus in Minneapolis which was over a $200M project with many complex issues and areas to track. As project controller at Wells Fargo, he created a tracking and reporting system that is now being used on all Wells Fargo Home Mortgage construction projects.
C&M’s first project designed the construction auditing procedures for the University of Minnesota. As a result of implementing his procedures and utilizing his skills as a financial auditor, the University realized over $2.59M in audit savings and identified another $2.68M in potential savings due to risk reduction and changes in contract language for future projects.
Jeff Sheriff
Senior Auditor
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With a degree in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University, Jeff has either managed or been a team member on over 75 projects from $100K to $200M with a wide variety of project types, contract delivery methods, and project owners. His extensive background includes preconstruction services, estimating, scheduling, project controls, procurement, contract negotiations, contract administration, project cost control, subcontractor assessment and financial control, quality control, and risk recognition and mitigation.
As a senior project manager, he directed and coordinated project activities from inception through closeout and maintained project budgets, quality, and schedules. He is detailed, analytical, and organized in identifying, tracking, and resolving issues. He actively listens and effectively communicates information.
Doug McCoy
Construction Specialist & Project Manager
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During his tenure in the commercial construction industry, Doug worked for general contractors on a variety of project sectors including small tenant improvements, non-profit organizations, public entities, education (K-12 through higher ed), healthcare, sports, data centers, R&D, and technology. In addition to managing the overall project process, Doug enjoyed mentoring and leading his project teams.
Doug has developed expertise in resolving construction and cost issues, working towards amicable agreements between contractors and owners.
Doug’s focus on safety, engineering, estimating, scheduling, cost management, operations, and overall project management for various projects has provided him a wealth of knowledge on project operations from project inception to completion.
Doug has learned that listening to the client’s needs and addressing concerns is key to achieving the best project outcome. He also believes that there is nothing better than having a client’s expectations met while executing a safe and successful project.
Doug graduated from North Dakota State University with a B.S. in Construction Management.
Eric Stern
Contracts & Procurement Specialist
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Eric has a BA in Construction Management from the University of Minnesota.
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