About Us

Welcome to Lakeland Consulting Inc.

An entrepreneurial provider of professional services that offers a unique promise of value and personal attention to all projects.

Since 2007, Lakeland Consulting Inc. has been successfully providing Commercial Management Expertise to the construction industry from project inception to completion. We have assisted owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, insurers, legal counsel and other clients in providing oversight and addressing key issues in a logical and results-based manner. Lakeland Consulting Inc. continues to build its reputation on successfully providing timely advice, actionable strategies and quality deliverables to meet the requirements of our clients.

Business Objectives

Services

To provide our clients with Commercial Management Expertise, including Business Improvement, Contract Management, Dispute Resolution and Knowledge Share services.

Vision

To communicate the principles and values of Commercial Management and establish Lakeland Consulting Inc. as the pre-eminent provider of Commercial Management Expertise in Canada through delivery and knowledge share.

Mission

To provide Commercial Management Expertise to maximize improvement opportunities and achieve our clients' commercial, contractual, business and ethical interests.

Value

To provide specific service offerings during the opportunity realization, pre-contract, execution and close out phases of construction projects with corresponding outcome deliverables.

Conduct

To act with integrity, provide an industry standard of service, promote trust, treat others with respect, take responsibility and uphold confidentiality, in accordance with our Professional Code of Conduct.

Regulation

To ensure that services provided to our clients are regulated by an internationally recognized professional body. We are proud to have achieved such regulation.

Affiliations

To continue to advance local and international affiliations in a manner that contributes to a sustainable profession.

Inclusion

To continue to develop a workplace that both cultivates and fosters diversity, inclusivity and access, in accordance with our Codes of Conduct for Inclusivity and Accessibility.

Founder's Message

“The construction industry continues to attract many challenges, with an increase in competition and demanding constraints on schedule and budget. This requires a heightened awareness of commercial and contractual approaches.

 

In parallel with increasing demands to achieve business expectations, the construction industry continues to suffer a shortage of in-house expertise to objectively assess approaches to business practices and situations.

 

Lakeland is an established consulting firm with subject matter expertise in commercial management that provides a structured approach to reviewing issues and opportunities, recommending approaches and implementing solutions.

 

Our impressive growth since our formation in 2007 is a function of our success in combining our entrepreneurial approach with our subject matter expertise, which has resulted in repeat business from clients who have welcomed new approaches.

 

We have established a code of conduct founded on the utmost integrity, providing an ethical and high standard of service, promoting trust, treating others with respect, taking responsibility and upholding confidentiality.”

Leadership

Arif Ghaffur

Founder & Chair

BSc(Hons), PQS(F), MCIArb, FRICS

Richard Fogarasi

President

MBA, BASc (Hons), P.Eng

Daniel Josiah

Vice President, Contracts & Commercial

BSc(Hons), PQS, MRICS, MCIArb, GSC

Mel Yungblut

Vice President, Quantity Surveying

PQS(F)

Tina Bains

Director, Finance & Administration

MBA, PLP(CPM), PCP

Antoine Aurelis

Vice President, Contracts & Commercial

FCIArb, PQS, MRICS, MSc

Laura Cocuzzi

Associate Director, Procurement & Fairness

CSCMP, PMP

Hardik Mody

Associate Director, Contracts & Commercial

MSc, PMP

Ricardo Raymond

Associate Director, Contracts & Commercial

BSc(Hons), Dip. C.E.T

Udayan Chatterjee

Associate Director, Contracts & Commercial

B.Tech. (Hons), Dip. C.E.T, PMP, MRICS, PMI-SP

Charles Ogodo

Associate Director, Contracts & Commercial

MBA, PMP, MAPM, MCIOB, MRICS, PQS, BSc

Marc Oosthuizen

Associate Director, Contracts & Commercial

B.Tech. (QS), PQS, MRICS, GSC