PMA Consultants LLC

Driven to Learn & Solve Problems

PMA Consultants is a construction consulting firm, an integrated team of skilled professionals who deliver solutions to your project challenges by providing innovative, construction-focused program and project management services. As project management consultants, we tailor teams, resources, and systems to your projects with consistent positive results.

We pride ourselves on building teams of accomplished professionals with extensive real-world construction management experience. PMA people are driven to continuously learn, lead, and problem-solve to achieve personal and professional growth. We are intent on fully understanding project issues before leveraging multiple perspectives and knowledge sources to arrive at a solution that best fits a project or program.

Whether you’re an owner, contractor, attorney, surety, or other construction professional, we can assist you in achieving project success from the start to finish.

Our Story

PMA was founded in 1971 by Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon. Dr. Gui arrived in the United States from Peru on a Fulbright Scholarship. He earned his PhD in construction management from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. His doctoral thesis on schedule network simulation led to PMA’s early innovation in scheduling software that includes the Graphical Path Method™ (GPM®), an original network-based planning and scheduling algorithm.

On March 1, 2024, Dr. Gui stepped down as CEO after an illustrious 52-year tenure, handing over the reins to his son, Dax Ponce de Leon. This transition marked a pivotal moment in the company’s history, symbolizing continuity and the family’s commitment to a sustainable organization for years to come.

PMA is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) with 20 offices across the United States and more than 250 employees. We provide a wide range of program and project management services and a full range of on-site construction management and consulting services to numerous market sectors.

 

Mission & Values

Our mission is to transform how projects are managed toward improving project outcomes, ourselves, and the profession.

Core Values

1 Ethics and Integrity

We are direct, open, and honest in everything we do. We avoid conflicts of interest. We operate within the highest standards of ethics. We rely on a strong moral compass as our guide. We challenge actions that are inconsistent with our values. We follow through on our commitments, every time. We rectify any mistake or disappointment with our work.

2 People First

We value and respect diverse backgrounds and opinions because we believe they contribute to the best solutions. We put in the necessary hard work to sustain relationships. We build relationships by focusing on mutual trust, respect, and appreciation for the client as a person. We consider employee welfare to be a daily priority. We willingly make short-term sacrifices in the interest of long-term relationships. We value staff who develop rewarding, long-term PMA careers. We respect peer firms.

3 Shared Success

We openly share knowledge, as we believe collaboration with peers improves our work product. We believe two heads are better than one. We bring zero drama or politics to a situation. We align ourselves with our clients’ needs as this enables us to do our best work and create the best outcomes for everyone. Everyone, at all levels, contributes to the goal as we believe there is no such thing as “that’s-not-my-job.” The success or failure of one reflects on the entire team. We share in and learn collectively from our mistakes.

4 Passion for Learning

We seek first to understand by asking questions. We value spirited debate that challenges issues, not people. We embrace new challenges as an opportunity to learn and improve. We develop deep technical knowledge in what we do. We invest ourselves in developing emotional intelligence as a skill. We continuously cultivate knowledge as a means of satisfying our Mission. We view mastery of our knowledges as a lifelong pursuit.

5 Aiming High

We challenge ourselves every day to live to our full potential. We go the extra mile to exceed client expectations. We challenge the status quo to raise the industry’s standards. We are passionate, self-motivated, and enterprising. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We firmly believe good enough is not good enough. We promptly acknowledge and address client concerns.