13326 A Street
Omaha, NE 68144-3641		 Toll Free: 1-888-334-3332
Fax: 1-402-334-9033
Professional Construction Estimates and Project Control Services
About Us
This is the Tempest Company, a construction consulting firm, located at 13326 A Street, Omaha NE, 68144. We employ 15 estimators, each with extensive experience in providing professional building estimates including quantity takeoffs, feasibility estimates, and budget estimates.

Tempest Company specializes in providing construction consulting services to firms with projects located all over the United States and around the world. Our services include estimating, scheduling, project controls, construction consulting, and expert services such as arbitration services and have been utilized on projects on every continent except Antarctica. Tempest personnel are highly experienced in construction - from the concept and budgeting stage, to the design period and then to the construction and project close out phase. Each member of Tempest Company's staff is an experienced construction professional.

Our purpose is embodied in the Tempest Company Mission Statement

It is the purpose of Tempest Company to provide the highest quality, unbiased construction consulting services available. This will be accomplished:

  • With services provided by knowledgeable, experienced professionals and support staff.
  • By furnishing the information in a thorough and prompt manner.
  • By resolving any and all questions with straightforward assessments and counsel.

Company History

Tempest Company was started in 1981 by Don L. Short, II, FCPE, the company president. Our first client was a natural gas company contemplating major construction activities on commercial, pipeline, and industrial facilities at locations around the United States. This assignment lasted through numerous projects over an eighteen-month time frame. We have grown continually from that beginning. Today, we provide services for both new and repeat client assignments all over the world. As a measure of our success, Tempest Company enjoys a client base with an 80% repeat services rate. Some clients utilize our services several times a year, while others may use them once every five years. Our typical estimating assignment lasts one to four weeks. Scheduling projects may last for a number of weeks or even months while litigation support may involve commitments as long as several months.

Tempest Company's clients come from all areas of the construction industry. Our largest base of clients is contractors and subcontractors. These firms use our services to assist in bidding and scheduling projects, obtain second opinions on costs for unusual projects, and provide other expert services as needed. Our next largest base of clients consists of construction and program management firms, along with project developers and owners. These firms use our services to prepare budgets and schedules prior to starting design, during the design period, and at bid time. The balance of our clients range from attorneys requiring our services in support of litigation to architects and engineers for whom we provide design estimating services.

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