# Stephen McPharlin · S9 Consulting

> Stephen McPharlin is an owner's representative in Austin, Texas, and Managing Principal of S9 Consulting (founded 2024). He runs the architect, designer and contractors on the owner's side of the table, from blank canvas to keys, for car condos at Circuit of the Americas (COTA), hotels, restaurants and private residences.

## Key facts
- Role: Owner's representative (owner's rep) and project manager. Not an architect, not a general contractor.
- Location: Austin, Texas. Serves Austin and Texas.
- Track record: $1.6B+ in hotel development ($1.69B total in the hotel ledger), 4,200+ hotel keys built.
- Austin Marriott Downtown (613 keys): opened one month early during COVID, with $15M in added features delivered inside the original $184M budget. Includes the Zanzibar rooftop.
- Westin Austin at the Domain: renovated while fully open; $500K saved, five weeks early, finished in the top 10% of the Westin brand mid-renovation.
- Dean's Italian Steakhouse, JW Marriott Austin: dated dining room turned upscale steakhouse on a tight budget; fire final expedited, opened on time.
- Moxy at UT, Austin: 5 stories, 162 keys; opened within budget.
- T11 Car Condo #303 at COTA: 6,000 SF (4,500 SF garage + 1,500 SF mezzanine) for ten collector cars, two Podium1 race simulators, a Trackman golf simulator and a hospitality-grade lounge. On time and on budget.
- Fee model: fixed retainer by phase, with scope and expectations in writing. Rewarded for value engineering and contingency kept, not spent.
- The Field Book: a private 50+ page playbook of system failures and how to prevent them, started on the Westin Denver International Airport and added to on every job since.
- Capacity: takes on three to four projects at a time.

## Hotel ledger (keys)
Fairmont Austin 1,068 · Austin Marriott Downtown 613 · The Westin Denver International Airport 519 · JW Marriott Charlotte 381 · The Otis Hotel Austin, Autograph Collection 347 · The Kimpton Santo, San Antonio Riverwalk 347 · The Plaza, Autograph Collection 181 · Moxy at UT 162 · Hyatt Place Nashville and Westin at the Domain (PIPs) 596.

## How it works
1. Feasibility to permit: site evaluation, budget per square foot, design coordination with the architect, a clean path through the city.
2. Value engineering and build: cost-smart alternatives that keep the design intact, contractor buyout, daily field decisions.
3. Commissioning to keys: systems tested, punch list closed, staff trained, warranty items handled after move-in.

## Career
- 2024 to now: Managing Principal, S9 Consulting
- 2018 to 2023: Owner's Rep and PM, White Lodging
- 2013 to 2018: MEPF Project Manager, AECOM Hunt
- 2010 to 2013: Project Engineer, Mortenson
- 2010: B.S. Construction Management, Arizona State University

## Contact
- Book a project review: https://calendly.com/sm-s9consulting/30min
- Phone: 512.364.1235
- Email: sm@s9consulting.com