Boutique Energy & Infrastructure Advisory · Secondary & Tertiary US Markets

Your next data center site
has a power problem.
We solve it before it derails you.

Mid-market developers and operators expanding into new US markets keep running into the same wall: interconnection queues, permitting complexity, and energy gaps that real estate advisors miss and large engineering firms are too slow and too expensive to address. Construction Dynamics is built for exactly this problem.

⚠ The hidden cost
A 40 MW site committed without a grid study can cost 18–36 months and $2–5M in delay. Our feasibility assessment — delivered in three weeks — costs less than one week of that delay.
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20+
Years DR Expertise
3 wks
Feasibility to Delivery
Dual
PE License + Env. Attorney
Why act now
3–5 yr
Interconnection queues at primary-market substations. Secondary markets move faster — but only if you know which substations have headroom.
$120K/MW-yr
PJM capacity price for 2026/2027 delivery year — a record high. Enrolled demand response assets are generating revenue now. Unenrolled assets are leaving money on the table every month.
17
Data center projects currently in final PG&E engineering, projected to begin operations 2026–2030. California's regulatory complexity is accelerating, not simplifying.
01 / Speed
Weeks, not quarters
A 200-person firm takes months to mobilize. We deliver a power feasibility assessment or market entry memo in two to three weeks — because our practice is structured around exactly this problem, not a hundred others.
02 / Price
Fixed fees that don't require a board vote
Our engagements are priced to be approved at the VP level. You get senior-level expertise at a number built for developers and operators — not hyperscalers with enterprise procurement cycles and 90-day approval gates.
03 / Accountability
Named principals on every deliverable
Every client knows exactly who is responsible for every piece of work. We stake our professional reputations — and our licenses — on each engagement. No associates, no hand-offs, no billable-hours surprises.
What We Do

Six engagements. One focused practice.

Every service sits at the intersection of energy systems, environmental law, civil engineering, and utility relationships — the exact combination the mid-market power problem requires.

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01 · Power
Power Feasibility & Site Assessment
Grid proximity, substation headroom, interconnection queue position, realistic time-to-power, and civil site feasibility — before you commit capital. The assessment large firms take six months to deliver, we turn around in three weeks. This is the engagement that prevents the expensive surprises.
$15K – $35K
Locke + Brock
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02 · Generation
Onsite Generation Design & Build
Solar+BESS hybrid and microgrid systems designed, permitted, and constructed. Reduces grid dependence, compresses time-to-power, and meets ESG commitments — stamped by a licensed civil engineer. Jock leads project assembly and sequencing, ensuring delivery lands as something you can fund and execute, not just a design report.
$50K – $150K
Locke + Brock + Jock
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03 · Permitting
Regulatory & Permitting Navigation
FERC/PUC filings, local zoning, air quality permitting for backup generation. Stamped by a licensed civil engineer who is also a licensed environmental attorney — a combination that eliminates the multi-firm coordination that routinely delays onsite generation projects by 6–18 months.
$20K – $60K
Brock + Locke + Jock
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04 · Demand Response
Demand Response Program Design
Turn UPS systems, cooling loads, and backup generators into enrolled, revenue-generating grid assets. In some markets, DR participation also advances interconnection queue position. This depth of expertise — 15+ years across all seven US ISO/RTO markets — doesn't exist at IT consulting firms or large engineering shops.
$25K – $75K
Locke
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05 · Market Entry
New Geography Market Entry Assessment
A rapid fixed-fee assessment of the energy landscape, utility relationships, regulatory framework, and grid readiness in a target secondary or tertiary market. Built for operators entering new territory on a defined timeline with a specific decision to make.
$18K – $30K
All Three
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06 · Sustainability
Sustainability & Renewables Program
Renewable energy procurement strategy — PPAs, RECs, carbon reporting, and clean energy roadmaps — for operators facing ESG pressure from tenants, lenders, and investors. Built on technical reality and regulatory intelligence, not marketing language.
$20K – $50K
Locke + Brock
Representative Engagements

Projects where the power problem was the whole problem.

Representative examples of the kind of work we do. Geography and identifying details are generalized. We're happy to discuss specifics on a call.

Power Feasibility Southeast Secondary Market
Saving a 40 MW Site from an 18-Month Queue Before Capital Committed
A regional colo developer was weeks away from committing capital on a Southeast secondary market site. Our grid analysis surfaced a 42-position interconnection queue at the target substation — a constraint their real estate advisor hadn't flagged. We identified an alternative substation with immediate headroom two miles away and restructured the development plan around it. The capital commitment proceeded on schedule.
→ 18-month delay avoided before capital commitment
→ Alternative path to 40 MW energization within 9 months
→ Full feasibility assessment delivered in 17 days
Demand Response MISO Territory, Midwest
Converting a 28 MW Backup Fleet into a Revenue Asset
A mid-market enterprise operator had 28 MW of diesel backup generation and cooling load sitting entirely outside any demand response program — assets generating zero grid revenue. We designed and implemented a DR enrollment program across three facilities in MISO territory, producing ongoing capacity market revenue while improving utility relationships and accelerating a pending interconnection request.
→ Three facilities enrolled in a single coordinated DR structure
→ Interconnection request advanced by 6 months
→ Ongoing annual revenue stream from previously idle assets
Permitting Texas — ERCOT
Navigating Senate Bill 6 Compliance for a 20 MW Generation Installation
A wholesale developer needed permitting for a 20 MW gas generation and BESS installation under Texas Senate Bill 6's large load requirements. Brock's dual qualification as a licensed civil engineer and environmental attorney handled air quality permitting, civil stamping, and ERCOT filing in a single engagement — avoiding the multi-firm coordination that had already derailed two prior attempts by separate teams.
→ SB6 compliance achieved without multi-firm engagement
→ Air quality permit and civil stamp from one credentialed professional
→ Permitting phase completed in 11 weeks
Market Entry Mountain West — Multi-State
Three-State Energy Landscape Assessment in Four Weeks
A Mountain West operator was evaluating secondary markets across three states for a multi-site expansion. Each state presented different utility structures, regulatory environments, and grid constraints. We delivered a fixed-fee assessment covering all three markets — utility relationships, regulatory risk, grid readiness, and a ranked site recommendation with utility contact matrix — within four weeks of engagement.
→ Three-state energy and regulatory landscape mapped in 4 weeks
→ Ranked market recommendation with actionable utility contacts
→ Site selection initiated immediately following delivery
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AI can summarize the rules. We can tell you how the game is actually played — and we have the scar tissue to prove it. We've navigated front-of-meter interconnection delays that stretched two years past schedule, watched projects collapse when fire marshals updated BESS safety rules mid-process, and designed demand response programs that turned backup generators into ongoing revenue assets. That institutional memory cannot be replicated by a research report or a large firm with no skin in the game.

Construction Dynamics
The Team

Three principals. Every engagement led by name.

You will always know who is responsible for your work — because every deliverable is owned by a named principal who puts their professional reputation behind it.

L
Locke
Energy Systems & Demand Response Lead
Locke brings 15–20 years of demand response program design to the practice — a depth of expertise that simply doesn't exist at competing firms in the mid-market data center space. His work sits at the intersection of grid operations, energy economics, and data center load profiles. When a project involves interconnection strategy, DR enrollment across multiple ISO/RTO markets, or utility relationship management, Locke leads.
15–20 years demand response program design
MISO, PJM, CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, NYISO, and SPP experience
UPS, cooling load, and backup generation DR enrollment
Interconnection queue strategy and utility relationship development
B
Brock
Permitting, Regulatory & Civil Lead
Brock holds dual qualification as a licensed civil engineer and a licensed environmental attorney — a genuinely rare combination that eliminates the multi-firm coordination that typically delays onsite generation and BESS projects by 6–18 months. When a project requires professional stamping, regulatory filings, or environmental permitting, Brock's credential is the engagement. One professional. One point of accountability.
Licensed civil engineer + licensed environmental attorney
FERC and state PUC filings across multiple jurisdictions
Air quality permitting for generation assets and BESS
ERCOT Senate Bill 6 large load compliance
J
Jock
Engagement Structuring & Project Development
Jock's role is to make sure every engagement lands as something a client can actually execute and fund — not just a report that sits on a shelf. He translates complex energy infrastructure problems into structured project plans with clear scopes, realistic timelines, and stakeholder-ready deliverables. His background spans aviation maintenance compliance (FAR 134/135), nuclear and UXO environmental remediation, rolling stock, and warehouse MHE — domains where planning failures carry serious consequences and where multi-agency coordination is non-negotiable. That instinct is what shapes every Construction Dynamics engagement.
Complex project structuring in regulated, multi-stakeholder environments
Maintenance planning across aviation, rolling stock, and MHE
Environmental remediation — nuclear and UXO
Supply chain and consumable/repairable planning
FAR 134/135 aviation regulatory compliance
For your internal conversation
How to frame this engagement for your stakeholders
The risk of waiting
Interconnection queues in most US secondary markets are 3–5 years and growing. Every month of delay in understanding your site's power position is a month added to your timeline — often before you know there's a problem. The cost of a feasibility study is less than one week of project delay.
Why not a large firm
Large engineering firms charge enterprise rates, take months to mobilize, and assign junior staff to secondary-market problems. Construction Dynamics principals work your project directly — three licensed professionals with deep market-specific expertise, on a fixed fee, in weeks.
The budget case
Our most common first engagement — Power Feasibility & Site Assessment — runs $15K–$35K and delivers in three weeks. It is designed to be approved at the VP level without a board meeting, and to answer the power question before the real capital decision is made.
Get in Touch

Schedule a call with a principal.

A 30-minute call will tell you quickly whether we're the right fit — and give you something concrete to bring back to your team. We respond within one business day.

Every inquiry goes directly to a named principal. You won't be handed to an associate, asked to complete an RFP, or wait two weeks for a proposal. We understand how internal approval processes work, and we make it easy to move quickly.

Response Time
Within one business day
Most Common First Engagement
Power Feasibility & Site Assessment
$15K–$35K · delivered in 2–3 weeks · VP-level approval
Active Markets
Secondary and tertiary US markets
Mountain West · Texas · California · Southeast · Midwest · Mid-Atlantic