"Agency" CM is a fee-based service in which the construction manager is responsible exclusively to the owner and acts in the owner's interests at every stage of the project. The construction manager offers advice, uncolored by any conflicting interest, on such crucial matters as: ¿ Optimum use of available funds ¿ Control of the scope of the work ¿ Project scheduling ¿ Optimum use of design and construction firms' skills and talents ¿ Avoidance of delays, changes and disputes ¿ Enhancing project design and construction quality ¿ Optimum flexibility in contracting and procurement Comprehensive management of every stage of the project, beginning with the original concept and project definition, yields the greatest possible benefit to owners from Construction Management.