Hyperscale data centersInfrastructureFederal contracts
We keep capital programs from sliding.
ShearKey Group provides independent owner's agent representation services to projects of any size or scope, for any duration as deemed necessary by the client. Three focus areas: hyperscale data center construction, general infrastructure construction, and federal construction and service contracts. Led by a Professional Engineer and 20-year Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer.
Detail 1 · S-501 · Shear key at gravity dam foundationAfter Hoover Dam, 1936 · NTS
20+YRSCapital and construction program leadership
1.3GWUtility and substation program scale
1M+SFHyperscale building area delivered
80+PRJFederal and commercial projects
Professional Engineer (PE)PMPU.S. Navy Civil Engineer CorpsFederal Contracting OfficerHyperscale data centersAI infrastructure
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Three focus areas
One owner-side discipline applied where the money, schedule and contract risk are highest.
FA-1 · Focus area
Hyperscale Data Center Construction
Owner-side delivery for hyperscale, AI and colocation campuses, from site and power strategy through commissioning and Day-1 turnover.
AI & hyperscale campuses
Live-campus expansion
Utility & substation
Commissioning & Day-1
FA-2 · Focus area
General Infrastructure Construction
Capital programs beyond the data hall: mission-critical facilities, utilities and power, industrial and public infrastructure, where schedule, cost and contract discipline decide the outcome.
Mission-critical facilities
Utilities & power
Industrial & public works
Large capital programs
FA-3 · Focus area
Federal Construction & Service Contracts
Military construction, IDIQ task orders, and service and supply contracts, supported from both sides of the table: proposals and RFP response, cost and price volumes, REAs, change orders and FAR questions.
MILCON & facilities
IDIQ task orders
Service & supply contracts
Proposals & REAs
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Independent owner's agent representation
Six practice areas, used as a standing role or as a defined piece of work.
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Owner's Agent Representation
Independent, owner-aligned representation at the table: scope and constructability review, contractor and consultant accountability, technical decision support, and a single accountable voice reporting to you.
SVC-02
Program & Construction Management
Capital program structure, phasing and controls: budget and GMP review, contractor selection support, schedule governance, change management, and reporting an executive can act on.
SVC-03
Utility & Power Infrastructure
Utility and substation coordination, medium-voltage distribution, service agreements, and the long-lead power path that decides whether a campus energizes on schedule.
SVC-04
Commissioning & Operational Readiness
Commissioning readiness, integrated systems testing, and the operational turnover discipline that gets a facility to Day-1 ready and keeps it there.
SVC-05
Schedule Recovery & Risk
Independent assessment of a distressed or drifting program: root-cause schedule review, recovery planning, mitigation, and plain reporting to ownership and lenders.
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Federal Contracting & Proposals
RFP response development, cost and price volumes, REA development, change orders and FAR questions, from 20 years administering contracts on the government side of the table.
Also available as a defined piece of work rather than a program. Short-duration engagements at pre-negotiated rates, drawn down only as they are used: schedule and delay analysis, cost estimate and GMP review, REA development, negotiation support, and help assembling and staffing the team you actually need, including a full-time scheduler or controls lead.
It starts with a free consultation. Tell us the issue and we will tell you what it needs, whether we are the right fit, and what it would cost.
A shear key is the part of a foundation that stops the structure from sliding.
A shear key stops a structure from sliding. That is the role we play for owners.
It sits below grade where nobody sees it, and it does its job best when it is cast in before the load arrives. Installed after the structure is up, it still holds, but getting it in place can mean major rework. That is the role we play for owners: brought in early, we shape the program; brought in late, we still stop the slide.
On most programs the owner is represented at the table by people who are also being paid to deliver something else. The general contractor wants the change order. The designer wants the design kept. The program manager wants the schedule it published. None of them are lying to you. They are answering a different question than the one you are asking.
ShearKey Group is retained directly by the owner and works only the owner's interest. No delivery incentive, no downstream scope, and no relationship to protect with the parties being measured. The engagement is shaped by your project and your risk, whether that is one review, one phase, or standing representation from planning through commissioning and turnover.
ScopeAny size or scope
DurationAs long as the client needs
AlignmentThe owner's interest only
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What we deliver
Nine things we deliver, from executive leadership to federal source selection.
Executive leadership for hyperscale data center construction
Owner-side representation from planning through commissioning
Construction and program management
Utility and power infrastructure coordination
Greenfield and live-campus expansion
Commissioning and operational readiness
Schedule recovery and risk mitigation
Executive stakeholder management
Federal contracting, proposals and source selection
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From first call to a program you can trust
Free consultation, written scope, a baseline you can trust, then an owner-side rhythm.
STEP 1
Free consultation
A real conversation, not a sales call. You describe the scope, schedule, bill or solicitation; we tell you what it needs.
STEP 2
Written scope and terms
Deliverables, duration, rates and limits of responsibility, agreed in writing before any work starts.
STEP 3
Baseline you can trust
We test what the delivery team reports and build one integrated view of schedule, cost, power and readiness.
STEP 4
Owner-side rhythm
Decisions with named owners and close dates, escalation while it is still cheap, and reporting written for an executive.
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Track record
From 20 years in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps to hyperscale owner-side delivery.
Two decades on both sides of the table: government contracting officer, owner's representative on hyperscale campuses, and construction executive.
2025 – Present
ShearKey Group
Founder & Principal · Independent Owner's Agent
Independent owner's agent and advisory practice for mission-critical infrastructure: owner-side representation, schedule and cost review, utility and power path coordination, and federal contracting support.
Owner's agent
Advisory reviews
Schedule & delay analysis
GMP & change review
Federal proposals
Expert-network consulting
2024 – 2025
Confidential Client · Campus Delivery
Regional Data Center Construction Manager
Supported owner-side delivery of campus-scale hyperscale infrastructure involving major power systems, utilities, contractors, and mission-critical construction programs.
Campus development coordination
Utility integration
Contractor alignment
Schedule acceleration
GMP reviews
Change management
Constructability planning
Greenfield and retrofit execution
2023 – 2024
Confidential Client · Government & Commercial
Vice President of Construction
Led construction delivery and business development for mission-critical and government infrastructure programs, including contract strategy, proposal development and project execution oversight.
Construction leadership
Proposal strategy
Federal contracting
Project controls
Client relationships
2019 – 2023
Confidential Client · Facilities Integration
Facilities Integration / Owner's Representative
Supported hyperscale campus delivery through coordination of contractors, commissioning teams, operations groups, designers, engineers, and executive stakeholders. Part of the cross-functional effort that took a hyperscale data center to Day-1 ready in nine months.
Live campus construction
Greenfield delivery
Infrastructure protection
Schedule management
Commissioning readiness
Mission-critical quality standards
Operational turnover
1999 – 2019
United States Navy
Civil Engineer Corps Officer · Contracting Officer · Construction Manager
Managed technically complex military construction and infrastructure programs over a 20-year career, advancing to Lieutenant Commander (O-4). Served as Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer's Representative and Construction Manager on construction and facilities programs.
Founder and principal consultant: PE, PMP, U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps veteran, hyperscale owner's representative.
About the founder
Hendrik Schoeman, PE, PMP Founder & Principal Consultant
Hendrik Schoeman is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and a United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps veteran who brings a rare, two-sided view to mission-critical infrastructure delivery. He founded ShearKey Group to give capital program owners public-sector procurement discipline paired with commercial hyperscale execution.
Over a 20-year military engineering career he worked the government side of the table, serving as a Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer's Representative, and Construction Manager on military construction and facilities programs: writing solicitations, developing RFPs, reviewing proposals, building and defending cost estimates, running source selection, and awarding to contractors.
In the private sector he moved to the owner's side of hyperscale data center delivery, leading utility integration, commissioning readiness and operational turnover. He was part of the cross-functional, fast-track effort that took a hyperscale data center to Day-1 ready in nine months.
Most people who have run source selection have not delivered hyperscale data centers, and most data center executives have never sat inside a government evaluation. Hendrik has done both. He uses that to protect the owner's capital, keep design and trade partners aligned, and surface the execution blind spots that derail mission-critical programs while they are still cheap to fix.
Also available for interim, fractional and permanent construction leadership.
When a program needs a leader inside the organization rather than an advisor beside it, Hendrik is also available for interim, fractional and permanent construction leadership roles on hyperscale, AI infrastructure and mission-critical programs.
Practical notes on owner-side delivery, data center construction, commissioning readiness, and what independent representation looks like on a live program.
