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Andy Dryden joined Higgins & Associates in 2025 as the Senior Construction Consultant for the firm. In addition to providing support for construction related field activities, Andy also serves as support for cost estimating. Andy’s technical expertise includes over two decades of experience as a Senior Director of Construction for multi-family assets. He is experienced applying these skills across structural, roofing, building envelope, civil and redevelopment projects. Andy can easily interface with engineers, architects, contractors and owners key stakeholders. His extensive experience with insurance restoration and capital projects from the perspective of a owners representative make him valuable supporting litigation and insurance related projects.
Andy has managed multi-million dollar insurance, elective rehabilitation, asset preservation and redevelopment work for over 20 years, encompassing residential, multi-family, retail and commercial projects. His attention to detail, and high standard for keeping projects within budget and on schedule earns the respect of those he has conducted business with.
Along with his extensive experience and technical knowledge, Andy has led the implementation of customized project management systems at two multi-family REITS. He is also experienced operating Matterport, a 3D rendering platform, BlueBeam, ProCore and Constructware. Andy has also led the roll-out of product and document standardization at his previous companies.
