Advastar Group

Advastar is a Kansas City-based recruiting and staffing firm for engineering, construction, energy, manufacturing, and the skilled trades that also sells owner's representation on capital projects. It lists service coverage in all 50 states, with a point of contact in each market.

The owner's representation service acts for owners and developers of large capital projects from planning through close-out. In planning it advises on scope, budget, and schedule and runs risk assessments and feasibility studies; it then reviews architectural and engineering plans and negotiates contracts with contractors, vendors, and consultants. Once construction starts, the representative takes a hands-on role: on-site oversight that work matches specifications and safety standards, expense tracking, cost control, schedule management, and risk mitigation, acting as liaison between the owner, regulatory authorities, and the project team. The engagement extends into close-out and the transition from construction to operations.

On the recruiting side, Advastar has provided workforce solutions since 2012, offering direct hire, executive search, temporary and temp-to-hire staffing, and payroll services. Practice areas include general construction, construction executive search, construction safety and EHS, civil, MEP and structural engineering, and skilled trades such as electricians, HVAC, low voltage, millwrights, welders, and building automation, across sectors including data centers, energy, equipment, property management, and solar. The firm says its recruiters have over 100 years of combined industry experience, that it was named to the Forbes 2026 Best of Recruiting and Best of Staffing lists, and that it was recognized as GE Energy's top-rated staffing partner.

What to check directly: most of the site describes recruiting and staffing, and the owner's representation offering sits inside its practice area structure alongside recruiting disciplines. Confirm whether a proposed engagement is a placed hire or a managed owner's representative assignment, and who would be on site.