Custom Home Experience by BUILD LLC

BUILD the foundation

It started with a question: How can we best frame the construction process around the customer?

After all, to construct a house that will live as a home, and to build a commercial space that works, it is imperative to build with first consideration for the people these spaces and structures will surround.

Whether it’s for constructing a commercial building or a luxury residence, the basic formula for success is simple: Build once, well. And we exceed expectations when it comes to this, as superior quality and craftsmanship are evident in every single structure we build. However, it’s the process and the relationships that separate one construction company from another, and we believe this process should be seamless and enjoyable.

We’re not just building structures, here. We are creating unique, lasting spaceslegacies within which individuals deserve to live well and thrive. For commercial and residential clients, alike, we are ultimately constructing a lifestyle which, from day one, needs to be framed around the people living it.

Enter: BUILD.

BUILD ‘broke ground’ in 2006. What started out as a small SWFL construction management firm has grown into a highly esteemed and top ranked company. We maintain an exceptionally diverse project portfolio, thanks to the diversity of our clients. We are a multi-million dollar business – with a myriad of Sand Dollar, Summit, and Aurora awards under our construction belt – and we continue to put the importance of our clients’ experience of the entire building process first.

Welcome to BUILD, working together with you will be our pleasure and yours!

Sincerely,

Jay Howard and William Gaston Principals and Founders of BUILD, LLC

BUILD for success

The First Step: Pre-Construction

The team that meets during the pre-construction kick-off meeting is the team that hands over the keys.

Our approach at BUILD is unique in that the people leading the pre-construction effort will be the team building the project. Other contractors tend to have one team work on the pre-construction phase, and then they will hand it off to the operations team. This won’t fly at BUILD, because we consider ourselves one group with the singular goal of building a successful project. This is why we require the entire team to work together during the concept and program analysis, providing optimal options and savings for our clients. It is important for the project team’s chemistry to maintain continuity throughout the project.

BUILD a plan

Plan Review

Our Estimating/Operations Team provides an evaluation of the design’s impact on items to include constructability, phasing, safety, and security. BUILD Estimating/ Operations Team members have over 100 years of combined construction management, pre-construction, and estimating experience and are readily available for your custom home project.

After each plan review session we will provide:

• Complete price breakdown List of Qualifications and Assumptions

• Updated Schedule Detailed Constructability review

• Cost Comparison

Value Engineering suggestions

Throughout the pre-construction and construction process, we will be proactive in providing cost-effective solutions to any inconsistencies, design conflicts, or areas impacting budget boundaries while maintaining the creative concepts and aesthetic integrity of the client / designer.

Product Selection

BUILD will walk you through one of the most challenging aspects of building or renovating a new home — the product selection process. This process is critical to budgeting and scheduling, and is oftentimes overlooked by other builders. BUILD will walk with you (and your interior designer), through each design center, with the product selection list to determine what products you would like in your home. We will make sure you understand the cost impact of each decision, which ultimately helps achieve your expectations of the budget.

Budget Estimating

From our initial estimate to the final pricing, your BUILD project team will utilize On-Screen Takeoff®, along with our custom database, to provide detailed estimates during all stages of the design. We maintain a comprehensive database, allowing us to perform highlevel programmatic check estimates of overall costs.

The initial estimate for your project will be extremely detailed and include a listing of budget assumptions for a line-by-line review with the owner and the design professionals to assure the assumptions are correct. Any changes in the assumptions will be adjusted accordingly, producing a final preliminary budget for the project.

We will use the preliminary budget to assist the design team as the documents are developed.

Cost Control

A big reason why BUILD is such a trusted company is our insistence upon controlling costs at all times. We are able to achieve this by acquiring multiple bids for each scope of work and then having a complete open-book review of all bids with the owner. We also provide highly defined scopes of work for each trade, in order to avoid additional costs.

BUILD also becomes very familiar with any existing conditions, as this helps us be prepared for some of the unforeseen issues that other, less savvy general contractors may not be aware.

We walk each and every subcontractor through the site prior to signing them up for the scope of work. This helps eliminate the “I didn’t know” response from subcontractors. Throughout the entire process we are continually ensuring there will be no surprises.

“We’ll work closely with you and the architect from the get-go, ensuring everyone is on the same page and has the same information. With BUILD, our clients are fully supported in the decision making process and assisted every step of the way as we provide myriad options and accurate cost estimates.”

- Brian Mayotte, Vice President

BUILD value engineering

As we move through the design process, BUILD will provide detailed Value Engineering (VE) suggestions with each budget estimate. We will maintain a running VE log, fully detailed to include at minimum a description, date, cost, time impact, division of work/scope, and approval position. In addition, BUILD actively pursues additional VE during the construction process to provide all options to the project team.

We produce the following reports to allow the owner and the architect to make the best choice for the value of cost:

• Life Cycle Cost Analysis

• Evaluation Report of systems and equipment

• Cost Analysis from historical data for similar systems or products

BUILD a team

Subcontractors / Vendors

At BUILD, we always strive to find the best-qualified subcontractors with the most competitive pricing. We feel it is imperative to utilize local subcontractors and vendors as often as possible. Using local resources keeps revenue local, provides a sense of ownership for the subcontractor employees, and also minimizes response time to the facility. We treat all subcontractors/vendors fairly and honestly, provide efficient scheduling and supervision, and guarantee a safe workplace. It is important that all our team members have a successful project.

BUILD on time

Scheduling Resources

Our team members are highly experienced in the details of scheduling projects and can provide scheduling for the pre-construction and construction on your project. Scheduling is one of our top five management tools on our projects and has significantly attributed to our success as a company.

At BUILD, we pride ourselves on finishing either on time or ahead of schedule. To facilitate timely project completion, we utilize state-of-the-art scheduling software in concert with our years of experience to create extremely detailed schedules. We utilize Critical Path Methodology Gantt charts that our superintendents, subcontractors, and clients, alike, appreciate because they are easy to read and consistently updated.

BUILD utilizes Microsoft Project scheduling software. We also use third party schedulers on projects when the client requests. Our subcontractors are involved in the construction scheduling process; they provide manpower and task duration information then collaborate with us on the sequence of activities to create the Overall Project Schedule. Every week we hold schedule update meetings with all current subcontractors. These weekly schedule updates are critical to maintaining and consistently improving upon project schedules.

BUILD the highest quality Quality Control

Our firm fully understands that quality and service must be a top priority and we strongly promote that fact in all aspects of our company. We have an uncompromising commitment to total quality management from preconstruction through warranty administration. It is the responsibility of the Construction Manager to ensure that everything installed on the project meets or exceeds the established plans and specifications. Our quality assurance program includes extensive written guidelines that are performed and are the responsibility of our superintendents. Our QC requirements are communicated to our subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, and design team.

Pre-construction is the first and best opportunity for us to establish effective quality control measures. In this phase, we are able to review the project specifications and plans with the design team and the client and get a solid understanding of the operational needs and goals of the facility. Once this is understood, we can make recommendations on construction means and methods that can complement and enhance the project’s goals. These procedural steps provide efficient integration with the team’s objectives and allow us to better communicate detail and quality levels desired of the subcontractors and suppliers.

BUILD from the core

BUILD has constructed a solid reputation by sticking to our core values of:

HONESTY EXCELLENCE & QUALITY COMMUNITY LONGEVITY CHARACTER

Since inception, we have made it our mission to not just create the highest quality spaces, but also to base everything we do on the need for lasting excellence. BUILD is known to be a company that is committed to excellence, always – in the relationships we build, in the process we employ, in the materials we use and the people we hire. Each of BUILD’s core values is an ethic that must be constant and infinite in order to stay true to its meaning.

“Since BUILD frames the construction process around the customer, there is no possible way we can do this without honesty and good character. The relationships we make stay long after we’ve signed off on a project, and this is because we promote excellence not just in the structures we build, but in the people we work with.”

- William Gaston & Jay Howard, Principals & Founders of BUILD, LLC.