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Pre-Construction

Locking the plan, locking the price.

Your finished drawings go to real trades for real bids. Every selection is priced, line by line. Then — and only then — do you see a fixed price.

This phase, in plain English

We reconcile every bid against your final drawings, walk every term with you, and hand you a fixed-price contract with a payment schedule you can plan around. Materials are ordered before we mobilize.

How Pre-Construction works
Before a single day of workReal bidsReconciled line by lineYour home protected
Bids on final drawings
Reconciled line by line
A real fixed price
Every term walked
Signed — together
What you receive, why it matters, and how it differs from other builders

The Pre-Construction Memorandum

In your hands within 24 hours
A real fixed price bid, not estimated
Bid by real trades on your final drawings.
A payment schedule
Milestone-based — plan around it.
Every term, walked
No fine print you haven’t seen.
Your home, protected
Verified before mobilization.
Priced before signature, not adjusted after.

Why you receive it

‘Fixed price’ means nothing if it’s built on allowances and assumptions. Ours is built on real bids against your real drawings — so the number can’t move after you sign.

What makes ours differentA true fixed price, reconciled line by line before signature — not an estimate that drifts.

Every document here becomes a chapter of your living build binder — yours to keep.

Who owns this phase

Pre-Construction is owned by your project manager and our estimating lead, together.

Our standing promises
Trades bid before the contract is signed — every dollar committed before it’s spent.
Materials are ordered before we mobilize.
Nothing starts until your home’s protection is verified — a gate, not a checkbox.
The Gate
Materials on order, your home protected, first trade scheduled.
In your hands — the Pre-Construction Memorandum
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