A pre-construction engagement
Get the number before you commit
A defined, paid engagement that gets you a defensible budget and a real schedule before construction starts — and if we build the project, the fee comes off your construction cost.
You're being asked for a number before anyone knows the scope.
An owner or a lender wants a figure. The drawings are half-done, the use is not fully settled, and the existing conditions are a question mark. Guess low and you eat the change orders. Guess high and you lose the deal. Pre-construction is how you get to a number you can actually stand behind — as a defined piece of work, not a favor.
Pick the depth your project needs
Feasibility & Budget Check
Does this project pencil?
For owners and brokers deciding whether a deal or a project is worth chasing.
- Site walk and existing-conditions assessment
- Order-of-magnitude budget
- Feasibility read — does the building support the use
- A rough schedule
- A straight go / no-go
A short written budget and feasibility summary.
Full Pre-Construction
A number and a plan you can build from.
For projects moving toward construction that need a defensible budget and a real schedule.
- Everything in the Budget Check
- Trade-by-trade budgeting
- Value engineering, with the cost of each option
- Full scope development a GC can bid
- Permitting strategy for your jurisdiction
- Matterport 3D scan of the space
- A construction-ready schedule
A complete pre-construction package — budget, schedule, VE options, permitting roadmap, and scan.
Real deliverables, not a verbal estimate
A scoped budget
Built trade by trade — not a per-foot guess — and defensible to an owner or lender.
A realistic schedule
A timeline that accounts for permitting and the long-lead items that actually move a date.
Value-engineering options
Ways to hit the same result for less — each with the cost, so the trade-off is yours to make.
A defined scope
A scope a GC can actually bid, so the numbers you compare are apples to apples.
A permitting roadmap
What your jurisdiction will require, mapped before you file — so review doesn’t stall the job.
A Matterport scan
An accurate 3D model of the existing space to build against — fewer field surprises.
A fixed fee, agreed up front. If we build the project, it comes off your construction cost.
No open meter and no surprise invoice — you know the number before we start. You get a defensible budget and a real plan either way. And if you hire us for the build, the pre-construction fee is credited back against construction, so the work pays for itself.
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Scope and fee
We agree what the engagement covers and a fixed fee before any work starts. No open meter.
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Walk and assess
We walk the space and dig into existing conditions, systems, feasibility, and the jurisdiction.
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Budget and plan
We build the budget, schedule, and value-engineering options — the number and the plan behind it.
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Handoff
You get the package and a clear decision. If we build the project, the fee credits back against construction.
Early, your decisions are cheap. Later, they’re expensive.
At the start of a project you can still influence the cost for almost nothing — it’s a redline, not a demolition. Once it’s built, the same change costs the most it ever will. Pre-construction is how you spend your influence while it’s still cheap.
A GC in the room during budgeting catches the conditions, the code triggers, and the long-lead items early — while they’re redlines, not change orders.
Start with a call
Tell us about the project and we'll scope a pre-construction engagement — and what it'll cost.