Adding Value at Every Step
For many clients, our work starts early. With 25 plus years of luxury building expertise, our insight can help optimize construction plans from a functional, aesthetic and cost perspective.
As those plans become nearly finalized, our work turns to developing a preliminary project budget. During this stage, we employ a value-engineering approach that looks for material or design alternatives for reducing the financial investment in their project.
Michael and Jim are responsible for the day-to-day operation of every project. With a strong on-site presence, we gather feedback from our clients, monitor the work of tradesmen, resolve construction detail issues that inevitably come up, inspect material deliveries, and help ensure site safety and cleanliness. When a more intense level of project management is appropriate long term, we supplement our individual efforts with an on-site project manager.
“You went the extra mile” is a comment we routinely hear from clients. Sometimes that means adjusting a work schedule to accommodate an important family activity. Or it can mean supporting a client in their research and selection efforts for products, fixtures and finishes. Scouring our sources to produce that one-of-a-kind design element is yet another example of ongoing value we deliver.
As those plans become nearly finalized, our work turns to developing a preliminary project budget. During this stage, we employ a value-engineering approach that looks for material or design alternatives for reducing the financial investment in their project.
Michael and Jim are responsible for the day-to-day operation of every project. With a strong on-site presence, we gather feedback from our clients, monitor the work of tradesmen, resolve construction detail issues that inevitably come up, inspect material deliveries, and help ensure site safety and cleanliness. When a more intense level of project management is appropriate long term, we supplement our individual efforts with an on-site project manager.
“You went the extra mile” is a comment we routinely hear from clients. Sometimes that means adjusting a work schedule to accommodate an important family activity. Or it can mean supporting a client in their research and selection efforts for products, fixtures and finishes. Scouring our sources to produce that one-of-a-kind design element is yet another example of ongoing value we deliver.
Getting the Right Fit
Getting the right fit is essential to the success of any building project.
In that regard, nothing is more crucial than the team of tradesmen whose talent and energy bring the building plans to life. We are fortunate to have an extensive network of tradesmen to engage for our projects. They have proven their reliability, share our demand for quality and are highly regarded in their field. Our relationship with many span a decade or more. We work closely with our clients and their architect/designer to help ensure that optimal materials are specified for the project. Sometimes that means suggesting an alternative that can deliver longer-term, practical benefits. At other times we may suggest substitutes that can produce meaningful cost savings or fit better with the client’s project vision. Our insistence on the right fit extends to suppliers too. We target those suppliers that are able to deliver the most favorable pricing, consistently meet the highest standards for quality and have a record of standing behind their products. With deeps roots in large scale, production building, we know how to buy well and understand that aggressive cost control on individual components can produce a meaningful overall impact.  |
Working Together
Our work is guided by a project plan developed with input from the client and reviewed in detail. While not an exact science and almost always impacted by unforeseen circumstances, it serves as the master plan for keeping the project on track.
Most clients really appreciate our near obsession with communications. We know that fully informed clients help make for happy clients and smooth projects. Listening to our clients is the foundation of our partnership with them. Our personal standard is to respond to any request by the end of each work day, and we gladly make ourselves available for special circumstances outside working hours, whether through email, text, phone or fax. Details, Details, DetailsIn the real estate business it’s all about location, location, location. In the building business it’s all about details, details, details.
Dealing with the details starts as soon as construction plans are finalized. We provide a thorough and easy to understand pricing proposal. To the extent not specified in the plans, we highlight specifications of key construction elements. We are meticulous in every aspect of our work. While the attention paid to individual details may escape the untrained eye, it is readily apparent that our projects are built with an unwavering insistence on getting it right the first time. On the surface, our clients enjoy the extraordinary fit and finish of our work. Digging deeper, they appreciate our attention to the myriad of construction details. Examples include efficient staging of work, optimizing the location of mechanicals, ensuring effective moisture management and protecting finished work and adjoining space. Attention to detail extends also to billing and accounting. Given the substantial financial investment our clients make in their construction project, it is necessary that they receive regular statements of account and detailed billing reports. Billing is made in accordance with the payment schedule specified in each client agreement.  |