Ground-up construction
Ground-up commercial construction from $5 million to $60 million: office, industrial, retail, mixed-use and multifamily podium, delivered under general contract, CM at risk or design-build, with a schedule and a guaranteed maximum price you can finance against.
Ground-up construction, the way we actually do it.
A ground-up project is won or lost before the first footing. Our preconstruction group builds the estimate from quantities and current subcontractor pricing, not from square-foot history, and updates it at every design milestone so the owner is never surprised at GMP. Constructability reviews catch the detail that would have cost a month in the field.
In the field, one superintendent for the whole project, with a project engineer and a project manager who stay too. Site work, structure, envelope and interiors are sequenced on a schedule the owner sees weekly, with the critical path marked and the float shown honestly.
Delivery methods
General contract from complete documents, CM at risk with a GMP at a design milestone, or design-build with our architecture partners. We will tell you which one fits the project; design-build is the fastest, CM at risk gives the owner the most control over the design while we manage cost.
Building types
Office and medical office, industrial and distribution, retail and restaurant, mixed-use and multifamily over podium. We have built tilt-up, structural steel, post-tensioned concrete and wood-frame over podium, and we staff the project with people who have done that structure before.
What happens, in order.
So you know what to expect from the first call to the last walk.
Preconstruction
Conceptual estimate from quantities, constructability review, schedule, GMP at the agreed design milestone.
Buyout
Scoped bid packages to prequalified subs; buyout reconciled to the GMP; savings reported to the owner.
Construction
One superintendent start to finish; weekly schedule and cost reports; owner meetings with decisions logged.
Closeout
Punch complete, as-builts, O&Ms, warranties and training within 30 days of substantial completion.
The numbers a buyer asks for.
| Project size | $5M–$60M |
| Delivery | General contract, CM at risk, design-build |
| Structures | Tilt-up, steel, PT concrete, wood over podium |
| Bonding | Single project to $40M |
| Self-performed | Concrete, rough carpentry, doors and hardware, final clean |
| Schedule reporting | Weekly, with critical path and float shown |
Where we have done this.
Questions about ground-up construction.
When can you give us a reliable number?
A conceptual estimate at schematic design, within about 10%; a GMP at design development or 50% CDs, which we hold. Our GMPs have landed within 4% of final on 86% of projects since 2018.
Do you self-perform?
Concrete, rough carpentry, doors and hardware, and final clean. Everything else is subcontracted to prequalified trades we have worked with for years.
What is your largest project?
$58 million, a 240-unit multifamily podium in Tempe, completed 2024.
Need ground-up construction? Tell us about the job.
A project executive replies the same business day. Conceptual estimates within two weeks of the information we need.