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Pre-Construction

From signature to site.

Your price was locked before you signed. This phase turns that signed plan into a start date — permits filed, purchase orders issued, cabinets and long-leads authorized.

This Phase, in Plain English

This phase begins the moment you sign. We hold a pre-construction meeting, pull permits, issue purchase orders, and authorize cabinets and long-lead materials within days — so the schedule you were handed is the schedule we start against. The bidding and verification that set your price already happened, inside design, before you signed anything.

How Pre-Construction Works
Between signature and first day of workPermits filedOrders placedYour home protected
The pre-construction meeting
Permits filed
Purchase orders issued
Long-leads ordered — within days
Protection verified — then we mobilize
What you receive, why it matters, and how it differs from other builders

The Pre-Construction Memorandum

In your hands at the close of Pre-Construction
Decisions Captured at the pre-con meeting
Meeting day, site hours, deliveries, neighbor notice.
Your home, protected
Site protection tier confirmed — before demo.
Open Items, Owned
Every open item has an owner and a due date.
Your Home, Protected
Your Buildertrend login, before day one.
Signed by you and our Director of Operations.

Why You Receive It

The first weeks after signing are where most builds turn chaotic — verbal agreements, missing permits, surprise start dates. The Memorandum turns every pre-construction decision into a signed record before a single trade arrives.

What makes ours differentEvery logistics decision — site hours, protection tier, communication cadence — captured in writing and signed before mobilization, not worked out on your driveway.

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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