Get More for Your Money with a Self-Performing Contractor at the Design Table

Build more efficiently by involving a contractor early in the design process.

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When you hire a team to design and engineer your facility, there is typically a key member missing from the table: the contractor. In a traditional design/bid/build approach, this is a missed opportunity. Early involvement of a self-performing general contractor can add tremendous value, as they can weigh in on how the building comes together and use their years of hands-on subject matter expertise to build more efficiently.

With a fixed amount of money to spend, changes made after the building is designed and contracted out can add significant cost. By bringing builders to the table early, you can leverage their field expertise to find value in better construction methods and material reductions in the design phase. The design can progress further and be solidified sooner, resulting in more accurate pricing. This also allows the team to look at different options to enhance proformas and get more for the money.

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Design-to-Build

When contractors bring design and construction activities together under a single framework, design optimization and scope packaging is possible. It also supports speed-to-market, higher quality, and less rework. Your contractor can deploy self-performed work in a design-assist capacity to shape the project at the right time.

Prefabrication

Self-perform work teams that know how to install prefabricated components can accelerate schedules, decrease costs, improve quality and be an overall driver of project predictability by self-installing structures pre-made in offsite facilities.

Hitting the Target

Self-perform experts are experienced in designing to their customer’s budget using a Target Value Design approach. This allows them to focus on those design elements that add customer value and eliminate time spent on low value-add building elements.