Resources

Guides for planning a project.

A few real, practical guides for owners and developers, whether you are still defining a scope or already comparing contractors.

Guides

A plain-language glossary of the terms that come up most often on a commercial construction project.

How an owner should prepare before the first conversation with a contractor: scope, budget, and timeline.

What the working relationship actually looks like, from the first proposal through closeout.

How commercial construction is actually priced: per-square-foot thinking, hard versus soft costs, and why a real number needs real scope.

What an owner should have lined up before breaking ground. Pairs with our interactive readiness checklist tool.

Design-bid-build, design-build, CM-at-risk, and negotiated GMP in plain terms, with when each one fits.

The plan review, permit, inspection, and certificate of occupancy path for a commercial project in the greater Houston area.

Hard costs, soft costs, contingency, allowances, and change orders, and how to build a budget that survives contact with reality.

Interactive tools you can use right in your browser. Nothing you enter leaves your device.

An interactive checklist of what to have ready before you break ground. Your progress saves in your browser, and you can print the whole thing.

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