Design-Build
One team, one contract for design and construction.
Overview
Design-build puts design and construction under one contract.
Instead of finishing a design, bidding it out, and discovering it is over budget, Complete Contracting folds estimating and construction expertise into the design process from day one — one team, accountable for both halves of the job.
That removes most of the friction of design-bid-build.
Fewer handoffs between separate firms, fewer change orders born of designs that ignore construction reality, and a single partner answerable for the outcome. It pairs naturally with our Estimate First method, which sets budget parameters before design work begins.
For owners, it means a faster path and a budget that holds.
Concept reaches occupancy sooner, and the number holds because cost was a design input rather than an afterthought.
What’s included
- One contract covering both design and construction.
- Integrated estimating throughout the design phase.
- One coordinated team of architects, engineers, and trades.
- Early budget alignment through the Estimate First method.
- Single-point accountability for design and build outcomes.
When you need it
- One responsible team for design and construction.
- Burned before by designs that blew the budget.
- Speed matters from concept to occupancy.
- Fewer contracts and clearer lines of accountability.
Keep Exploring
The rest of the journey.
- Pre-Construction Services Cost certainty normally arrives last, in a process where it is worth the most first. Estimate First reverses that order — a detailed, CSI-level conceptual budget from a napkin sketch, at no cost, before you engage an architect.
- Commercial General Contracting Full-service commercial construction — restaurants, retail, corporate offices, and event centers built and managed from groundbreaking to handover.
- Construction Management Professional oversight of the schedule, budget, subcontractors, and quality — plus the detailed planning, sequencing, and logistics that keep a commercial build predictable.
Have a design-build project in mind?
Share whatever you have so far. With Estimate First, that is enough to give you a real number — and a clear, predictable route from groundbreaking to handover.
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