Kraft Custom Construction

Design/Build Process The design/build approach to building joins professional design with construction expertise. Kraft handles both the design and the construction aspects of your project. This allows you to enjoy a greater continuity of service. Linking design and construction streamlines your project, saves you time and money, and helps give you an active role in the construction or remodeling of your home. Design/build ensures the convenience and consistency of working with one firm from start to finish. With your ideas and active participation, Kraft forms a personalized relationship with you to design a project that matches your goals to your budget and lifestyle. The design/build process is efficient, so your time and money are well spent. This is one-stop shopping at its best! As the customer, you are the most important member of the design/build team. Your ideas and preferences help with the enhancement of the design, materials selection, and budget. Your specific design issues and desires are of the utmost concern. Kraft has the building and design experience, knowledge, and skills to turn your ideas into reality. We can show you examples of similar projects and present a menu of economical, practical, and aesthetic solutions to common design problems. Kraft can assist you by offering opinions in the selection of materials and finishes that both represent good values and complete your vision for your new or remodeled home. Introduction & Assessment The Prospective Client has a Need for a Building or Remodeling Project Client contacts Kraft Custom Construction. Brief Phone Interview During a telephone conversation, we jointly decide if Kraft's strengths will match the prospective Client's needs or desires. Initial Project Consultation Services A single project site meeting and consultation with Client to do a preliminary site inspection, discuss possible designs and budget ranges. Design Services Preliminary Design Meetings with Client, review code and municipal ordinances, review as-built measurements and drawings of home, and draft preliminary design drawings and concepts. Present preliminary concepts and drawings to the Client, draft preliminary project budgets and pricing. Refine Design Work with Client to reduce design concepts and refine the design along with the budget, and work on determining the level of amenities and preliminary selection of products and finishes. Final Design Work with the client to create the final design, specifications, and pricing of the project. Build Services Construction Preparation The construction phase of the project is scheduled and the Client signs a Construction Agreement. Kraft lines up permits, trade contractors, and materials to streamline the job. Pre-Construction Meeting Our design and production team members meet with the Client for a pre-construction information exchange, moving the project from design to construction. Construction Construction proceeds along agreed scope of work. Kraft monitors the progress, minding the timeline and quality of construction. Project Completion At completion, we inspect the project together with the Client. Once the project is completed, Kraft and the Client close out the job and the warranty period begins.