Two Projects at a Time: Why We Like to Keep it Small

If you’ve ever taken on more work that you can  handle, or overextended yourself between your work and home life, you know what’s likely to happen. Things fall through the cracks, the quality of your work may suffer and your quality of life along with it. And what’s the benefit to that extra work and extension of your time? Whatever the return, it probably wasn’t worth the investment.

At RIC design build we are extremely mindful of this scenario. We take pride in and enjoy being a small business with fewer than a half a dozen employees. We also take pride in and enjoy being intimately familiar with our clients, their projects and their needs. Because of this, we try to stick to no more than two large design build projects at a time.

The design build process is uniquely set up for this kind of work scheduling. Because we work with clients from the beginning to the end of their project, we can plan well in advance, having designs completely done, materials ordered and delivered and subcontractors lined up before we take the first swing of the hammer. This means that the construction phase of the projects go quickly and smoothly. And mishaps in communication between designer, architect and contractor are eliminated.

Working on just two projects at a time also means that someone from our crew is always on-site at our clients’ homes. No subcontractors or workers are ever left unattended. Because of this, our clients are comfortable handing us the key and alarm code and going on about their lives. Our process interrupts your life as little as possible.

This timeline shows how the design build process works, from beginning to end, and how it streamlines the construction portion of the process. Yes, keeping just a couple of clients on the books at a time limits our size and production, but we are just fine with that, and our clients are too.