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A construction payment application is a contractor’s formal request for payment for work completed during a billing period, most commonly submitted using the AIA G702 form backed by the G703
A schedule of values breaks a construction contract’s total price into individual line items, each with its own dollar value, so progress payments can be billed against the percentage of
A general contractor holds the trade contracts, bids or negotiates a price for the finished design, and bears the cost and schedule risk of delivering it. A construction manager, in
A constructability review is a structured check of whether a design can actually be built as drawn, efficiently, safely, and within budget, performed while there’s still time to fix what
The preconstruction phase is where most of the problems that could otherwise derail a custom home project get caught while they’re still cheap to fix. Site conditions, permitting, septic and
Design-bid-build runs a project through three separate phases, design, bidding, and construction, each under its own contract. Design-build compresses that into a single contract with one team, overlapping design and
Both hiring an architect independently and hiring a design-build firm put a licensed architect on your project. The real difference is who that architect works for, how early construction pricing
Design-build and general contractor are two different ways to structure who’s responsible for a Hamptons home project, and the difference shows up long before construction starts. Design-build puts one team
Whether you can live in your home during a major remodel depends on how many rooms are affected at once, whether utilities need to be disconnected, and how long the
Planning a home addition in the Hamptons means working through more than square footage and style. A local height rule called the pyramid law can limit a second story well
Removing a wall during a luxury home remodel starts with one question: is it load-bearing? That answer determines whether the project needs an engineered beam and support system, or whether
Reconfiguring the floor plan of an older Hamptons home usually means combining separated rooms, relocating the kitchen or the stair, or converting a rarely used room to a new purpose.