A vast amount of planning must take place before actual construction begins. Pre-Construction planning services provide a project owner with details on everything from estimating to design and scope, and everything in between. A good construction manager will help the project owner know what to expect and when, by providing a step-by-step roadmap and project schedule.

Quickly becoming the favorite form of project delivery, this method has the owner, architect and the contractor working together early in the project to come up with the most viable, budget friendly and realistic solutions for a project to come together. This typically will have a percentage fee and general conditions attached to the overall scope of the project and provides more transparency for the owner on where their money is going.

Historically, the typical project delivery method. This consists of Pillar taking plans from your architect or owner's representative and putting together a bid. Typically, there are multiple contractors that will bid on this and the cheapest gets the project, all things being equal.

Design-build is a construction project delivery method where the designer and builder work together under a single contract from the beginning of the project in order to ensure unity and collaboration throughout the process.

In its simplest terms, the design-build construction delivery method replaces the traditional method of awarding separate contracts for design and construction. The contractor, designers, subcontractors, and owner work together as one team to build a project that meets or exceeds the owner's expectations.