Commercial Design + Build

Kendall Design + Build handles absolutely everything—from space planning to the last dot of paint on the wall and everything in between. Our clients tell us what they want, and we make it happen!

Yes. In fact we require it—we know our clients are busy and materials being on site and on time is critical to managing a successful project.

While we do commercial work for many different organizations, our favorite commercial projects are tenant build outs. From restaurants to gyms, and everything in between, we love to sink our teeth into creating the space for a company’s new—or remodeled—location.

Kendall Design + Build brings everything to our commercial clients that we bring to our residential clients. Most commercial contracts treat commercial design and build very objectively. We treat it personally—just like a client’s home.

Brand is not just colors and logos. Brand is about who our client is, about their mission and values, and how they set themselves apart from their competition. Our design team incorporates not only the logo and colors of the brand, but the values of the company into the design.

For example, if a client’s brand includes their value of fair wages and working conditions for their employees, we will include employee sitting areas, and flex work spaces in the design—and where customers can see them!

Yes. From shop drawings to build out we can provide whatever our clients need—and whatever our design team imagines for them.

The benefits of hiring a design-build firm is that you get one team, under one roof, with one goal –the clients’ satisfaction. Communication is streamlined, construction processes and schedules are streamlined and clients never have to bounce back and forth between different groups to get answers or solve problems. The design-build team is doing that for you.

Also—putting everything under one roof saves clients on average 12-15% over hiring separate firms—and jobs are completed on average 20% more quickly.

We start by learning as much as we can about our client’s lives, needs, wants and budgets. We draw floor plans, blueprints, present detailed proposals, and then the real work starts.

While the build team is busy pulling permits, informing trades, and preparing the home for construction, the design team is honing in on material selections and creating detailed spec books, and making sure materials are on time and intact to accommodate construction schedules.

Throughout the construction process, we are managing the job site, monitoring for quality and ensuring that all inspections are passed, managing invoices, and keeping our clients up to date on everything happening. As the project comes to a close, we bring in our finishing detailers to make sure everything is as close to perfect as possible and our clients are happy.

Our commercial clients typically pay the same way our residential clients do: through invoices based on commensurate work as the project progresses, for materials and for professional fees.

That depends on the project. We set realistic scheduling expectations on every project, don’t overcommit ourselves (which can cause delays) and work steadily toward quality completions on every job.

We can start planning new projects within a month—always! Most projects start with space planning/blueprints which is about a 2 month process—and construction typically starts about 90 days after floor plans are done and contracts signed. During that 90 days we’re waiting for permits, prepping for construction and doing the heavy design work with you so you won’t be waiting.