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Pro-Line’s Commercial Building Process—Vol. 2

Posted by Bill Maschmeier on Dec 27, 2017 2:08:55 PM

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A lot goes into building a new commercial space that fills all of your needs. Pro-Line’s process is streamlined and focused on being your ultimate building partner. In our first blog post in this series, we discussed the first phases of our commercial building process.

Today, Mack Vanderbeek of the Pro-Line sales team is walking you through the key middle stages.

The Blueprint

The first meeting is full of information gathering. Our sales team aims to get as much information as they can from you so they are able to accurately relay your project to the complete Pro-Line team.

After this initial meeting, our sales team lays out a floorplan. We know how difficult it can be to visualize your space, so we try to give you something to scale. We utilize a drawing program to lay out everything that was discussed in the initial meeting so you can see a true visual representation of your layout. This serves as a first draft of what your space could potentially look like. We know time is of the essence. Our sales team aims to turn around these floorplans within five business days of your initial meeting with us—complexity of the project can affect this timeline.

Once the floorplan is put together, we will schedule another meeting with you to walk through the layout. We use this meeting to make sure the floorplan matches up with what you’re envisioning. During this meeting, we can also begin talking about what level of finishes you want for your office space, if your warehouse is going to be cold storage or insulated, what type of heating and cooling system you want installed, and much more. Talking through these details gives our sales team an idea of what you’re wanting in each space within your building.

 

The Bids

If the floorplan is accurate to what you were wanting, our sales team will begin submitting for bids after the second meeting. We send off bids to all of our subcontractors for plumbing, heating and cooling, electrical, flooring, paint, drywall—getting a full scope of what we need to do in your space.

Once we get bids, we are ready to put a formal proposal together. The proposal is formulated based on all of the information you have given our sales team in the first two meetings and what works in your design-build process. From there it’s all about the project and budget.

 

The Budget

Based on the information we have, we determine if we can build the building you’re needing within your budget. If not, we look at the reverse engineering of to determine if we can bring the project into your budget or at least have some conversation of what it would take. This allows you to weigh the options and make an informed decision.

If a project is over budget, sometimes our clients will build in phases. They determine they still want to pursue the full project; it just might take a little longer. We tackle your key phases first and lengthen the project to make it work with your budget.

Our role in this is listening. It’s our sales team’s job to listen to your needs and key-in on what’s most important to you. Some business owners are driven by functionality of the space, while others are driven by the design of the building. We’ll hear you out and make our recommendations based on what you need from your space.

The process of creating a commercial proposal of our clients typically takes about a month and a half from initial meeting to proposal presentation. This timeline is really driven by how quickly the client can process the information and how quickly we hear back from them. Pro-Line is able to move as fast as the business owner can!

 

In our final blog post about our commercial building process, Mack will talk through the final, sometimes daunting phase of the commercial build process: Permitting.

Does Pro-Line's commercial building process seem like it might be a good fit for you? Contact us today to learn more about partnering with us on your next building project.

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Topics: Commercial