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About Us
Professional people backing quality products. Find out more about us.
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Contact Us
Need to send an e-mail to your design-build team? Comments?
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Commercial
Our buildings have helped shape the business landscape without sacrificing quality or appearance for more than fifty years.
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Auto Dealerships
Multi-storefront dealerships use innovative contracting methods, i.e., construction management.
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Churches
When it's time to build, choose America's choice church builder!
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Schools
We respect the taxpayers' budget and deliver quality buildings on time!
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Public Buildings
Elected officials and their constituents benefit from Speed Fab-Crete's respect of the tax dollar.
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Specialty Facilities
Custom-designed facilities of high-strength concrete walls fit a variety of applications.
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Architect Frank Callahan & his senior manager, Chuck Freeman, deliver creativity, less traditional expense.
817-478-1765
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Project Delivery Methods
Today's popular contracting methods get you involved early in TEAM design planning and construction.
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Get a SOIL TEST of your building site before committing.
Existence of soil contaminants, clay soils, which expand and contract,
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today!
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Project Delivery Methods
Speed Fab-Crete builds projects through four contract methods. Select the one below that best suits your needs.
Design-Build
A turnkey construction solution, performed under one contract, preferred by most owners.
Construction Management-At Risk
SFC assumes risk for construction, manages construction, consults in design process.
Design-Bid-Build
A traditional solution, architect produces plans, construction contract awarded to best bid.
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What is Design-Bid-Build?
A system of contracting by which an architect is retained, permit plans are drawn, bids received and a construction contract is awarded, usually to the lowest and best bid. Once the preferred method, the popularity of this approach continues to diminish.s
Owner hires architect to produce permit construction plans. Project bidding is by either "selected" contractor, invited "prescreened" contractors or offered to any contractor, regardless of capability or past performance.
This method has features which can cause problems for the owner:
- Budget control can be lost during drawing phase. If architect is not costing
the project while he draws, owner's cost will depend on the "low bid" contractor, often unknown until bid opening. This results in a project over budget, a disappointed owner, and construction delay while awaiting new decisions.
- Typically, owner does not know "low bid" contractor until bid day. This
prohibits contractor to be pre-qualified on past performance, workmanship, and financial stability. Bonding a project does not necessarily
address these concerns.
- Architectural expense to owner is based on percentage of final project cost,
usually 6% to 9%. This deters controlling cost of plans and
specifications and rarely brings a project under budget.
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