Service overview
Every practice we design begins with a walk through your day. We look at where patients check in, how staff move between operatories, and where sterilization sits so it never becomes a bottleneck. We map that flow first and build the architecture around it, which is why our plans tend to fit more chairs into less leased square footage.
Architects, engineers and the construction team work under one roof, so what gets drawn is what gets built. Equipment specifications, plumbing rough ins and lead shielding are coordinated before the permit set goes out, not discovered in the field at framing, when a change order costs ten times as much.
How we work
Five stages, one team, and a drawing set that carries straight through into construction
One contract, one superintendent, one schedule. We bid every trade competitively and open the results to you, hold the guaranteed maximum price once it is set, and carry the job through final inspection and the warranty walk a year later.
Common questions
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How long does construction take?Most dental and medical projects in the DC metro run twelve to eighteen weeks on site once the permit is issued. A raw shell with no existing plumbing sits at the longer end of that range. You get a milestone schedule at contract signing, and the schedule is updated every Friday so slippage shows up early rather than at the end.
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How do you price the work?Every trade goes out to at least three qualified subcontractors and the results come back to you open book, so you see what each bid actually was. Most owners then convert to a guaranteed maximum price. That caps your exposure, and any contingency left unspent at closeout returns to you rather than to us.
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Can I keep the practice open during construction?In most renovations, yes. We wall off the work area with negative air containment, run noisy demolition after hours, and bring operatories back online in groups instead of all at once. Phasing this way protects your production, though it typically adds two to three weeks to the overall schedule.
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Who coordinates equipment delivery and installation?We do. Your equipment rep sends ship dates directly to us and we hold them against the construction schedule, so chairs and imaging units arrive after the flooring is down and well before final inspection. If a delivery slips, we resequence the remaining trades rather than letting the site sit idle waiting on a truck.
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What happens after you hand over the keys?You receive a closeout package with as built drawings, subcontractor warranties, equipment manuals and every inspection certificate. We walk the punch list with you before final payment is released, then return at eleven months for a warranty walk so anything still covered gets corrected at our cost.
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