Retail, office and commercial builds. Longer spans, tighter schedules, and a frame that has to suit every trade and inspection behind it.
Commercial framing is judged on two things that pull against each other: it has to be right, and it has to be done when the schedule says. A frame that is perfect and two weeks late has cost the project more than the framing was worth, because every trade behind it moved too.
The way to hold both is to quote honestly at the start. We look at scope, spans, access and staging before committing to dates, and we say plainly what our crews can carry rather than agreeing to a timeline that was never realistic. Then when something on site does change it, you hear about it that day instead of finding out at handover.
Yes, both. Residential is the larger share of our work, and commercial builds are regular alongside it. The crews and the standard are the same. What changes on a commercial job is the coordination load and how tightly the schedule is tied to other trades.
We quote the timeline honestly rather than agreeing to whatever gets us the job. That means looking at scope, access, staging and crew availability first, then committing. If something on site moves the date, you hear it that day rather than at handover.
Yes. On commercial work the frame has to suit mechanical, electrical and everything else going into the ceiling and walls. Framing without regard for what follows creates rework for someone else, and that cost lands on the project either way.
Retail, office and similar commercial builds. We will tell you straight at quoting stage whether a job suits our crews. Taking on work we are not sized for helps nobody, and a framer who over commits is a scheduling problem for the whole project.
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