Risk
The $400K Construction Mistake
Most expensive construction mistakes are decisions made early with incomplete information, then discovered late.
Case notes
The pattern is consistent: a scope is priced from assumptions, the assumptions are never tested, and the gap appears once demolition is complete and the schedule is already committed.
Common versions include pricing a change of use without resolving code strategy, assuming existing service capacity is adequate, assuming plumbing stacks can be reused where the new layout wants them, and treating an allowance as a budget.
The mitigation is unglamorous: selective demolition before final pricing, written scope assumptions, and a list of items that cannot be priced honestly until drawings, permits or engineering exist.
Have a property or project in mind?
Send us the address and what you're trying to accomplish. You'll get a direct, construction-informed response — not a sales pitch.