A lot of General Contractors get into this business because they see the dollar signs or think its easy to just sub-contract stuff out. Many times, the customer has a bad experience with GC’s as they are quick to get you under contract, but then never answer calls, always go over budget and seem to never be on time with the schedule.
Believe me, I know. I was a sub-contractor at one point. I became a General Contractor because I was frustrated working for really incompetent people. I thought to myself, “there has to be a better way.” As it turns out, there is….
The only two products I sell are credible expertise and deconfliction. Those were the two biggest needs I saw that weren’t being fulfilled in this space.
Credible Expertise
Some GC’s operate unlicensed, using the information they were told by someone or found on the internet somewhere.
Conversely, I hold 5 licenses in General Contracting, Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing, and Septic Systems. This means that I’m intimately familiar with the infrastructure of buildings and how every detail of your subtrades are supposed to be installed. This translates to close attention in the design and planning phase and in the quality control during the build to ensure you’re getting your money’s worth.
The Quality Control checklists I created and use have 192 points of inspection that are all based on industry standard, accepted practice, or code. Our goal is to exceed, not just meet, the standard.
Deconfliction
For almost 20 years, I’ve also been an Army Reserve Soldier as a Corps of Engineers Warrant Officer. Having been involved with missions as large as $50 million dollars, planning operations involving as many as 500 people, to include transport of equipment, tools, and materials to locations in the United States and abroad, suffice it to say that I clearly understand the need for good communication and planning.
Many times, there are a million hoops to jump through when moving 80 or so people 3,000 or more miles where that they and their equipment get there at the same time that the material does. I lean heavy on this experience to look ahead in the project and “find and fix” the problems in the project before you even know they were there.
Additionally, I was formerly a Director of Facilities for a Pizza Hut franchise consisting of 215 stores in 11 states. These stores were open 7 days a week; failure was simply not an option if we wanted employees to be able to keep earning paychecks. However, when the average store building’s age was 38 yrs old, and there are on average no less than 2 work orders per store at any given time, but the budget to fix or replace the items was a measly $15k per store, it becomes quickly apparent that the “math ain’t mathing.”
Add to that that each state and local municipality had their own rules, their own codes, their own laws and health departments and so on to appease. And of course, with a coverage area that big, we heavily leaned on sub-contractors to get the job done. 93 of them in fact. Balancing all of that and swimming through the idiosyncrasies of each situation and its specific needs forced me to master deconfliction quickly.
I bring those combined experiences and many others to bear for you as your General Contractor. I would love the chance to interview for the job and see if we connect as a good fit to bring your vision to reality.
Hayner Construction 