The SPW Advantage

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Builders Who Build

Why is a contractor who self-performs better for your project?

Choosing a self-performing general contractor offers flexibility and predictability that provides greater returns with less risk for owners.

Before selecting a contractor, building owners should account for individual project complexities: What are the technical needs of your project? Does your board require a competitive bid process? How do I navigate my local labor market? Understanding the answers to these questions ensures your selection criteria is clear.

The Self-Perform Work Advantage

Building today is tougher than ever, but choosing a self-performing general contractor can be a game changer. Discover how self-perform work (SPW) gives you more control, reduces risks, and guarantees success from start to finish.

Why choose a self-performing contractor?

More consistent outcomes for quality and safety
Control unpredictable market conditions
Increase cost and schedule certainty

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Self-performing contractors may offer a wide range of services so it is best to understand the parts of your project that could be enhanced by these in-house capabilities. We’ve curated this collection of resources and insights to help you understand how you can ensure you and your builder are set up for success on the most critical aspects of your project while mitigating risk.

Check back here often as we will continue to add additional tools to help you understand the advantages of self-performing general contractors.

I think anytime you can minimize the number of trades that you have on a project, the more control you have over timing, quality of work and quality of craftsmanship. With our confidence in [the contractors’] ability to design and build the facility, and the more actual hands-on construction work that was offered, the better I felt about making sure that it gets done right.

Jeff Masten

COO, Theragent, Inc.

Trends & Insights

One of the major benefits I see with having a self-perform team on a project is the ability to cross-train and control the labor for miscellaneous tasks (like transporting pods). You have an advantage because you’re not relying on subcontractors; you control the logistics, labor and install.

Tracy Lauer

Senior Associate, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.

Case Studies