Design-Build
- Design contract held by
- Meridian
- We join
- At the program, before design
- Price fixed
- Progressively, as design is validated
- Speed
- Fastest: design and construction overlap
- Best for
- Schedule-driven industrial and logistics work
S-01 Capabilities
How the work gets delivered
Four disciplines, one contractor. Preconstruction sets the number, a delivery method fits your risk appetite, and our own craft crews hold the critical path. Pick the one your project needs, or ask us which fits.
Four capabilities
C-01
Preconstruction & Estimating
Budgets you can take to your board, before the drawings are done.
Every project. Precon is included in design-build and CM engagements, and available on its own for owners testing feasibility.
±2.8% average variance, milestone estimate to final cost, last 20 projects (fictional)
Preconstruction →
C-02
Design-Build
One contract, one accountable team, and the fastest path to keys.
Schedule-driven industrial and logistics work, and owners who want one accountable party instead of refereeing between designer and builder.
31% average schedule saving vs. sequential design-bid-build on comparable work (fictional)
Design-Build →
C-03
Construction Management
CM at risk: your architect, our guaranteed price, everyone at the table from day one.
Healthcare campuses, school districts and any owner who wants design control with a constructor's cost discipline alongside.
68% of CM-at-risk clients have hired us for a second project (fictional)
CM at Risk →
C-04
Self-Perform Work
Concrete, steel erection, rough carpentry and demolition, done by our own crews.
Critical-path structure on any delivery method, and tight-market seasons when subcontractor coverage is thin and bids come back wild.
120 craft professionals on Meridian payroll, apprentices included (fictional)
Self-Perform →C-00 Delivery methods
Three ways to buy a building
The delivery method decides who holds the design, when the price is fixed and how fast you get keys. Preconstruction and self-perform work come with all three.
CM at Risk
- Design contract held by
- The owner, with your architect
- We join
- During design, ideally at schematic
- Price fixed
- At the GMP, before construction
- Speed
- Fast: early packages start before design ends
- Best for
- Healthcare, schools, occupied facilities
Design-Bid-Build
- Design contract held by
- The owner, with your architect
- We join
- At bid, with documents complete
- Price fixed
- At bid, as a sealed lump sum
- Speed
- Sequential: design first, then build
- Best for
- Public hard bids and fully designed work
Start / Bid room
Not sure which delivery method fits?
Choose “advise us” in the bid configurator. A preconstruction lead will lay out the trade-offs (schedule, cost certainty, design control) in writing, with a recommendation you can take to your board.
Bid room: bids@meridiancg.example · +1 (555) 014-7300