“We use wands & hammers.”
We're based in Pleasant Hill and work across the Bay Area and Sacramento, on everything from single-suite tenant improvements to multi-phase campus renovations.
Our leadership spent more than 15 years in corporate real estate and school facilities, managing capital budgets and reviewing contractors' change orders. We run our projects the way we wanted our own contractors to run them.
The team that prices your job runs it through closeout. There's no hand-off after the contract is signed.
We bid every trade to subcontractors we've worked with for years. You see each sub's number and our markup.
If you already have a contractor or an architect-led team, we can act as your owner's rep: reviewing pay apps and change orders, tracking the schedule, and walking the site on your behalf.
We can plan a project from the start, or take over one that's already underway.
Site walk, ROM budget, and risk list.
Scope, design coordination, and permits.
Trade bids, leveled line by line.
Daily supervision and weekly owner reports.
Punch list, as-builts, and warranties.
We handle TIs, suite turns, and building upgrades in office, retail, and mixed-use properties, and we schedule the work around tenants and move-in dates.
Our team ran facilities for a 19-campus charter network before founding SMD. Seven straight summer construction windows closed on time.
Many of these owners build only once every few years and report to a board or building committee. We guide them through the process and keep the budget in view.
Here are three ways to get started.
Send plans or an RFP and add us to the bidders list. We return an itemized proposal.
Send photos or a short scope. We send back a ROM budget and the main risks.
We meet you on site and follow up with a cost range and schedule.