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Design + Build by Inner Loop Construction - Commercial Concrete Contractors in Texas

Design + Build in Texas

Integrated design-build construction delivering single-source accountability for project design, engineering, and construction

The design-build approach eliminates the traditional separation between designers and builders, fostering collaboration that improves project outcomes. Our design-build teams work together from project inception, ensuring constructability is considered throughout design development. This integration reduces change orders, accelerates schedules, and provides cost certainty earlier in the project lifecycle.

Inner Loop Construction partners with experienced architects and engineers to deliver design-build projects across industrial, commercial, and multifamily sectors. Our in-house expertise in concrete, site work, and general construction combines with design partner capabilities to provide comprehensive design-build solutions. We manage the entire process from initial programming through construction completion.

Design-build is particularly effective for industrial and commercial projects where speed to market is important. By overlapping design and construction phases, design-build can significantly compress overall project schedules. Our teams use this approach to deliver warehouses, manufacturing facilities, retail buildings, and other projects faster than traditional design-bid-build methods.

Texas developers and businesses increasingly choose design-build for its efficiency and accountability advantages. Inner Loop Construction has delivered successful design-build projects across the state, building long-term relationships with repeat clients who value our collaborative approach and reliable delivery.

What's Included

•Project programming and requirements development
•Architectural and engineering design services
•Constructability review and value engineering
•Permitting and regulatory approvals
•Complete construction services
•Quality control and project management
•Single-point accountability and communication
•Integrated scheduling and cost management
•Warranty and closeout services

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of design-build construction?

Design-build offers single-point accountability, faster delivery through overlapping phases, earlier cost certainty, reduced change orders, and improved collaboration between design and construction teams. Owners work with one entity responsible for the entire project, simplifying communication and decision-making.

How does design-build differ from traditional construction?

In traditional design-bid-build, owners contract separately with designers and contractors who work sequentially. Design-build combines these roles under one contract, allowing design and construction to proceed concurrently with integrated teams. This approach improves coordination and typically delivers projects faster.

What project types are suitable for design-build?

Design-build works well for industrial facilities, warehouses, commercial buildings, retail centers, and other projects where speed and efficiency are priorities. It's particularly effective when owners have clear functional requirements but flexibility on detailed design solutions. We've delivered successful design-build projects across these sectors in Texas.

How do you develop design-build pricing?

We work with owners to understand project requirements and develop preliminary designs and budgets during the proposal phase. As design progresses, we refine estimates and can offer guaranteed maximum price or lump sum contracts depending on how design is developed. This approach provides cost certainty while allowing design flexibility.

Who are your design partners for design-build projects?

We partner with experienced architects and engineers who specialize in industrial, commercial, and multifamily design. Our design partners understand construction and work collaboratively with our construction teams. We can also work with owner-selected designers in a design-assist arrangement where we provide construction input during design.

Common Situations

•A business owner needs a new facility quickly and wants one company responsible for both design and construction
•A developer has a tight schedule requiring design and construction to proceed concurrently to meet delivery commitments
•An owner wants cost certainty early in the project and prefers a collaborative approach over adversarial bidding

Example Engagement

Service Type

Design + Build

Scope

A manufacturer needs design-build delivery of a 75,000 square foot production facility including design, permitting, construction, and equipment installation coordination.

Client Situation

The manufacturer has acquired land and needs a new Texas facility operational within 18 months. They have detailed requirements for production layout but want to rely on the design-build team for building design and construction.

Our Approach

We would assign a design-build team including our architect partner, engineers, and construction management to develop the facility design based on production requirements. Design and permitting would proceed on an accelerated timeline, with site work beginning as soon as permits allow. Construction would be managed to coordinate with the client's equipment installation schedule.

Expected Outcome

The manufacturing facility would be designed and constructed as an integrated project, meeting production requirements and schedule. Single-point accountability would simplify owner coordination throughout the project.