Centerpoint Builders has been hired as the design/builder of the expansion of Strasburger's Collin County office. Centerpoint provided construction management for the initial office build-out in 2005. This engagement shows Centerpoint's growth as it takes turn-key responsibility for the project.
Centerpoint has previously provided construction management for Strasburger for its office build-out projects in Dallas, Collin County, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Centerpoint Builders completes consulting for Cooper Ventures
Centerpoint Builders has recently completed a design consulting project for Cooper Ventures. A subsidiary of the famed Cooper Clinic, Cooper Ventures offers high level consulting for clients in the design and construction of fitness and wellness facilities. Centerpoint was tapped for its design and construction knowledge, coordinating with Cooper Ventures staff for the preliminary stages of a 25,000 sf fitness facility and conference center in Tennessee.
Centerpoint's combination of architectural and construction knowledge allowed it to design and provide real-time construction cost estimates for the project. This accurate information is key to the client's ability to make effective decisions.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint's combination of architectural and construction knowledge allowed it to design and provide real-time construction cost estimates for the project. This accurate information is key to the client's ability to make effective decisions.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint Builders hired for Beaumont Trace apartment complex
Centerpoint Builders has been hired to build the 189-unit apartment complex in Beaumont, Texas for Madison Communities. Centerpoint was selected from four general contractors to build the project. More than $1 Billion in oil industry projects are underway in the Beaumont/Pt Arthur area, fueling a demand more rental units.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Centerpoint Builders founder David Gunderson featured in Construction Exec magazine
David Gunderson, AIA, founder and partner of Centerpoint Builders, Ltd. has been featured in the November issue of Construction Digital magazine. The article ascribes Centerpoint's growth to Centerpoint's unique service delivery.
“We are not a typical contractor,” said Gunderson. “We undertake a lot of negotiated and representative business and we’re into the building long-term relationships with our clients. While we do bid against other contractors for selected projects the majority of our work is negotiated directly with clients to help them to get the best value.” But business tends to go out to multiple bidders in order to get what they see is the lowest price. Gunderson maintains that’s not the best approach.
“We add so much value at the front end,” he said. “Rather than rely totally on the architect’s information, we use our own in-house team of architects to value engineer. Centerpoint is about finding faster, cheaper and better ways to build projects.” While that may sound like a great idea, businesses do tend to be wedded to the ‘lowest bid’ approach. Those marriages in haste often end up in not-so-leisurely repentance.
“Between two-thirds and three-quarters of business in Dallas is competitively bid,” he conceded. “That usually ends up in variations and change orders, which elevate project costs way above the original offer. What we can do is go back to the client and show them quantitative savings in areas they didn’t think were possible. For example, most architects understand design but they don’t understand the cost of implementation. We can show that, if you do something this way rather than that, you can achieve exactly what you wanted while saving money.” As the Network Associates experience showed, those savings can add up to a lot of money. And the sooner Centerpoint gets involved, the better.
Centerpoint is experienced in all aspects of construction. As such, it provides three distinct services: design/build; construction management; and general contractor. Each division does pretty much ‘what it says on the can’: design/build takes on responsibility for all aspects of design, budget, and construction, contracting directly with the architect to develop drawings and then building the project for a guaranteed maximum price, providing the client with a single point of contact. As an architect-led design/builder, Centerpoint naturally places heavy emphasis on the design phase, designing-in cost and time savings and sorting out problems before they arise. As a construction manager, the company oversees the whole project on behalf of the owner, from conceptual planning through to completion.
“We’ve been very successful in keeping a good stable of subcontractors available. We treat them fairly, pay on time and do what we say we’ll do. It’s a two-way street: we expect the same consideration in return,” said Gunderson. “I believe our subcontractors like working with us; they know we won’t discard them for the sake of a few dollars. We get dependability, as an important client, and if we need something challenging or urgent done, we know we can rely on them to get the job done.” One of the biggest challenges facing a company that’s growing exponentially, as Centerpoint has been, is control. It’s well in hand.
“The great secret of our success is our people – our staff have been very loyal. Without that stability and loyalty, we couldn’t have grown at the rate we’ve achieved,” he said. “We are tripling our revenues but not the number of projects. What we’re doing is larger and more complex undertakings. We are adding people but one of the keys to our success is that our partners stay very involved with our end product; we don’t have three layers of management between the field and decision-makers.” Going forward, Centerpoint expects to continue to grow and branch out, primarily within its home state.
“We learned before and after 9/11 that we were too dependent on the technology sector and office finish-out and that market disappeared in a heartbeat. We’re now more diversified and undertook more retail work during 2007. In 2008, we will be more involved with multi-family projects,” said Gunderson. “We have undertaken projects outside Texas when our clients have asked us to but our home state is a huge market. There’s plenty of work here; we’re more likely to open an office in Austin than in Boston.”
The article can be found at http://www.constructiondigital.com/Centrepoint-Builders_3912.aspx
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
“We are not a typical contractor,” said Gunderson. “We undertake a lot of negotiated and representative business and we’re into the building long-term relationships with our clients. While we do bid against other contractors for selected projects the majority of our work is negotiated directly with clients to help them to get the best value.” But business tends to go out to multiple bidders in order to get what they see is the lowest price. Gunderson maintains that’s not the best approach.
“We add so much value at the front end,” he said. “Rather than rely totally on the architect’s information, we use our own in-house team of architects to value engineer. Centerpoint is about finding faster, cheaper and better ways to build projects.” While that may sound like a great idea, businesses do tend to be wedded to the ‘lowest bid’ approach. Those marriages in haste often end up in not-so-leisurely repentance.
“Between two-thirds and three-quarters of business in Dallas is competitively bid,” he conceded. “That usually ends up in variations and change orders, which elevate project costs way above the original offer. What we can do is go back to the client and show them quantitative savings in areas they didn’t think were possible. For example, most architects understand design but they don’t understand the cost of implementation. We can show that, if you do something this way rather than that, you can achieve exactly what you wanted while saving money.” As the Network Associates experience showed, those savings can add up to a lot of money. And the sooner Centerpoint gets involved, the better.
Centerpoint is experienced in all aspects of construction. As such, it provides three distinct services: design/build; construction management; and general contractor. Each division does pretty much ‘what it says on the can’: design/build takes on responsibility for all aspects of design, budget, and construction, contracting directly with the architect to develop drawings and then building the project for a guaranteed maximum price, providing the client with a single point of contact. As an architect-led design/builder, Centerpoint naturally places heavy emphasis on the design phase, designing-in cost and time savings and sorting out problems before they arise. As a construction manager, the company oversees the whole project on behalf of the owner, from conceptual planning through to completion.
“We’ve been very successful in keeping a good stable of subcontractors available. We treat them fairly, pay on time and do what we say we’ll do. It’s a two-way street: we expect the same consideration in return,” said Gunderson. “I believe our subcontractors like working with us; they know we won’t discard them for the sake of a few dollars. We get dependability, as an important client, and if we need something challenging or urgent done, we know we can rely on them to get the job done.” One of the biggest challenges facing a company that’s growing exponentially, as Centerpoint has been, is control. It’s well in hand.
“The great secret of our success is our people – our staff have been very loyal. Without that stability and loyalty, we couldn’t have grown at the rate we’ve achieved,” he said. “We are tripling our revenues but not the number of projects. What we’re doing is larger and more complex undertakings. We are adding people but one of the keys to our success is that our partners stay very involved with our end product; we don’t have three layers of management between the field and decision-makers.” Going forward, Centerpoint expects to continue to grow and branch out, primarily within its home state.
“We learned before and after 9/11 that we were too dependent on the technology sector and office finish-out and that market disappeared in a heartbeat. We’re now more diversified and undertook more retail work during 2007. In 2008, we will be more involved with multi-family projects,” said Gunderson. “We have undertaken projects outside Texas when our clients have asked us to but our home state is a huge market. There’s plenty of work here; we’re more likely to open an office in Austin than in Boston.”
The article can be found at http://www.constructiondigital.com/Centrepoint-Builders_3912.aspx
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Centerpoint Builders to be featured on "Sustainable Planet" TV series
The producers of Sustainable Planet are pleased to announce that Centerpoint Builders will be featured in an upcoming episode as part of the show’s series, Leadership in Sustainability & Design. The show will be aired nationally on National Geographic Channel and The Travel Channel, as well as in 25 regional markets.
As an architect-led design and build firm, Centerpoint Builders is dedicated to building sustainable designs and reducing negative impacts on the environment. With three architects on staff (one being Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED accredited), Centerpoint has extensive environmentally-sensitive project experience, ranging from $500,000 to $15 million projects.
Centerpoint focuses on four distinct building types, including multi-family, commercial, retail, and medical, and applies sustainable building expertise to all of these building types. It builds projects that extend past “green” devices, like wind turbines, rain catchers, and solar panels. It considers factors such as building orientation, materials selection, and design details, which have a great impact on the sustainability of the environment.
In addition, Centerpoint performs a Life Cycle Assessment of the materials that will be used on a project to determine its performance, durability, and raw material use. It makes decisions that will increase the quality and sustainability of a project, without adding to the cost of construction.
“As more Americans understand the political and environmental impacts of our industrialized society, more owners are asking how their projects can have a positive impact on the environment,” said David Gunderson, founder of Centerpoint Builders. “The key to achieving a sustainable building is a complete integration between design and construction.”
Centerpoint’s architect-led team places a strong emphasis on quality and functional design and serves as a single source will full accountability of schedule, quality and cost. As a design and build firm, Centerpoint allows the owner to focus on decision making instead of coordinating details between a designer and contractor. It streamlines the design and construction process, and saves time by removing the multiple entities within a conventional architect-contractor project.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
As an architect-led design and build firm, Centerpoint Builders is dedicated to building sustainable designs and reducing negative impacts on the environment. With three architects on staff (one being Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED accredited), Centerpoint has extensive environmentally-sensitive project experience, ranging from $500,000 to $15 million projects.
Centerpoint focuses on four distinct building types, including multi-family, commercial, retail, and medical, and applies sustainable building expertise to all of these building types. It builds projects that extend past “green” devices, like wind turbines, rain catchers, and solar panels. It considers factors such as building orientation, materials selection, and design details, which have a great impact on the sustainability of the environment.
In addition, Centerpoint performs a Life Cycle Assessment of the materials that will be used on a project to determine its performance, durability, and raw material use. It makes decisions that will increase the quality and sustainability of a project, without adding to the cost of construction.
“As more Americans understand the political and environmental impacts of our industrialized society, more owners are asking how their projects can have a positive impact on the environment,” said David Gunderson, founder of Centerpoint Builders. “The key to achieving a sustainable building is a complete integration between design and construction.”
Centerpoint’s architect-led team places a strong emphasis on quality and functional design and serves as a single source will full accountability of schedule, quality and cost. As a design and build firm, Centerpoint allows the owner to focus on decision making instead of coordinating details between a designer and contractor. It streamlines the design and construction process, and saves time by removing the multiple entities within a conventional architect-contractor project.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint's Sporting News Grill featured in December 2007 Hospitality Design magazine
Centerpoint Builder's recently completed construction of the Sporting News Grill at the Love Field Holiday Inn in Dallas, Texas has been featured in the December 2007 issue of Hospitality Design Magazine. The article describes the design by Ft. Lauderdale's ZSPACE as "a grand slam". Centerpoint completed construction of the high finish restaurant and bar, complete with custom millwork, seating and a patented stainless steel video tour in only 45 days.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Centerpoint hired for DFW retail portfolio
Centerpoint has been hired by Global Realty Funds of Miami Beach, Florida as construction manager for its Texas properties. Centerpoint has started with three retail projects in the Houston metro area and expects ongoing work in the Dallas and Houston markets. Global Funds owns or manages 25 retail centers in the Dallas and Houston markets.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint Builders offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients with experience in a wide range of project experience - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. For more information, please visit the company website at centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint hired for Two Wachovia branch banks
Centerpoint Builders, Ltd. has been hired by Wachovia to build two branch banks in the Dallas Metroplex. The first, starting December 1, 2007, is a Wachovia standard in Allen, Texas. The second, starting January 2, 2008, is a "green" prototype branch, constructed of sustainably harvested Agri-board panels.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Centerpoint Tapped to Build Wachovia Bank Branches
Centerpoint Builders has been selected as select bidder for Wachovia bank branches in the N. Texas area. Wachovia added Centerpoint to their closed bidders list after learning of the company's experience with high quality retail projects.
Centerpoint offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients. With two architects and sixteen construction professionals on staff, Centerpoint can walk you through every step of the building process, from initial site selection and planning, through budgets, design, construction, and finally, move-in. The company has experience in a wide range of building types - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. Learn more about Centerpoint at www.centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients. With two architects and sixteen construction professionals on staff, Centerpoint can walk you through every step of the building process, from initial site selection and planning, through budgets, design, construction, and finally, move-in. The company has experience in a wide range of building types - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. Learn more about Centerpoint at www.centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint Hired for Lake Pointe Orthopaedics Office Building
Centerpoint has been hired as design/builder for a new medical office building to be anchored by Lake Pointe Orthopaedics. The building, which will be located in Rockwall, Texas, was organized by Scott Asbury with 3L Realty Advisors. Design will occur during the fourth quarter of 2007, with an expected completion in April 2008.
Centerpoint offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients. With two architects and sixteen construction professionals on staff, Centerpoint can walk you through every step of the building process, from initial site selection and planning, through budgets, design, construction, and finally, move-in. The company has experience in a wide range of building types - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. Learn more about Centerpoint at www.centerpointbuilders.com.
Centerpoint offers turn-key design/build and construction for its clients. With two architects and sixteen construction professionals on staff, Centerpoint can walk you through every step of the building process, from initial site selection and planning, through budgets, design, construction, and finally, move-in. The company has experience in a wide range of building types - medical, office, retail, multi-family, and industrial. Learn more about Centerpoint at www.centerpointbuilders.com.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Centerpoint completes Kimball Office Showroom
Centerpoint Builders has completed the Kimball Office Showroom at 1505 Oak Lawn in Dallas, Texas. As one the the top-performing Kimball markets in the country, it was important to convey the quality and design features intrinsic to the furniture in the built showroom. Centerpoint assisted the management with support through the design process and completed a quality build-out.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Centerpoint Hired for Collin County Children's Advocacy Center
Centerpoint Builders has been hired to build the addition to the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center in Plano, Texas. CCCAC houses over 120 professionals dedicated to serving Collin County children, and their non-offending family members, suffering from abuse. This 22,000 sf free-standing addition will hold offices, staff work areas, therapy rooms and a full-size gymnasium. The project was designed by Jacobs. Centerpoint provided very competitive pricing, beating out nine other competing contractors. The project is scheduled for completion by Thanksgiving 2007.
Centerpoint Hired for Lake Ray Hubbard Condos
Centerpoint Builders has been hired to build the Phase III waterfront condominiums at Water's Edge in Rockwall, Texas. This is the third phase that Centerpoint will build for the developers. Buildings 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 total twenty two units. Completed units range from 1,200 sf to 3,600 sf and sell for $250,000 to $400,000. Centerpoint provided competitive pricing, beating out four other competing contractors. The units are scheduled for completion by Thanksgiving 2007.
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