5 Important Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Commercial Construction Project

When you are hiring a commercial construction company, you want to make sure you make you are making the right choice. You want to choose someone who has a good reputation, a considerable amount of experience and a portfolio that assures you they will be a great fit for your project. Once you have chosen a potential company, there are still going to be some very important questions you want to go over with your general contractors before you begin construction. This will help you proceed with confidence, knowing your project is being handled by a professional team that won’t let you down.

Here is a list of 4 essential questions you should ask before locking in your choice:

What Similar Projects Have You Done in the Past?

When you are hiring a general contractor company, you want to make sure that they have prior experience with projects like yours. This will allow you to get a glimpse of their previous projects, as well as help you determine the proficiency and quality of their workmanship. You may also want to go an extra step and speak to any other business owners for whom your chosen company has worked for in the past. Through their experiences, you will be able to determine if you have the right choice or not.

What Are the Dynamics of Your Team?

By learning about the team that will be working on your construction project, you will be able to recognize their dynamics properly. This will help you understand how many people are involved in your project and what will their roles be. You will get to know who your main point of contact will be and how to reach your project manager whenever communication is required. Being familiar with the people who will be working on your project and knowing you will be able to reach them whenever required is definitely a positive sign.

How Long Do You Think This Project Will Take?

Every project has its own timeline and completion time – it depends on the scope of the project and your chosen general contractor’s efficiency. Sometimes unexpected delays in the form of bad weather and material shortage can come suddenly, but a professional and experienced team will know how to work around those and despite delays make sure your work is completed as close to the estimate timeline discussed.

What Are Some of the Challenges That You Anticipate with This Construction Project?

This is one of the most important questions to ask because an experienced and professional team will easily be able to identify what some of the challenges in your construction project will be. Identifying these challenges beforehand will allow both of you to work through strategies on how to overcome these so that construction can continue smoothly.

At Bomar Construction, our expert team of Daytona Beach general contractors makes sure to answer every question that clients have so that before we begin any project, everyone is on the same page and satisfied with the construction plans.