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Pyramid Builders
has been building the finest architecturally-designed estate homes
in and around Annapolis and the near Eastern Shore for the past twenty
years.
Our company is founded on the principles of providing homeowners
and architects with the highest level of service possible,
emphasizing construction craftsmanship, durability, and quality,
and managing project costs and schedules to achieve the highest
standards of accuracy and timeliness.
Our portfolio of projects has a heavy emphasis on waterfront
construction. Twenty years of experience building in the harsh
environment found at the water's edge enables us to construct
homes that will withstand the ravages of wind, rain, salt, and time
for decades to come.
Since we build exclusively at the high end of the quality scale,
we have extensive experience with all luxury finishes. Our master
craftsmen create works of art with a precision that is pleasing
to the eye and a durability that ensures your home will look as
good in twenty years as the day you move in.
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We have been
in business for twenty years and we take a long term view of
the entire construction business. This approach is
comprised of five components:
- We build houses to last. From our fanatical
foundation preparation to our best practices painting procedures,
we always take the extra step to ensure that your home is
rock solid, weather-tight, and durable. We build
estate homes and we build them to last for generations to come.
- We build homeowner relationships to last.
We have a 100% referable client base. Without exception,
every one of our clients over the past twenty years will
recommend us to friends and family. Many of our clients
use us for repeat business. Our entire company is designed
to foster client loyalty. We earn it every day by
conducting business with professionalism, honestly, and
organization. Building your architecturally-designed
home will demand significant effort from you. We understand
this and strive to make the process as enjoyable and satisfying
as possible.
- We build architect relationships to last.
We frequently assist architects by providing input early
in the design process to ensure the final product will be
built within the client's budget and time constraints. When
we bid a project, we build the entire house on paper, generating
a 300 plus page document for a typical estate home. This
ensures we completely understand the project and our bid
is accurate and all-inclusive, thus avoiding nasty surprises
down the road. Finally, our multi-tiered management approach
means we are able to provide unparalleled service and responsiveness
to the architect.
- We build subcontractor relationships to last.
There are only a handful of subcontractors that
can perform at the quality level we demand. It is imperative
that we invest the time to locate them, train them in our
construction practices, and then provide them with a work
environment that enables them to perform their tasks efficiently.
Building a large, complex, high quality home requires many
different players all working in unison toward a common
goal. The only way to consistently achieve the best results
is to build a dependable team and then keep that team together.
- We build employee relationships to last.
We make a large investment in training all of our employees.
We require a lot from everyone in terms of quality work
and professionalism. In return, we provide an unsurpassed
work environment and excellent benefits. The result is an
experienced, hardworking, dedicated workforce with an exceptionally
low turnover rate. Most of our employees have been with
our company for over ten years.
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Most construction
companies are long on construction experience and short
on business and management skills. A good example of this
involves the way a typical custom residential project is managed.
The common practice is to
employ a Site Manager who is responsible for all
aspects of a project. He must run the site and simultaneously manage the project.
This approach is inappropriate for high-end construction because
the workload is too great for one person to effectively handle.
In our view, the successful construction of a large, complex, high-quality
home requires more than just a team of craftsmen and a Site Manager
functioning as their leader.
We combine the on-site expertise of our craftsmen and Site
Supervisors with an equally talented team of professional
Project Managers. The Site Supervisor and his team focus
on the boards and bricks construction of the project. The Project
Manager handles all of the business tasks associated with the construction
of the project, including:
- Scheduling activity of construction team members (staff and subcontractors)
- Proactively obtaining input from client and architect on all product selections
- Ordering materials and scheduling delivery on just-in-time basis
- Detailing, pricing, documenting, and presenting change orders
- Resolving all design and technical issues that arise during the project
- Tracking all project costs and continually monitoring budgets
In addition, the company President provides oversight and
overall quality control by visiting all sites a minimum of
every other day. The added cost of this three-tiered management
approach is more than recouped in terms of elimination of
material waste, increased schedule efficiency, identification
and correction of problems before they impact actual construction,
and increased service provided to the client and the architect.
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Pyramid Builders
is the right size company to build architecturally-designed
estate homes. Our company is small enough to offer the
flexibility required to efficiently perform custom work.
We are nimble and responsive so we can effectively interact
with the client and the architect on a daily basis, always providing
top notch service and delivering the results that are expected at this level.
Every project we undertake represents a sizeable percentage
of our workload, enabling the entire management team, starting at the very
top, to be intimately involved with every project we build. This
results in more eyes on the project and ensures a better outcome.
A builder that is working
on ten or more simultaneous projects simply cannot devote
the same level of attention to every project that we do.
On the other hand, we are large enough to efficiently build
estate homes. We are able to employ in-house excavators, carpenters,
tile setters, masons, stucco workers and painters so we have absolute control
over the timing and quality of the most critical phases of
construction. We conduct a large volume of repeat business
with our subcontractors and material suppliers, which enables
us to exert pricing leverage to reduce project costs. We have
the financial stability associated with multiple, overlapping
projects. This means we are never pressed for cash and never
have to compromise quality or schedule due to financial constraints.
A builder working on only one or two projects is prone to
the occasional fiscal crunch.
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In summary, Pyramid Builders combines uncompromising quality craftsmanship
with an efficient and effective business culture and a dedication
to customer service. This combination allows us to deliver the
best product at the best value to the discriminating client.
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