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Looking for Design Partners for Design-Build Work

A F Alber is a general contractor. Today we build from drawings prepared by our clients' architects. We want to offer design and construction under one contract, and we are looking for the architecture and engineering firms to do it with.

Why Team With a Builder

We Have Built From Architects' Drawings Since 1987

For 39 years our work has started with an architect's set: prototype stores for national brands, fast-casual restaurants, hearing clinics, and tenant interiors in malls and shopping centers. We know what a drawing set needs before a building department and a landlord will accept it, and where a detail that looks fine on paper costs time in the field.

Some of our oldest client relationships came from architects. The firms that designed the Electronics Boutique stores we built referred us to Time Factory and Timex.

What We Would Bring to a Design Team

Budget pricing as the design develops
Constructability review before the set goes out
Site surveys of existing conditions
Value engineering options with prices attached
Permit and inspection coordination with building departments in 20+ states
One contact from first sketch to closeout
1,000+Build-Outs Completed
20+States Built In · Licensed Where Required
39Years of Commercial Construction
Where This Stands

We Do Not Offer Design-Build Yet

We are not going to call ourselves a design-build contractor until we have the design firms to back it up. This page is how we find them.

If your firm designs retail, restaurant or medical-office interiors in the states where we build, we would like to meet before there is a project on the table. We would agree on how the two firms work together, who holds the contract and how the design fee is carried, and then take it to clients together.

Who We Want to Hear From

Firms We Are Looking For

Architects

Firms that design retail, restaurant or medical tenant interiors and want a builder at the table from the first layout.

MEP Engineers

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers for tenant fit-outs, kitchen exhaust and rooftop unit replacements.

Structural Engineers

For storefront changes, rooftop equipment supports and the openings a tenant layout calls for.

From Firms Whose Designs We Have Built

What Design Firms Have Said

"As an architectural firm for projects from New York to Florida, Stampfl Hartke Associates has had many opportunities to work with Tony and he has consistently provided good quality construction services. He has been pro-active and resourceful in solving field problems and communication with all the team members on the projects."

— S.C., Architect — Stampfl Hartke Associates

"Not only does Tony bring construction knowledge to the project, he brings honesty as well."

— D.C., Principal — Retail Design Services, LLC

Does your firm want a builder to team with?

Call John Alber at 267-221-2649 or send a note. Tell us what you design and where.
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