Pre Construction Services
We offer planning and preconstruction services including cost estimating services. Whether your project requires conceptual budgeting, constructability analysis, value engineering, cash flow analysis or scheduling, we are here to help!
General Contracting
We provide general contracting services to clients in Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma and surrounding counties. With over 45 years of experience, we are skilled in both commercial and residential construction.
Design Build Services
Cupples and Sons Construction regularly work together with designers from the beginning, as a team, providing unified project recommendations to fit the Owner's schedule and budget.
Design Build
Design Build- Working regularly with designers and architects from the design phase through project completion.
Residential Construction
There is no project too small for our team. We tackle jobs big and small for homeowners, from bathroom remodels to complete home builds.
Commercial Constriction
Cupples and Sons considers commercial construction our specialty. With extensive experience in institutional structures, medical facilities, industrial structures, and sports facilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The five stages of construction are: Initiation Planning Execution Monitoring Completion To optimize the investment in your construction management services, it is best to get your construction management provider involved as early in the process as possible. Your construction management provider has technical expertise in the field of construction and can offer additional value to your project the sooner they are a part of your project team.
Preconstruction is part of the planning stage of a construction project. It involves the definition of the project, identification of potential issues, planning and scheduling, scope, cost estimation, and analysis of needs for the construction project.
General contractors supervise part or all of a construction project. General contractors may specialize in all or some types of construction. Usually, a construction project specializes in one or many types of building like commercial, residential, or industrial. General contractors manage and hire subcontractors while acting as the primary contractor with construction clients. General contractors can be hired by business and property owners, construction management firms, and other construction companies.
Hard costs in construction are tangible costs that can be quantified and are related to the physical construction, to include labor and material, whereas soft costs are expenses that are not directly related to construction costs. Included in hard costs are all of the costs for the visible improvements like grading, excavation, concrete, framing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, and landscaping. Hard costs contrast to soft costs which are those related to non-physical elements.
Cupples and Sons History
Both Rick’s sons became involved in the business from the time they could walk. Casey served for many years as a carpenter and foreman, now leading the team as the Project Manager. Cole’s passion for equipment and earthwork was realized at a young age and he founded Cupples Excavating in 2014. Cupples has always believed in keeping a small, well-trained, and effective crew. We have five full-time crewmembers, all of whom are skilled in both carpentry and concrete construction. This allows Cupples to self-perform a large majority of projects that we undertake. We pride ourselves on a committed, long-term crew, with half of our team being with us over 15 years.