Residential and Commercial Development and Construction.
Imagined. Designed. Built.
Planning, design, approvals, and construction, under one roof.
A residential and commercial development and construction firm. We carry a project across planning, design, entitlement, approvals, and construction management, guided by ownership with more than twenty years of building experience.
Four areas of focus
Four areas of focus.
Four pillars near the top so the full lifecycle is legible at a glance. Each opens into the services below; everything dense is shown light with detail on expand.
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Land Development Management
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Design, Engineering & Approvals
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Project & Construction Management
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Smart Automation
Land Development Management
Land Development Management.
We take a site from raw land to development approval, managing the municipality, the consultants, and the studies so you do not have to.
Consultation and agreement
Feasibility, site analysis, pre-planning.
Pre-consultation with the municipality
Development concept and massing, application, pre-con meeting, municipal requirements.
Engage and manage consultants
We retain and coordinate the consultant team.
Municipal correspondence
Legal obligations, municipal meetings, conservation and environmental requirements.
Development approval
Official plan amendment, zoning by-law amendment, severance, site plan approval.
Design, Engineering & Approvals
Design, Engineering & Approvals.
Design
Construction-budget-based design
Designed to the budget from day one.
Brainstorm, project analysis, and scope of design
Layout concept, material selection, and colour selection
3D concept and virtual visualization
Renderings, on request
Permits and drawings
Architectural
Mechanical
Structural
We prepare architectural, mechanical, and structural drawings. We also coordinate the site-specific requirements: survey, arborist reports, grading plans, committee of adjustment, and more.
Project & Construction Management
Project & Construction Management.
The construction engine. Each capability is a short value line led by its proof, with full process on expand.
Contract types
Two ways to build:
Fixed Price
One agreed price, held through the project, with built-in contingency for the unforeseen.
Requirements
Issued building permits, detailed interior and exterior design with material and colour selection, quantity material take-off.
Cost Plus
Open-book, true cost plus an agreed margin, full transparency in accounting and administration. The savings TESA negotiates are passed through to the client.
Requirements
Issued building permits, quantity material take-off.
CCDC standard agreements available upon request. ccdc.org
Material Quantity Take-Off
Precision that drives everything downstream.
We quantify every material from the drawings, waste factored, so pricing, procurement, and bids are measured against our own numbers, not a subcontractor's.
Procurement, where the model saves money
Three engines, each led by its savings, full steps on expand:
Subcontractor procurement
Average savings 8 to 17 percent.Material procurement
Average savings 13 to 22 percent.Sourcing and importing
Average savings 40 to 65 percent.
How the savings are made and shared: they come from quantifying the full scope with our material quantity take-off and from negotiation and exclusive relationship rates. In a Cost Plus contract, the savings are passed through to the client.
Custom, without the price tag
The flagship differentiator.
We design bespoke kitchens, wardrobes and built-ins, interior doors, and bathroom vanities in-house, manufacture them overseas, and import them direct to the job site. Bespoke design, imported for you.
- Kitchens
- Wardrobes and built-ins
- Interior doors
- Bathroom vanities
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Design in-house
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Manufacture overseas
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Import direct to job site
Client Portal
Full transparency for the owner.
One hub for communication, the project schedule, daily, weekly, and monthly logs, progress photos, files, and payment and financial dashboards.
- Schedule
- Progress photos
- Financials
Smart Automation
Smart Automation.
Smart home and commercial space automation, built into the project rather than retrofitted later. We integrate intelligent systems as part of the build: sound systems, automated blinds and lighting, voice control, smart monitoring and security, and more, so the finished space is intelligent from day one.
The Integrated Advantage
Real Estate finds and underwrites the site, SKLTN raises the structure, Capital funds the build, and Feasibility proves it first. When a client wants the entire arc handled as one bespoke engagement, that is Signature Build.