D.R. Domenichini Construction in 5 Useful Answers

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• What does Helpful Expertise mean to you and your team?
• What’s the favorite thing you enjoy about the work that you do?
• What are the handful of questions shoppers should be asking companies in your industry before they buy?
• What should potential customers know about you and your team?
• Tell us a short story about one of your team members.

To us, helper expertise means that we guide the homeowner through the building process so that they can enjoy every step of the way and feel supported in reaching their remodeling goals. It takes a village to ensure that a project stays on budget and on time. So, we have developed the tools it takes to guarantee that that happens. We've actually been in the industry for 21 years. But to us, having that experience is just like one ingredient for providing helpful expertise. I think more importantly, it's having a collaborative team that is excellent at communicating and collaborating to deliver on that commitment. It's getting a project over the finish line. There is no better moment than pulling off that nasty floor protection and cabinetry protection to reveal the results of our hard work. Most of our first-time clients are doubtful that we will actually be done on the way we promised to be done because of their prior experience with other contractors. But when they realize that it's really happening, it makes our team feel very proud. Another thing I love about the work is to stay in touch with our clients and develop relationships that go a little bit beyond the typical transactional feel of a construction project. It takes a leap of faith to open your home to complete strangers and trust them to do a good job, especially when a previous project didn't quite go as expected. So, it feels even more rewarding to prove to our clients that remodeling can be fun and exciting. I think there's actually one big question that homeowners don't ask as often as they should. Ask contractors about their change order policy. Change orders are these modifications to the original contract that happen while the project is already underway to increase the final cost of the job. Now, people think that these are standard and they even sometimes factor in a certain amount for these eventualities, but it shouldn't be like that. Change orders are actually easily prevented by conducting thorough site inspections before presenting a proposal. And homeowners should know about the full scope of work before they have to sign anything. Aside from sticking to the agreed upon budget, another good question to ask would be if the company can guarantee a completion date. They should know that there are a lot of general contractors out there, but when you look for contractors with an outstanding reputation, producing award-winning work, and delivering on budget and on time, it really narrows the space down to just a few. Another thing that is different about us is that right after our site visit, we provide potential customers with a rough estimate so that we can be roughly on the same page on what to expect. And then if that checks out, we conduct our site inspections and get three bids for each tray to prepare a full and competitive proposal. That means that the client no longer has to shop around and compare pricing and any uncertainty about the project is off the table and clients can sit back and enjoy the experience. I'd like to mention Corbin King here. He started with the Dominican Construction in 2013. It's hard to believe now, but he was initially hired as carpenter assistant. Then he moved up, became a more independent worker in the field, and then many years later, he joined a management team as estimator and project manager. A couple of years ago, he moved up yet again, and he became DRD's general manager. Now, being a more introverted person, you would never see Corbin seeking out the spotlight and bragging about his accomplishments, but I have yet to find a client who is not raving about Corbin's expertise and his client focused work. On the field side of the business, I'd like to mention Octavio. He's been with the company since 2011 and has recently been promoted to lead carpenter. Aside from working with wood, he's also fully able to reconfigure the plumbing in a bathroom or pull new circuits for updated appliances. So, he can literally do a remodel by himself from start to finish. And our clients love him.