Successfully Completed
Modern Luxury Home
Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya 2022
Design & Build
Under a traditional contract you appoint an architect, then a contractor, and when something does not work on site you are the one standing between them. Design and build removes that gap: we carry the design and the construction under one contract, and the responsibility for the interface is ours.
Where design and build is the right choice
It suits clients who value certainty of price and date over granular control of every design decision, and clients who do not want to manage consultants themselves. Because we are pricing our own design, we can value-engineer as we draw rather than after tender — which is where traditional projects usually lose their budget.
Where it is not
If the architecture is the point of the project, keep the architect independent. A design-and-build contractor has an inherent interest in simplifying detail, and on an architecturally ambitious building you want someone whose only loyalty is to the design. We will tell you when your project is one of those.
What one contract actually covers
Concept and detailed design, structural and services engineering, county submissions and approvals, construction, and handover with as-built documentation. One programme, one price, one point of contact throughout.
What this includes
- Concept design and feasibility assessment
- Detailed architectural and structural design
- Services engineering coordination
- County approval submissions and follow-through
- Bills of quantities and cost planning
- Construction delivery
- Handover, as-built drawings and defects support
Proof of work
Design & Build projects we have completed
Real projects from our portfolio, not illustrations.
Successfully Completed
All Comprehensive Community Support Centre
Nairobi, Kenya 2024
Successfully Completed
Residential Development in Naivasha
Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya 2021
Answers
Design & Build: common questions
Yes — you sign off concept, layout, finishes and specification at defined stages. What changes is that you are approving one integrated proposal rather than mediating between a designer and a builder with different interests.
Often, though the saving comes from time rather than rate. Design and construction overlap, buildability problems are caught while drawing rather than on site, and there is no re-design after a tender comes in over budget. The bigger benefit for most clients is that the price firms up much earlier.
We are. That is the substance of the arrangement — with a single contract there is no argument about whether a defect is a design fault or a workmanship fault, because both sit with us.
Planning a build? Start with the numbers.
Leave your email and we will send our build cost guide, plus a note whenever we publish something worth reading. No sales calls unless you ask for one.