Services
Three core tracts leading to a successful project.
Bring us a finished set of drawings and we build. Come earlier and we will help you decide what to build, what it should cost and whether the site will accommodate your vision.
How the three fit together
People are the core. Construction is how we serve them.
Construction is the work most owners call us for, and it is where our crews and our field leadership live. Advisory and design exist so that the construction process goes right: a strategic framework agreed up front, budget constraints tested honestly, the regulatory path cleared before the schedule depends on it.
You can engage any one of the three on its own. Most owners get the most value when all three sit under a single contract, because that is when the decisions stop falling into the gaps between the money, the drawings and the build.
01 · What we are known for
Construction
General contracting and construction management on commercial, institutional, multifamily and infrastructure projects. We hold the prime contract and coordinate every trade on the job. We self-perform the work that drives the schedule and subcontract the rest to certified local firms we have worked with for years. Either way, one team answers for all of it.
- General contracting
- Construction management
- Preconstruction & planning
- Scheduling
- Quality control
- Site safety
- Project management
- Field supervision
Self-performed trades
Structural systems · rough and finish carpentry · casework and millwork · window and door installation · drywall installation and painting · wood and metal framing · concrete and masonry · streetscape infrastructure · stormwater management.
02 · Before you commit the money
Advisory
Real estate and construction advisory for owners making consequential decisions early, when they are still cheap to change. Feasibility, budget testing, funding strategy, entitlements and the regulatory path. Usource is led by a former District of Columbia housing and economic development executive, so we have sat on the agency side of these decisions as well as the contractor side.
- Feasibility studies
- Budget testing
- Financing strategy
- Tax credit strategy
- Entitlements
- Permitting
- Owner's representation
- Capital planning
03 · From drawings to keys
Design
Design-build delivery on a single contract, so the drawings and the budget move together instead of meeting for the first time at bid. We bring sustainable design and high-efficiency operating systems installation into the conversation early, because that is what produces reduced operating costs and functional living and working spaces designed for the future.
- Design-build delivery
- Constructability review
- Sustainable design
- High-efficiency systems
- Historic restoration
- Adaptive reuse
- ADA modernization
- Building systems upgrades
Also available
Development and management sit underneath the three.
Development advisory, capital planning, project management and field supervision are part of how we deliver the three tracts above rather than separate products. If your project needs the standalone service, we can assist.