budgeting

In my role as production manager at TDS Custom Construction I am responsible for producing several different budgets for each project as it moves through our process, beginning with an initial suggested construction budget and ending with a fixed-price contract. From a client’s first interaction with us through the entire process of schematic design and design development, my budgeting work allows the client to become an informed part of the project team. You may have noticed that nowhere in that brief overview of our process did I refer to my work as “estimating” or to my deliverable to the client as an “estimate.” This is by design.