i30 Builders · Free Preconstruction Review
Send Us Your Permit Set. We Return a Scope Gap Analysis.
A free preconstruction review of your permit set or a third-party bid: quantity takeoff spot-check, scope gap analysis, and budget validation, returned in writing. The second set of eyes before you sign.
Free · In Writing · No Obligation · DFW & East Texas
Why This Exists
The Expensive Problems Start Before the Contract Is Signed
Most commercial construction disputes are not about workmanship. They are about scope that was never pinned down: what the drawings required, what the bid actually covered, and who owns the difference. By the time that argument surfaces, demo is done and your leverage is gone.
Allowance disputes after demo
The walls are open, the tenant is committed, and suddenly the allowance language means something different to everyone. The time to argue scope is before demo, on paper.
Change-order surprises at closeout
A bid that was silent on half the drawing set does not stay cheap. It converts the gaps into change orders when you have the least leverage to push back.
The lowball bid that grows
The lowest number wins the job and then grows toward the honest number, plus friction. A gap analysis shows you which low bids are lean and which are incomplete.
The Deliverable
What Comes Back, In Writing
This is not a sales call dressed up as a review. It is a written document you can forward to your broker, your landlord, or the contractor you already hired. You keep it either way.
Quantity takeoff spot-check
We pull quantities from the drawings for the scopes that drive cost, flooring, drywall, ceilings, doors and hardware, and compare them against the bid you were handed.
Scope gap analysis
A written list of everything the permit set requires that the bid does not clearly cover, and everything the bid includes that the drawings do not ask for.
Confirmed / excluded scope matrix
One table: each scope of work, marked confirmed, excluded, or ambiguous. Ambiguous is where change orders are born, so we flag it before you sign.
Budget validation
Line items that look light or heavy for the current DFW and East Texas markets, in writing, so you can ask pointed questions before contracts are signed.
Why You Can Trust the Analysis
This Is How We Already Work
The review is not a marketing exercise bolted onto the business. Reading permit sets line by line is how we price our own work, and two recent projects show the depth we go to.
For a 4,148 SF restaurant brand conversion in Tyler, we scoped the job from a 33-sheet permit set and ran a gap analysis against a third-party estimate, documenting where the estimate and the drawings disagreed before anyone committed money to the difference.
For a 1,901 SF fast-casual restaurant tenant improvement in McKinney, we built a full takeoff from a 66-page permit set, including floor finish zone mapping and a quantity workbook tying each finish and assembly back to the sheet that required it.
That is the same discipline your set gets. The principal who runs our projects, Karson Lawrence, is the one reading your drawings, and the deliverable is written so it stays useful after the phone call ends.
If the review turns into a project, you already know how we operate: itemized lump-sum pricing, written scope, and draw schedules tied to completed work, the same terms we describe for brokers and property managers. And if it does not, you still have a better set of questions for whoever you hire.
Common Questions
What do you need from me?
The permit set (PDF is fine), and if you have one, the bid or estimate you want checked against it. Helpful but optional: the lease exhibit or TI allowance terms, and your target opening date. Email everything to sales@i30builders.com or use the form on this page and we will reply with a secure way to send large files.
What do I get back?
A written document, not a phone call you have to take notes on. It includes a scope gap analysis of what the drawings require versus what the bid covers, a spot-check of key quantities, a confirmed and excluded scope matrix you can hand to any contractor, and a budget validation flagging line items that look light or heavy for the DFW and East Texas markets.
What does it cost, and why is it free?
Nothing, and there is no obligation attached. We do this because it is the most honest sales pitch we have: you see exactly how we read a drawing set before you decide whether to put us on your bid list. Some reviews turn into projects for us. Many do not, and the review is still yours to keep and use with whichever contractor you choose.
Are you bidding my job or reviewing it?
Reviewing it. The review stands on its own and you are free to take it to your existing contractor. If you want a bid from us afterward, ask and we will price the job separately as an itemized lump sum. We keep the two documents distinct so the review stays useful as a neutral check.
What if my project is already under way?
We can still review the contract scope against the drawings, which is often where change-order disputes get resolved or avoided. A mid-project review will not unwind work already in place, but it can tell you whether the remaining scope, the remaining budget, and the drawings actually agree before the next draw is funded.
How long does the review take?
It depends on sheet count. When we confirm receipt of your set we commit to a return date, and we hit it. If we say Friday, we mean Friday.
Send your plan set
Tell us about the project and your timeline. We reply within one business day with a secure way to send the permit set and any bids, plus a committed return date for the written review.
Already have the PDF ready? Email it straight to sales@i30builders.com with your target opening date and we will confirm receipt with a return date.