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The Hudson Valley's Most Ambitious Work

Since 1984 · NY + NJ
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01 / Our Approach

Four Decades of Ambition.

We practice Unreasonable Hospitality. Every relationship, from the first walkthrough to the final punch list, is treated as a chance to exceed what a client thought a builder could offer.

Three principals stay personally involved in every project. You are never handed off. The people who win your trust are the same people on site, answering the hard questions and standing behind the result.

We are technology-driven, with custom-built systems for scheduling, cost, and field reporting. That infrastructure gives clients a live, honest view of the work as it happens.

Above all, we operate with radical transparency. Clear numbers, clear timelines, clear conversations. No surprises, on the most exacting residential and commercial architecture in the region.

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03 / Pre-Construction

Brought in early.
Trust built on certainty.

The best projects start before the first drawing is complete. Traditional design-bid-build waits until construction documents are finished to bring in a contractor. By then, the budget is whatever the drawings cost, and every revision is a change order. We work differently.

We join the team at schematic design. Our proprietary cost platform, NOVATERRA, carries a database and AI cost intelligence system unlike anything on the market. It lets us produce extraordinarily detailed budgets at the earliest phase, educate clients on what drives each line item, and provide honest, realistic expectations before a single trade partner is engaged.

Phase 01

Schematic Design Budget

Extremely detailed line-item budgets produced from preliminary plans. Clients understand exactly what each element costs, why it costs that, and where the numbers have room to move.

Phase 02

Design Development Updates

As the design progresses through SD and DD, the budget evolves with it. Every revision updates the numbers. No surprises at the finish line.

Phase 03

Firm Trade Partner Pricing

At 90% plans or 100% construction documents, we take the budget to our trade partners for hard numbers. Not estimates. Not allowances. Firm pricing from the people who will actually build it.

Phase 04

Value Engineering, Built In

When a budget needs to come down, NOVATERRA doesn't just cut line items. It surfaces strategic alternatives, material swaps, and scope adjustments with cost impacts calculated instantly.

NOVATERRA

Proprietary software, built for this. NOVATERRA contains a cost database informed by four decades of Hudson Valley construction. Its AI cost intelligence engine analyzes project parameters against historical data, local labor rates, and material markets. The result is pre-construction budgeting that gets within single-digit percentages of final cost, months before most contractors can produce their first number. When value engineering is required, the software surfaces tactical alternatives with cost impacts calculated in real time, not days later.

You are heard from day one
Your vision, your budget, your timeline. We listen before we estimate. The process is built around your goals.
You understand every number
No black-box budgeting. We walk you through each line item so you know exactly what drives cost and where tradeoffs live.
You own the strategy
We produce options, not ultimatums. By the time we reach GMP, you have a plan you are genuinely excited about.
See the full process
04 / Contact

Start a project.

Address

173 N. Route 9W, Congers, NY 10920

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