Residential General Contracting: Our Philosophy
As one of the west’s premier residential general contractors, our philosophy is short and direct: provide our clients with work that is faster, better, for less.
You might have been told that you can only expect to get two of those three results. Not true. Not with Pacific West.
By focusing on construction efficiency, by obsessively focusing on construction efficiency, we give our clients more for their money. Faster. Better. For less.
We cut costs and free clients from unpredictable variables and expensive levels of hierarchy (we essentially eliminate the middle men and the markups that comes with them).
It’s true whether we’re serving as a general contractor for apartments, condominiums, townhomes, or single family homes.
It’s true whether we’re building a market rate, affordable (income-assisted or tax credit), luxury, student or senior housing project.
We offer comprehensive design-build construction services, from architecture and engineering to landscaping and interior design. You can see a complete list of our services here.
If you’re looking to invest in residential real estate in Northern California or Nevada and want to maximize your return, contact us. We’ll show you how to get more for less.
Pacific West is available as a full-service development company, construction company and a general contractor for:
Comprehensive design-build general contracting services.
With more than 30 years of experience, we have developed what we believe is the most effective design-build system in the residential construction industry. And we have the performance record to back it up.
We’ve teamed with inspired clients and top tier trades to build more than 13,000 apartments, condominiums, townhomes and single family homes. We’ve done so while consistently coming in on budget and on time. Project after project.
It’s an advanced design-build process that lowers costs, greatly reduces risk and improves our clients’ opportunities. Simply put, the Pacific West process provides the most strategic, efficient and effective solutions for residential general contracting.
More efficient by design.
Design and engineering are at the center of every stage of development. Their involvement allows for a seamless, ultra efficient construction process.
We use multi family and single family designs that incorporate familiar assemblies and building processes. That familiarity exponentially increases efficiency.
We also use a repeatable and scalable system on ever project. That allows us to establish a historical standard, a baseline. We can accurately estimate material and construction costs before construction begins. In fact, we’re so confident of our estimates that we guarantee them. No costly change orders. No hidden markups. No buried expenses.
We’re leveraging technological advancements to the fullest. Most sections of our buildings are now manufactured off-site and assembled modularly. Today, we’re 60% modular with a goal of reaching 100% in the next few years.
We administer and regulate subcontractor trades in-house, including stucco, carpentry, finish and concrete. This provides us with quality work and exceptional control over a building’s structure. It also streamlines scheduling, assists with risk management, and improves quality control.
All combined, the advantages of our design-build process enables us to reduce costs by up to 25% per square foot. And we can do so while preserving A+ institutional grade craftsmanship.
It’s a general contracting approach designed to be more efficient and to satisfy the most demanding clients, renters and homeowners.
Allies are more profitable than enemies.
Traditionally, construction has been a zero-sum game. To make money, you need to take money. One company’s profits all too often come at the expense of someone else.
It’s an adversarial approach that makes “working seamlessly together” impossible.
There’s a better way. The Pacific West design-build process places an emphasis on allegiance and alliances.
We turn enemies into allies by helping create a bigger pie, by growing the residential market (so everyone eats). The goal is to encourage our clients to increase production, to develop more projects. And nothing is more encouraging than providing clients with highly successful, highly profitable projects that exceed expectations. We do.
Increased production allows us to ramp up efficiency and lower operating costs on each subsequent project. By using efficient and scalable construction processes, we can often give our clients even better pricing when production increases.
It’s a forward-thinking method that enables everyone involved in building a project to enjoy healthy, steady profits. It’s motivation. And motivation is like jet fuel for construction projects.
We determine clearly-defined scopes of work and complete project costs—for everyone working on a project—immediately following the design and engineering stage. Every party knows exactly what’s expected of them and when. It’s one more step to enhancing efficiency.
It’s a reversal of how business is typically done in the construction “business.” But it’s one that we’ve proven is as beneficial to our colleagues as it is to our clients.
A single source of responsibility.
Traditionally, clients are forced to work with the general contractor and more than a dozen independent subcontractors and suppliers on every project. If the GC uses a design-bid-build approach, the client will also have to work directly with the architect(s).
It’s an arrangement that creates a lot of time-consuming work for the client. It also raises questions about responsibility and accountability.
When multiple companies bring individual agendas to a project, it becomes extremely risky. It introduces many hard-to-control variables. It greatly increases the chances of miscommunication. And it creates an environment that breeds confusion and misunderstanding. Who is ultimately responsible for what?
At Pacific West, we use an approach that creates a clear hierarchy. All subs and suppliers answer directly to us (the GC). We answer directly to the client.
We assume responsibility for all work. That includes:
- Architecture and design
- Engineering
- Permitting
- Site work
- On-site construction
- Off-site manufacturing and assembly
- Subcontracting
- Material supply
- Project management
- Data management
- Risk management
- Quality assurance
- Marketing consultation
- Warranty fulfillment
Find out how you can maximize your investment.
Whether you’re a landowner, investment firm, development group, or an institutional investment fund, we’ll show you how to maximize your ROI on a residential real estate project.
With headquarters in Reno, NV, we are currently focusing on prime markets throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada with special focus on the Sacramento and Reno-Tahoe, Carson City and surrounding areas. These are markets desperately in need of housing with pent up demand from renters and home buyers.
Project types include apartments, condominiums, townhomes, affordable communities, luxury single-family custom homes, student housing, and seniors communities. For rent and for sale.
We offer the use of one of the construction industry’s most powerful financial modeling tools so we can show you down to the detail what sites, products, and markets are the most profitable for any number of variables. It’s easy to use and will instantly give you real world numbers.
You’ll also enjoy maximum protection with a stringent Risk Management program that’s monitored by an independent, industry-leading compliance agency.
Contact us. We’ll show you how you can get work done faster, better for less by using Pacific West as your general contractor.
About Pacific West Companies
The Pacific West Companies were formed in 1991 by William Pennington.
In Nevada and California, the company built custom homes, large-scale single-family subdivisions, commercial buildings, and niche apartment buildings.
As their partnership evolved, each partner discovered that building high-density projects was their true passion.
Throughout Pacific West’s 29 years in business, there has always been a long-term focus. As part of our efforts to stay ahead of the competition, we continue to refine our construction process and project management technology. As a result, we are considered one of the best Reno home builders.
The combination of nimbleness, efficiency, and power propelled us into becoming the nation’s sixth largest multi-family developer. Today, it allows us to deliver industry-leading projects with more livable space per square foot and anticipate market changes.
In Reno-Tahoe, and throughout Northern California, Pacific West Companies is one of the leading home builders (apartments included).
Our company builds homes and communities in the following areas:
- Reno, NV
- Sparks, NV
- Carson City, NV
- Northern Nevada
- Lake Tahoe (NV and CA)
- Incline Village, NV
- Truckee, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- Elk Grove, CA
- Folsom, CA
- Rocklin, CA
- Roseville, CA
- Las Vegas, NV
- Henderson, NV
- Spanish Springs, NV
