General contractor vs other construction companies

What’s the difference between General contractors and other construction companies?

Are you considering remodeling, renovating your house, or even building a new one from scratch? Here comes the first hard decision to make: what type of constructor you should hire. Not to mention, there are eight different main types of construction companies. All of them bring different kinds of benefits and skillsets but determine which type you need; the building project is a mandatory start. 

General Contractors main advantages

Toloka Corporation is a large “high ground” Canadian company with plenty of subcontractors. We do all the work for you: starting with projects, controlling, providing all the labor and materials completely, finishing functions, and handing over accomplished development. Our company maintains all of the project details accurately, including administrative information, such as accountant reports and scheduling. As well, we provide quality and safety assurance, supplying all materials and crew for your project.

Being a General Contractor means that we provide all of the construction machinery, work equipment, and tools. As we mentioned, we can do anything, from renovation and repairs to new construction. Moreover, Toloka Corporation works directly with a client to always negotiate deals and choose subcontractors that you trust most. As a General contractor and Builder corporation, we are licensed to construct custom houses of any complexity, so feel free to ask for the concept that would be the most suitable for you. 

Why should you hire a “Big company” even for small capital projects?

While considering small exterior or interior renovation, plenty of house owners make the same mistake, thinking that a “little problem” requires a “‘little solution”’. That often leads to hiring small renovation contractors, which may become a huge problem in the future. The thing is, these types of companies usually are not responsible for provided work. Most of them don’t even have an office and do all their paperwork at home. 

Of course, most of them have “many years experience”, and the work provided may have good quality, but, again, they can’t offer you a warranty for used materials, and their labor costs more than average. Also, they usually don’t provide you with costs and deadline estimation projects for a minor renovation.

With Toloka Corporation, you can be sure that all workers are qualified to do their work with the best materials and at a lower price with a warranty for used materials. If you consider making a small renovation, we suggest you contact our company first.

What’s the difference between General Contractors and Owner-Builders?

A considerable part of owner-building companies is taking multi-million loans at banks to invest capital in their construction projects. Such type of business commonly occurs worldwide, but when it comes to money, everyone tries to make their work quick and efficient, which may lead to a quality decrease of houses. While owner-builder companies are trying to make as much as possible, Toloka Corporation is a customer-orientated company with a unique approach to every potential house owner. Our main goal is not to sell or rent “copy-pasted” houses and apartments but to provide you with high-class buildings specially made for you.

Questioning originality

The main disadvantages of Owner-Builder houses are lack of uniqueness, typical engineering solutions with no customer approach, and usually low-class material usage. Also, many homeowners run into problems with the poor quality of furniture pre-provided by these companies. It doesn’t mean that they are bad or not popular among our nation, but we encourage you to ask yourself: is that a type of home I would love to live in for a long time? We think that everyone deserves a great house, made especially for their needs and with its exceptional design made by yourself.

Is Professional Construction Manager suitable for you?

Let’s say that some of the projects require involvement and control of Professional Management. Most of them are constructions in which ownership is being transferred from one company to another, or “frozen” projects may require a new managing company. You should understand that such a company performs the functions needed for a construction project as the owner’s agent but does it with the owner’s personnel.

If you don’t have your group, construction managing companies must supply all the personnel and equipment required. Machinery, work tools, and work personnel are not the only ones involved in the project: expediters, superintendents, and accounting personnel. Of course, this huge crowd needs to be paid. Moreover, the construction managing company also takes it “piece of a pie”, up to 10% of the whole project’s worth.

As a General Contractor and Builder Corporation, Toloka can assure you that there is no need to hire and overpay these companies. Hiring us, you get your construction project perfectly done on time, without getting annoyed by every little problem. Our Corporation provides you with higher quality and lower costs, in addition to the warranty for provided materials and work.

Toloka Corporation expanded services

As a General contractor and Builder, we are licensed to undertake program management. This function includes demolition of existing buildings on the site and providing financial analyses of new buildings. We provide an architect and other design professionals with the possibility for the acquisition of a new construction site for our customers. We supervise their work, perform all of the pre-construction stages during project planning. Our company provides the request for proposal services, advertising and receives bids from contractors for your project.

Toloka Corporation has a wide range of project proposals for potential customers, such as 3D models, prototypes of the houses, and similar building designs. We are responsible for planning, construction, management, and possible further house maintenance.

General Contractor is the best choice

Owner-Builders and Real Estate may seem to be likely or even similar because of building their ownership, but they also build and renovate entire building projects. Toloka corporation, as a general contractor and builder, has its advantages over Real Estate companies, Owner-Builder companies, and Small Renovation Contractors.

Firstly, we should mention one of the main ones: project price is much lower than at these companies, because we run our corporation, using our subcontractors. Work quality and finish date are better because we use our work machinery and tools. Every section of your house is up to your selection: exterior and interior works are considered and installed up to your vision. Our site allows developing your own house with the 3D design feature, so feel free to select sidings outside your future home, applying new door or window types. All you need to do is provide a photo of the property. One of our latest developments is a special flying drone, which allows us to calculate the roof area needed to be covered. It is a perfect solution for a fast, still accurate, and precise calculation of required material for roof renovation.

Toloka as a General contractor and Builder, maintains a good profile as outstanding quality and low price company, allowing its customers to live happily in a perfectly developed and fitted house, using the latest technologies.


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