Compare the scope.
Then compare the price.
See what’s included
before you decide.
Structural frame
Steel frame, elevated slabs, roof structure, and connections.
$800,000Scope budgetAbout these prices
Illustrative budgets and fictional bids for a 4,000 sq ft Southern California custom home on a flat lot. The rendering has no measured plans; these figures are not a project estimate.
The example uses a $4 million construction basis: $275,000 for foundations, $800,000 for the steel/concrete frame, $350,000 for 1,250 sq ft of glazing, and $42,000 for a 3,000 sq ft roof membrane assembly. Only four trade scopes are shown; structural roof work belongs in the frame budget.
Benchmarks: Benson Construction Group, ProGlass, and Shark Roofing Systems. Glazing and roofing unit rates are drawn from commercial system guides and used only to set the scale of this example.
Bring your scopes,
budgets, and bids
together before
you build.
