High Mark Builders

is a full service general contracting company specializing in custom residential and small to medium sized commercial projects. High Mark Builders also specializes in renovations and additions to both residential and commercial projects. Some of the successfully completed projects by Jeff Burch during his twenty year career include: ocean front estates, one of which Jimmy Johnson resides (the former Miami Dolphins head coach), stand alone CVS drug stores, 21,000 square foot retail strip center and hundreds of single family homes. High Mark Builders is currently working with a client on pre-construction services including value engineering, budgeting and subcontractor selection for a 36,000 square foot mixed use project in Brandon, Fla.

High Mark Builders provides two main services, general contracting services (GC) and construction management services (CM). We believe that to be effective, either service that you select must be performed in an environment of trust, cooperation and mutual respect among all project team members. For that reason, the core of our approach will be to establish mutual trust and effective communication between the project participants (High Mark Builders, Owner, Architect, other consultants, subcontractors and vendors).

The GC service is a lump sum price method. Before a lump sum price can be performed the contract documents (the plans) must be 100% complete. We also provide GC services early in the design process and perform pre-construction services, which consists of value engineering and pre-construction budgeting. There will be two pre-construction budgets performed, the first will be half way through the design process. The final budget will be performed when the contract documents are 100% complete. This final budget amount will be the lump sum price.

The CM service is a fee + contingency + construction cost method. The CM method will gain more popularity as more people understand the benefits it provides the owner. One of our primary roles as CM starts in the design phase and includes the pre-construction services as described in the GC service above. The main difference between the two services is that the owner is in direct communication with High Mark Builders on all budgeting and scheduling models from the design phase to contract document completion. The owner will be involved in material selection, vendor selection and subcontractor selection. High Mark Builders includes a Guaranteed Maximum price (GMP) in its CM service. That is the maximum price the owner will pay for his or her project. High Mark Builders will put all of its resources and knowledge to bring the project in under the GMP. That savings gets passed on directly to the owner.

High Mark Builders from time to time has ready to move in custom homes available, please check our "Homes Available Now" section and see what is available.