ECI (Early Contractor Involvement)
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ECI (Early Contractor Involvement)
Cost certainty starts before documentation is finished. Elm’s ECI service brings joinery expertise into your project at the early design stage, while drawings are still developing, so buildability, material selection and cost are addressed before they become program risk.
What's Included
Early budget input based on concept or developed design drawings
Buildability review and advice on detailing, junctions and material selection
Value engineering options to maintain the budget without compromising design intent
Input on program sequencing and lead times ahead of formal documentation
Why It Matters
Joinery is one of the last trades to install and one of the easiest to underestimate. Involving Elm early means cost, buildability and lead time issues are identified and resolved on paper, not discovered on site once it’s too late to change course cheaply.