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XTRAUNIT | Multifamily Design-Build Experts Los Angeles

THE ARCHITECTS HUB

Pre-Construction Services for Los Angeles Architects. We provide the constructability and cost data you need to confidently build your vision.

A Builder Who Thinks Like a Designer

Architects face two critical questions in pre-construction: "Can this be built as designed?" and "Will this meet the developer's budget?" Xtraunit's pre-construction team exists to answer those questions. We are your partners in the design process, providing real-time construction intelligence to eliminate risk, validate costs, and protect your design intent.

Our Core Pre-Construction Services

Architects face two critical questions in pre-construction: "Can this be built as designed?" and "Will this meet the developer's budget?" Xtraunit's pre-construction team exists to answer those questions. We are your partners in the design process, providing real-time construction intelligence to eliminate risk, validate costs, and protect your design intent.

Services

Constructability Review:

We “build” your project on paper first to find and solve problems before they become on-site delays and costly change orders.

What We Look For:

  • System & Trade Clashes: Identifying MEP, structural, and envelope conflicts.
  • Material & Labor Analysis: Assessing cost, lead times, and availability of specified materials.
  • Site & Logistics Planning: Analyzing access, staging, and sequencing for tight urban sites.
  • Waterproofing & Envelope: Detailed review of transitions and assemblies to ensure performance.

Your Benefit: Fewer RFIs, zero-delay construction, and a higher-quality final build.

Services

Pre-Construction Estimating:

We provide transparent, accurate, and iterative cost estimates that align your design with the developer’s pro forma from day one.

What We Deliver:

  • Conceptual & Schematic Budgets: Early-stage cost modeling to set realistic targets.
  • Iterative Cost Updates: Real-time pricing feedback as your design progresses (SD, DD, CD).
  • Detailed Takeoffs: Granular, trade-by-trade quantity and cost breakdowns.
  • Value Alternatives: Solutions-focused options that protect your design intent, not just “cut cost.”

Your Benefit: Confident clients, no late-stage “value engineering,” and no redesigns.

A Backend Built for Visionaries

We’ve invested years building a full-stack platform from city relationships to supplier networks to vetted crews, so you don’t have to.

Elite Trade Pricing

Because of our national partnerships with top material suppliers, we purchase at high-volume, developer-level rates, and pass that pricing advantage to our Hub partners. You get premium materials at lower costs, meaning more competitive bids and better profit margins without compromising design intent.

Instant Scalability

Whether you’re a solo designer or a 40-person firm, our system scales with you. Plug into our network only when you need it, no overhead, no hiring risk.

Join Venture Construction

Keep your name on the door. We can execute entirely under your brand, maintaining your client relationship and creative authorship while handling everything behind the scenes.

Permit Acceleration

Our internal permitting specialists know how to reduce 4 review cycles to 2. That’s not a claim, it’s data from dozens of successful projects delivered RTI-ready.

End-to-End Execution

Design to key-turn, all integrated, all documented, all delivered with care.

How It Works

Step 1
Apply for Access

Submit your firm’s details through the private form below. We review every application carefully to ensure synergy in values, vision, and project approach. This isn’t a subscription — it’s an invitation to join a high-trust circle where collaboration means opportunity.

Step 2
Discovery & Alignment

Once approved, we’ll schedule a confidential introduction call. This is where we learn about your process, capacity, and goals and show you how our backend systems can enhance them. From feasibility studies to construction execution, we tailor the collaboration to your exact needs.

Plug & Build

You choose how deep the integration goes. Whether you bring us in per project or as a retained backend partner, you instantly gain access to our high-volume supplier network, preferred pricing, and construction infrastructure. You focus on design; we handle delivery, permitting, and logistics quietly, efficiently, under your name when desired.