A typical street or site project does not stay in one trade for long. The ground is opened, pipe goes in, the trench is backfilled, and curbs, sidewalks or slabs are rebuilt on top. When each of those steps belongs to a different company, every handoff is a chance for delay or finger-pointing.
DiFabio Construction Company is built around three divisions: excavation, masonry and water, sewer and utility work. Here is why that combination matters to owners.
Fewer handoffs
When the same company digs the trench, lays the pipe and pours the curb, the next crew does not have to wait for another contractor to finish and clear out. Scheduling is simpler and gaps between stages shrink.
Clear responsibility
If a sidewalk settles over a utility trench, who is responsible: the excavator, the pipe crew or the mason? With one contractor, the answer is simple. That clarity is worth a lot to municipalities and facility managers.
Better planning from the start
Knowing the concrete work that will follow changes how a trench is backfilled and compacted. Knowing the pipe that will go in changes how the excavation is laid out. When the same team plans all three, those connections are built in.
One point of contact
Owners and agencies deal with one office and one phone number, (908) 276-1347, instead of three.
When it may not matter
On a job that truly involves only one trade, this advantage is smaller. But most site work touches at least two of the three, which is why the company grew this way after starting as a small masonry contractor in 1972. Read more in a family company since 1972.
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