Construction Dumpsters

Aaron:
ABCD is Aaron Bishop Construction Design and I’m a single man entity; the general contractor. I do most of my own design work for a lot of my clients, but some clients come with a designer and I’ll take their plans and run with that and help them realize what they want in a home.

Dumpstr Xpress:
Tell us a little bit your latest project.

Aaron:
My latest project is a house that went from a 2,200 square foot livable with three beds and two bathrooms to a 3,300 square foot livable with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. The master suite is about 900 square feet now. I made it a split floor plan by adding this addition you see behind me with the new manacle garage. I changed all the stucco and took all the core bold block off. There was a bunch of old school style portable in this neighborhood that are reminiscent of the late 70’s and early 80’s. I took all the tile off of the surface and smoothed it all with a level-five finish concrete exterior. We’ve completely added a giant new front patio, a huge back patio, and essentially added an entire new wing to the house. We blew out the kitchen from its previous sizing by about 150 square feet. We took out a beehive fireplace and put in a corner unit that I’m actually in the process of burning. We’re putting wood clad on the exterior of it and doing a really cool terrazzo hearth.

We’re just doing a ton of stuff, for example, we raised the sunken living room eight inches, smoothed the drywall inside, and took all the arched windows out of the block walls on the exterior. We also opened up the living room and put a 16-foot door in there. You name it, this house has it.

Dumpstr Xpress:
Since you’re always the general contractor, how do you go about finding your sub-contractors and what does that look like? Do you bring your sub-contractors to all of your jobs?

Aaron:
I have a team of guys that I use. I am just my own company, but I have really, really great relationships with the owners of the sub-contractors that I use. All my guys are licensed, bonded, and insured and that’s obviously one of the first and most important requirements. The other important factor is the relationship that I develop with my guys. I’ve been building in Arizona for 20 years now and I went out on my own a couple years ago and I was able to take the crews with me that all wanted to still work with me. I really try to be the bridge between my client and my sub-contractors. I’m their go-between, I really am that bridge, so I have to make that transition as smooth and seamless as possible. I have make sure that things get done and accounted for financially and assure that the job runs smoothly.

So, when I come to a client, I come with a team and personally, that’s what I think I bring to the table. I don’t come to bid out your job to 40 different contractors and try to go with the cheapest guy out there. I know that my guys deliver a quality product and always fair pricing and that’s how we do it.

Dumpstr Xpress:
How long have you been working with Dumpstr Xpress?

Aaron:
I started purchasing from Dumpstr Xpress about five years ago now. The pricing and everything was super competitive, and you guys have really great delivery. Even sometimes in the same day if you guys have a lull, you guys call and tell us you have somebody in the area and just pick up your dumpster and go. That’s really fantastic.

A lot of times sub-contractors don’t let me know until the dumpster is full, so it’s nice to have a responsive team and it’s always been great to work with Michelle.

I don’t have any intention of going anywhere else.