Frequently Asked Questions

You can start by submitting a project inquiry with your project type, location, timeline, budget range, and any drawings or photos you have. Our team will review the information and follow up with the recommended next steps.

Helpful information includes the project address, project type, photos of the existing condition, drawings or sketches, target timeline, budget range, and any permit or design documents available.

Yes. If you do not have drawings yet, we can still review your goals, project type, site condition, and available photos. For more accurate pricing, drawings or measurements may be needed later.

We can provide an initial project review to understand your scope and determine the next steps. Site visits, detailed estimates, design coordination, or preconstruction services may require a separate agreement depending on the project.

Yes. Carve Modular is a licensed California general contractor, CSLB #1154699. We provide residential and commercial construction services across Southern California.

We handle custom homes, ADUs, garage conversions, residential additions, renovations, retail and office build-outs, multifamily upgrades, hospitality improvements, institutional projects, and selected light commercial work.

Yes. We work with homeowners, property owners, developers, business owners, commercial tenants, and project partners.

Yes. We can support detached ADUs, garage conversions, backyard units, guest houses, and accessory structures. We can help review the project scope, site condition, and possible construction approach.

Yes. We handle room additions, second-story additions, home expansions, full home remodels, interior renovations, layout upgrades, and selected exterior improvements.

Yes. We support office build-outs, retail spaces, showrooms, clinics, studios, tenant improvements, and other commercial interior construction projects.

No. Carve Modular can deliver projects through traditional stick-built construction, modular or prefab solutions, or a hybrid approach. We use prefab-enabled methods where they make sense.

Prefab-enabled construction means using pre-planned, panelized, modular, or systemized components where they can improve speed, quality, coordination, or installation efficiency.

No. Prefab is not always the right solution. We evaluate the project scope, site condition, budget, schedule, design requirements, and installation constraints before recommending a traditional, prefab, or hybrid approach.

Prefab-enabled methods can help reduce on-site labor, improve consistency, shorten installation time, simplify coordination, and make repeatable project delivery more efficient.

Yes. Prefab-enabled methods can be used for wall panels, ceiling systems, acoustic panels, architectural surfaces, finish packages, and other interior components where suitable.

We can support design-build style projects depending on the scope. We can also work with your architect, designer, engineer, or consultant team if you already have drawings.

Yes. We can coordinate with your architect, designer, engineer, or consultant team to review constructability, budget, sequencing, and construction requirements.

Permit responsibility depends on the project scope and agreement. For some projects, we can assist with permit coordination. For others, the owner's architect, designer, or consultant may lead the permitting process.

Yes. We can review available drawings, site photos, measurements, and project requirements to identify construction assumptions, potential issues, and next steps.

Some projects require engineering drawings, especially structural additions, ADUs, new builds, major renovations, or commercial work. We can help identify whether engineering input may be needed.

Our typical process is: Consultation → Scope Review → Estimate → Planning → Build. We first understand your project, review the scope, prepare an estimate or proposal, coordinate the work, and then manage construction through completion.

Timeline depends on project size, design readiness, permitting, material availability, site conditions, and construction scope. After reviewing your project, we can provide a more realistic schedule range.

Depending on the scope and level of documentation, we may provide a preliminary estimate, budget range, or formal proposal. A more accurate fixed proposal usually requires clear drawings, defined scope, and confirmed assumptions.

Yes. As a licensed general contractor, Carve Modular can coordinate trades, subcontractors, materials, sequencing, installation, quality control, and jobsite communication.

This depends on the project and material type. Owner-supplied materials may affect warranty, schedule, quality control, and installation responsibility, so they must be reviewed and approved before construction.

Pricing depends on project scope, site condition, drawings, materials, labor, schedule, subcontractor requirements, and permitting or coordination needs.

A budget range helps us understand whether the project scope and expectations are aligned. It also helps us recommend the right construction approach, material level, and next steps.

In some cases, yes. If you provide photos, drawings, dimensions, location, and a clear description, we may be able to provide an initial budget range before a site visit.

A proposal may include scope of work, pricing assumptions, exclusions, schedule assumptions, payment structure, owner responsibilities, and next steps. The exact format depends on the project.

Carve Modular focuses on construction projects such as new builds, ADUs, additions, renovations, interior build-outs, and prefab-enabled systems. We generally do not focus on small handyman or emergency repair work.

Yes. Carve Modular is open to working with qualified general contractors who are interested in prefab-enabled construction systems, materials, installation methods, or project collaboration.

General contractors, builders, installers, subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, developers, architects, designers, and industry partners can submit a partnership inquiry.

We are interested in partnerships related to prefab systems, material supply, installation support, local market collaboration, project opportunities, and scalable construction solutions.

Please provide your company profile, service area, role in the industry, relevant license or qualifications, capabilities, project experience, and the type of partnership you are interested in.

Carve Modular is a licensed California general contractor, CSLB #1154699.

Yes. Carve Modular carries insurance appropriate for qualifying construction work. Specific insurance requirements can be reviewed based on project scope and contract terms.

Yes. Carve Modular has workers' compensation coverage for eligible project labor.

Warranty terms depend on project scope and contract agreement. Workmanship warranty terms are provided in the project contract where applicable.

Code compliance depends on the project team and scope. Carve Modular works with owners, architects, designers, engineers, consultants, and authorities as applicable to support compliant construction execution.