About the Service
As your construction manager, Nexvan becomes your single point of contact across design coordination, budgeting, permitting, trade tendering and site supervision. One company answers for the whole project.
The difference from a traditional contractor is not the work, it is the accounting. A contractor prices the job and keeps the difference. A construction manager charges a fee and shows you what everything actually cost. That single change is why the numbers stay honest.
Our Commitment
Licensed and Trusted. BC Housing Residential Builder Licence No. 56963, active WorkSafeBC coverage, and membership in HAVAN, RenoMark and the CHBA. Every new home is enrolled in the 2-5-10 warranty before construction starts.
Transparent Oversight. You receive every trade quote, every supplier invoice and a running budget against the original estimate. Not a summary after the fact, the actual documents as they arrive.
Full Trade Coordination. We tender, schedule and supervise all subcontractors and suppliers, and we hold the schedule against the drawings, the code and the inspection calendar.
Risk and Compliance. WorkSafeBC standards on site, BC Building Code and BC Energy Step Code compliance in the documents, and permit management through both the City and the District of North Vancouver.
How Our Fee Works
- You pay the real cost of the work, plus our management fee. Nothing is marked up in between.
- Most builders charge a percentage of the total build. That creates a quiet problem. The more your project costs, the more they earn, so nobody at the table is motivated to bring the number down.
- Ask any construction manager how their fee is structured before you sign, including ours.
Managing All 16 Divisions of Construction
We manage scope across all sixteen construction divisions, the same structure used in commercial project accounting. In practice it means no item sits unclaimed between two trades, which is where most cost surprises come from.
Division scope:
- General Requirements: project management, mobilization, safety, temporary facilities
- Site Work: excavation, grading, utilities, landscaping
- Concrete: foundations, slabs, structural concrete
- Masonry: blockwork, brick, stone
- Metals: structural steel, miscellaneous metals
- Wood and Plastics: framing, millwork, carpentry
- Thermal and Moisture Protection: roofing, insulation, waterproofing
- Doors and Windows: exterior doors, interior doors, glazing systems
- Finishes: drywall, painting, flooring, ceilings
- Specialties: hardware, partitions, accessories
- Equipment: residential equipment, specialty installations
- Furnishings: cabinetry, casework, built in furniture
- Special Construction: green building systems, unique structures
- Conveying Systems: elevators, lifts
- Mechanical: HVAC, plumbing, fire protection
- Electrical: power distribution, lighting, communications
Thinking of Being Your Own Owner Builder?
It is the first question most people ask when they see what a builder’s fee costs. In BC the answer has real consequences.
An Owner Builder Authorization from BC Housing lets you build your own home without a licensed builder. In exchange, the home is not covered by the 2-5-10 warranty, you carry the statutory liability yourself for ten years, and there are restrictions on selling or renting the home after occupancy.
There is also a rule people miss. Under an Owner Builder Authorization you cannot hire a third party builder or construction manager to run the project for you. Doing that breaches the Homeowner Protection Act and carries penalties.
When Nexvan manages your build, the project sits under our licence. You get open book pricing and the warranty, instead of choosing between them.
When Construction Management Is the Right Fit
Construction management suits projects where the design is still moving, the site is complex, or you want to see where every dollar goes. On sloped North Shore lots with geotechnical work and staged approvals, that visibility is usually worth more than a fixed number set before anyone knew what the ground would do.
If your drawings are complete and cost certainty matters more than visibility, general contracting is the better fit and we offer that too. Tell us which stage you are at and we will tell you which one makes sense, even when the answer is the one that pays us less.
