Kevin Balestrieri Creating Smart Sustainable Construction Management and Design-Build Projects at BALI Construction

1. Kevin Balestrieri: Creating Smart Sustainable Construction Management and Design-Build Projects at BALI Construction The type of architecture of buildings and monuments that we see cropping out and about around us today has come a long way from being just a construction, design, and structure. Taking it to the next level alongside our technological advancements, functionalities, trending designs, and the current generation’s values has reshaped the world in several ways from engineering, designing, and constructing. The art put into constructing and designing buildings and special monuments, gives it its structure and form. Being able to have a name for themselves, an identity that they’re recognized by and which sets them apart - be it their design, geometry, color, or functionality. From planning, constructing, and designing, sustainable construction and design-build solutions extensively include planning, detailing, ideating, constructing, designing, and strategically recommending ideas that meet the quality standards of buildings, structures, and client expectations. Everything from the beginning to the end and every minute detail in between is overseen by the team, be it from planning to budgeting, from coordinating to communicating, and from supervising to delivering. Construction businesses aim to deliver and ensure that clients are satisfied with the services provided. Therefore, the clients and building owners are delivered with results that they expected and which were communicated, discussed, and charted out during the pre-construction and planning stage. Working with pillars of value such as integrity, quality, respect, and safety helps businesses and employees lay their foundations well in providing their services to trusted and loyal clients to ensure that the latter are rewarded back with exactly what was expected and wanted. Therefore in this article, we will be sharing insights into how a licensed commercial general contractor (CGC) at a Californian company - BALI Construction, manages and coordinates from start to finish - the construction management and design-build process for its projects and clients. Founded and owned by Kevin Balestrieri, BALI Construction has been recognized as the fastest-growing private company in the Bay Area since 2015. About Kevin Balestrieri - Founder and Owner of BALI Construction: The founder and owner of BALI Construction are Kevin Balestrieri. A man whose passions lie in entrepreneurship, construction, design, carpentry, farm-field operations, and providing opportunities to students in learning and educating, Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Communication from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and a Construction Management Certificate from the California State University - East Bay.

2. After his education, Kevin started his career in his desired field of construction management and carpentry. Before BALI Construction, Kevin became the Vice President and headed farm-field operations of the Balestrieri Family Farm at Briones, California - a business of winemaking and olive oil pressing. After this, he founded and established the Alhambra Valley Millworks - a business specializing in wood craftsmanship that delivers services in custom millwork, custom furniture, self-performed installations, manufacturing, and in-house drafting, to its clients. In the year 2010 in Walnut Creek, California, USA - Kevin Balestrieri founded and established BALI Construction as a Commercial General Contractor in Construction Management and a Design-Build Business. BALI Construction - From Start to Finish: A Commercial General Contractor manages and coordinates all of the facets involved in commercial construction and design, from start to finish. BALI Construction was founded by the owner - Kevin Balestrieri in Walnut Creek, California, USA, in 2010. Their works vary from creating beautiful and sustainable construction and design-build projects in restaurants and retail stores, to remodeling bars and offices, and improving tenant spaces. Delivering complete and satisfactory results, the process that a client goes through along with the management team are the stages in Pre-Construction, Construction, Design-Build, and Construction Management. Charting out a blueprint of what the structure must look like and contain, the client’s budget for the project is discussed, strategic recommendations are provided, sustainable materials and construction methods are discussed, approvals are sought from clients, and lastly, communication with various experts in the field - interior designers, architects, builders, engineers, and color specialists come together and work with the client through every step taken forward. These are the people who bring the clients’ ideas to life. The construction management stage of the project oversees the services in operation and maintenance where manuals on electronics and appliances are provided to clients as a follow- up service to ensure that the build quality and the newly installed products are all in good and operational. Whilst maintaining and adhering to the highest standard of professionalism, BALI Construction values Teamwork and collaboration, Integrity on-site and in-work, Quality in safety and standards, Respect in the workspace and with clients and the team, and Safety in work standards and conditions. With these core pillars of professionalism and authenticity in their genuineness to bring their art, craft, and design to build, BALI Construction’s goal is - “to build exactly what the client wants - the right way”. BALI Construction works alongside its sister company - Alhambra Valley Millworks which specializes in delivering self-performing carpentry and millwork services in custom millwork, custom furniture, self-performed installations, manufacturing, and in-house drafting. With its sustainable construction and design-build solution services, BALI Construction aims to give back to its community by hosting a golf tournament annually benefitting the California Polytechnic Athletic and Construction Management Departments.

3. Students are welcomed and given opportunities to join internship programs in construction management as well. As the company believes that its general contracting services “sets them apart from other San Francisco Bay Area general contractors and builders, the projects are overseen by a talented and hardworking team who share the same passion for - “building great things”.