Looking for design–build in St. Petersburg? LRG Contractors Group is a licensed Florida general contractor serving St. Petersburg and the surrounding Pinellas County — from Historic Old Northeast, Kenwood, Downtown / Central Avenue and beyond. Design, engineering, permits, and construction under one roof — one contract, no finger-pointing.
The traditional model — hire a designer, then bid the drawings to contractors — is where most Tampa Bay projects go wrong: designs that don't match the budget, change orders when the builder finds problems, and finger-pointing when something's off. Design–build fixes the structural flaw by putting design and construction on the same team.
For St. Petersburg specifically, it comes down to local realities: St. Pete's split between protected 1920s historic bungalows and low-lying waterfront blocks means the right remodel in Old Northeast is the wrong one in Shore Acres — we scope to the home's era and its flood exposure, not a template. St. Petersburg runs its own building department under the Florida Building Code; bungalow districts add historic-character considerations, and waterfront blocks like Shore Acres sit in FEMA flood zones where substantial-improvement and elevation rules can apply. We design to those rules from day one. We design and permit your design–build around exactly those conditions.
Design–Build in St. Petersburg — what we handle
- In-house design and space planning
- Structural and wind-load engineering coordination
- Realistic budgeting from the first concept
- Permits, Florida Building Code, and plan review
- Construction of the design we created
- One contract and one point of contact
- Transparent, fixed-scope pricing
- Full accountability from design through build
Design–Build cost
Because design and budget develop together, you avoid the classic trap of paying for a design you can't afford to build. Pricing is fixed-scope after the design phase.
Timeline
Design and permitting typically run several weeks to a few months depending on scope, followed by construction. You get one integrated schedule.
St. Petersburg permits
St. Petersburg runs its own building department under the Florida Building Code; bungalow districts add historic-character considerations, and waterfront blocks like Shore Acres sit in FEMA flood zones where substantial-improvement and elevation rules can apply. We design to those rules from day one.