preconstruction
Pre-building design phase
Preconstruction refers to the planning phase before building begins—design, permitting, budgeting, and site preparation.
In real estate, preconstruction describes properties sold before they're built: We bought the condo at preconstruction prices.
Buyers get lower prices but wait months or years for completion and assume risk if the project stalls.
Potential for success
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- permitOfficial written authorization
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
regulations · compliance · timeline · accessibility · entitlements · variance
Act of unearthing
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- geotechnicalRelating to soil engineering
- soilGround matter for planting
compaction · shoring · earthwork · demolition · clearing · topography · boring · elevation
Simplified technical diagram
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- cadDishonorable man
specification · elevation · section · detail · model · conceptual · architectural · engineering
Secure ground position
- subgradeSoil layer supporting pavement
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- pilingsEmbedded structural columns
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
aggregate · trench · underpinning · backfill · rebar · concrete · formwork · waterproofing
Obtaining goods externally
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- sequencingDetermining element order
- phasingImplementing by stages
feasibility
Potential for success
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- permitOfficial written authorization
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
scheduling · regulations · compliance · timeline · accessibility · entitlements · variance
excavation
Act of unearthing
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
- geotechnicalRelating to soil engineering
soil · compaction · shoring · earthwork · demolition · clearing · topography · boring · elevation · drainage
schematic
Simplified technical diagram
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
cad · specification · elevation · section · detail · model · conceptual · architectural · engineering · massing
footing
Secure ground position
- subgradeSoil layer supporting pavement
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- pilingsEmbedded structural columns
stabilization · aggregate · trench · underpinning · backfill · rebar · concrete · formwork · waterproofing · caisson
procurement
Obtaining goods externally
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- sequencingDetermining element order
phasing · subcontractor · mobilization · staging · prefabrication
preconstructionpostconstruction
After building is done
construction · completion · occupancy · demolition · move-in
preconstructionconstruction
Process of building something
building · execution · implementation · erection · fabrication
structure, construct, construction, reconstruct, constructed, constructive, structural, reconstruction, constructing