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Synchro Building Corporation | 5 For more than fifty years, Houston’s Synchro Building Corporation has been a leader in the design build construction field by of- fering in-house architectural and complete project management services customized to effectively address needs in new construction as well as remodeling of an existing facility. Synchro’s capabilities uniquely position it to provide the lifecycle of solutions from proj- ect concept to project reality and it has an extensive portfolio of work performed for a multitude of commercial and industrial cli- ents to attest to its achievements. While its record of completed projects remains im- pressive by any measure, what truly distin- guishes Synchro from others is the opera- tional process which it embraces; a process that prompts greater collaboration between autonomous craftsmen, greater efficiency in preventing problems (yet overcoming any that arise) and an ability to deliver on quality in a manner that not only spares it customers from the burdens of unexpected costs, but also unwanted delays in time. “It also saves them from headaches,” says Synchro President Lee Hancock, a builder who has been in the industry for more than 40 years and is one of the earliest proponents of the methodology known today as design- build.While themethodology has prompted organizations such as the Design-Build Insti- tute of America to devise a credentialing sys- tem and certifications which can be earned by those who undergo the rigorous training, the fact remains that some firms were suc- cessfully deploying design/build strategy long before it emerged as a visible trend or desired-solution in project delivery models. Hancock explains that back in the 1970s, when he honed his skills working for the con- struction dynamo known as Brown & Root, he often saw first-hand what can result from