Commercial contractor in Plano, Frisco and McKinney

Which general contractor should I hire for a new restaurant in Frisco or McKinney?

Hire one that has built restaurants in these cities, that starts with pre-construction so the budget and the permit path are known before you commit, and that reports to you as the work proceeds. Frisco, McKinney and Plano each run their own plan review and inspections, and a new center often has a landlord with a detailed work letter and a fixed delivery date.

Harrison Construction has restaurant projects on record in all three cities. In Frisco: a ground-up Dillas Quesadillas, a Dillas finish-out, Snappy Salads, Mike’s Chicken and Fluellen Cupcakes. In McKinney: Dillas Quesadillas, Firehouse Subs and a Sonic renovation. In Plano: Five Guys, Firehouse Subs, Luna Grill, Terra Mediterranean, Oishii, How Do You Roll, Dillas Quesadillas and two Snappy Salads locations.

Retail tenant improvements in Plano and Frisco

Retail space in Plano and Frisco is mostly in managed centers, so a tenant improvement is built inside the landlord’s rules: approved plans, approved working hours, insurance on file and a storefront and sign that match the center’s criteria. We collect those requirements at the start, so they are in the price and the schedule and not discovered at the first inspection.

Retail and service records in the area include a Sleep Experts renovation in Plano, site work at Warren Plaza in Frisco, a Stitched with Love renovation and a Man’s Best Friend pet-care finish-out in McKinney, and a Phenix Salon Suites finish-out in Prosper.

New buildings and pad sites

In the growing parts of Frisco, McKinney and Prosper, many restaurant and retail projects are new buildings on pad sites, not suites in an existing center. A ground-up project adds civil drawings, utilities, paving, drainage and the city’s site plan process to everything a finish-out needs, and it usually has more reviewers.

Harrison Construction added a ground-up division after its first years of finish-out work. The freestanding Dillas Quesadillas in Frisco, pictured on this page, is one of the ground-up restaurants on our records.

How a project runs

The steps are the same in every city. What changes is who reviews the plans and what the landlord requires.

• Site or suite reviewbefore the lease or the land contract is final: utilities, the grease interceptor for a restaurant, the hood and exhaust route, the electrical service, and the condition the landlord will deliver.
• Estimate and schedulea conceptual estimate from early drawings, value-engineering options and a development schedule with the permit and the long-lead items on it.
• Permitsthe city building permit with your architect, the health authority’s review for food service, landlord approval and the sign permit.
• Constructionone team responsible for the budget, the schedule, the subcontractors, quality and safety, with regular progress meetings and electronic reports.
• Close-outfinal inspections, the certificate of occupancy, the punch list and the close-out documents.

From Fort Worth to Collin County

Our office is in north Fort Worth. Plano, Frisco, McKinney and Allen are part of our everyday service area, and the same team runs the job: Lonnie Harrison, President; Alex Lioumis, VP of Operations; and Anne Hickey, who coordinates the schedule and the subcontractors.

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