where we live.” “The overall vision for Ridgepoint Homes was to focus more on custom homes,” he explains. “That vision slowly morphed into building more spec homes and focusing a little more on a spec market as we were coming out of 2008 and 2009, when things were fairly slow.” As a spec builder, Ridgepoint Homes quickly made a name for themselves based on the quality of their work. To this day, Ken believes the quality of their spec product is what sets them apart: “I think we build a nicer product when it comes to specs. When we started off building specs, I would always take the approach of what I would want to see in my own house and how I would want that to look like and what I would expect out of a house that I would want to live in.” These days, however, Ridgepoint mainly works for clients, as Ken originally envisioned. They still do the occasional spec, but over the last two years especially, Ken says interest has been high enough that they have been focused predominantly on custom homes – and they ensure the standard of quality is just as high. “We’ve developed checklists over time,” Ken says of their quality assurance. “We make sure that as projects are being completed, as we’re going through the various stages of construction, that we’re going through these checklists and making sure we’ve got everything covered. We’re ensuring that everything is good from an inspection perspective and we’re making sure that we’ve got things in the right spot.” He adds that working with “good reliable trades” is also important to quality control. “We’ve built relationships over the past 10 years with a handful of trades that we prefer to work with, who we know will achieve that quality of standard that we’re looking for.” Ken also emphasizes how his team is integral to ensuring quality. That team includes the company’s direct staff as well as their roster of trades and suppliers. Ken says that they have all been crucial to the company’s success: “One of the things that has helped propel us forward has definitely been our team. If we didn’t have such great, reliable people, it would be very difficult to be where we’re at right now.” THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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