Your Construction Partner. Free Estimates • PCA Support • Value Engineering • Referral Program • All 50 States

TCG partners with commercial real estate brokers nationwide as a free construction resource for active deals. Brokers introduce transactions that need preliminary cost estimates, property condition assessment support, value engineering exercises, or point cloud building scans, and TCG delivers within 5 to 10 business days at no charge. The partnership includes a written no-conflict commitment and a documented referral incentive program for closed deals. Schedule a partnership call to discuss specifics.

No. TCG provides free preliminary construction estimates for commercial real estate brokers and their clients on active deals. The TCG.ai construction estimator delivers instant cost benchmarks across every commercial vertical, and the TCG preconstruction team produces hard-priced preliminary budgets within 5 business days for projects past the LOI stage. There is no charge to the broker or the client.

TCG's broker partnership operates under a written no-conflict commitment. We will not approach a broker's introduced client about new business without the broker's direct introduction or written consent. The commitment is a term in every broker partnership agreement. Your client stays your client.

TCG operates under a written confidentiality commitment to broker partners. We do not shop broker pipelines, share client rosters, or discuss broker deals outside the engagement. NDAs are executed where required by the broker or client. The no-conflict and confidentiality commitments are core terms in every broker partnership agreement.

That is the broker's call. Some brokers want every communication routed through them and copied on all correspondence. Others prefer TCG work directly with the client and report back. Both work. The preference is set on the intro call and followed for the duration of the relationship, and it can be changed at any time.

After the first transaction, TCG shifts into an ongoing-resource role. Brokers forward the estimator to clients, loop TCG in pre-LOI where construction input matters, and pull updated cost benchmarks, market intelligence, and vertical-specific guidance as needed. The free estimating, PCA support, value engineering services, and preferred-rate reality capture engagements continue as long as the partnership is active.

Yes. TCG works with brokers from major commercial real estate firms including CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers, Marcus & Millichap, Newmark, Avison Young, Lee & Associates, NAI Global, SVN International, Coldwell Banker Commercial, KW Commercial, and Compass Commercial, as well as regional and independent brokerages nationwide. TCG has no exclusive arrangement with any brokerage.

Before the letter of intent is signed, not after. Construction cost is the variable most likely to change a client's decision, and it is far cheaper to discover a problem during site selection than during design. On tenant rep assignments that means pricing buildouts across the shortlist. On investment sales it means validating rehab scope before the offer. Post-LOI, the contractor's role shifts from informing the decision to executing a commitment already made.

At minimum: building type and intended use, approximate square footage, location down to the city, whether the work is ground-up or interior, and target delivery timing. Anything additional sharpens the number, including a site plan or floor plan, a description of mechanical and electrical scope, finish level expectations, and known site constraints. An estimate can be produced from the minimum set, with the accuracy range widening accordingly.

A preliminary estimate produced from building type, size, location, and scope description is a budget-level number intended for underwriting and go or no-go decisions, not for contracting. Accuracy tightens substantially once drawings exist, subcontractor pricing is solicited, and site conditions are verified. Treat it as a range for testing whether a deal pencils, and expect the number to move as design develops.

Yes. The TCG.ai construction estimator is built to be forwarded. Brokers send the link to clients during property tours, in pitch decks, and as part of pre-LOI underwriting packages. The estimator is free for unlimited use and produces market-calibrated cost benchmarks across every commercial building type including ground-up, tenant improvement, repositioning, and ground lease scenarios.

Yes. Pricing is built from current subcontractor data, material costs, and regional labor rates rather than solely from past projects in that specific market. Where TCG has no local subcontractor relationships, that is disclosed and the estimate carries a wider range until local pricing is solicited. TCG is licensed in all 50 states and will say plainly when a market requires additional legwork to price with confidence.

TCG typically completes a preliminary value engineering exercise within 5 to 10 business days. The output identifies cost reductions through structural system substitution, MEP coordination, envelope alternates, and equipment specification, typically recovering 8 to 15 percent of hard costs without compromising program or quality. The deliverable is a written report your client can hand to their CFO, lender, or investment committee.

TCG handles commercial construction projects ranging from roughly $1 million to $30 million, scaling to larger projects case by case through subcontractor and partner network coordination. The firm operates lean by design, with direct partner-level engagement on every project rather than layered estimator to project manager to superintendent communication.

TCG provides broker-side construction input within 5 to 10 business days, compared with the 3 to 6 weeks typical of a full ASTM E2018-compliant Property Condition Assessment. The deliverable includes site walks, system condition opinions, immediate-repair cost ranges, and capital-replacement reserves. For transactions requiring a full ASTM-compliant PCA, TCG coordinates with engineering partners to compress the total timeline.

A traditional PCA is a third-party engineering deliverable compliant with ASTM E2018, typically taking 3 to 6 weeks and costing $4,000 to $15,000 depending on building size. TCG's broker construction memo is faster at 5 to 10 business days and free for active broker deals. It provides construction-side opinions on system condition, repair costs, and capital reserves, commonly used to inform LOI underwriting before a full PCA is commissioned. It is not a substitute for an ASTM-compliant PCA where a lender requires one.

A typical memo covers observed condition of the structure, roof, envelope, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, plus estimated remaining useful life for major systems, immediate repair items with cost ranges, a capital replacement reserve outlook, code and accessibility deficiencies observed, and a summary of items warranting further investigation by a licensed engineer. It is written to be readable by a client and their lender.

No, for active broker-introduced deals. The construction memo, preliminary estimating, and value engineering work are provided at no cost. Point cloud scanning through Reality Capture Atlanta is a paid engagement offered at preferred partner rates. Where a project requires a licensed engineer, environmental consultant, or ASTM-compliant PCA, those are separately engaged third-party costs.

Yes, through partnership with Reality Capture Atlanta. Point cloud scans deliver millimeter-accurate 3D documentation of existing commercial buildings, accelerating PCA work, repositioning analysis, investment sales packaging, and tenant improvement pricing. Engagements typically deliver in 5 to 10 business days, with broker-introduced deals receiving preferred partner rates.

Commercial point cloud scan engagements typically run $4,000 to $15,000 depending on building square footage, level of detail, and whether scan-to-BIM modeling is included. Scanning a single-story warehouse sits at the low end. A multi-story building with complex MEP documentation sits at the high end. Broker-introduced deals receive preferred partner rates.

A scan replaces subjective inspection notes with measured evidence. Sellers who include point cloud data in an offering memorandum give buyers a faster path to underwriting and reduce the grounds available for a re-trade. Buyers use the same data to eliminate the design team's field measurement effort on a repositioning, which typically pulls weeks out of concept design and narrows the rehab cost range before the offer is made.

Yes. Terrapin Construction Group is licensed and actively building in all 50 states. Offices are located in Denver as headquarters, plus Houston, Albany, and Sheridan, with active project work across all six major commercial construction regions: West Coast, Mountain West, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, and Northeast.

TCG builds across 14 commercial verticals: warehouse and cold storage, cannabis facilities, data centers, healthcare and medical office, hotel, restaurant and QSR, industrial and advanced manufacturing, life sciences and biotech labs, self-storage, grocery-anchored retail, urgent care, veterinary clinics, controlled environment agriculture, tenant improvement and buildouts, and adaptive reuse and conversions.

Yes. TCG provides commercial tenant improvement and buildout services across all commercial verticals. TI work includes office buildouts, retail fit-outs, restaurant and QSR buildouts, medical and dental TI, and full repositioning of existing space. The free estimator and 5-day preliminary budget service support tenant rep brokers pricing buildouts across multiple comparable sites before the LOI is signed.

Yes. TCG works on adaptive reuse and building conversions including office to residential, retail to medical, and warehouse to data center. Conversion projects require early construction input because change of use triggers full code review for the new occupancy class, and structural, MEP, and envelope implications frequently determine whether the conversion economics work at all.

Yes. TCG has direct project experience in cannabis cultivation, processing, and dispensary construction across emerging and mature markets. Estimates account for state-specific regulatory requirements, cultivation environment specifications, and the IMP envelope requirements common to cultivation builds. On cannabis deals, state and local licensing often drives the schedule more than construction does, which is worth flagging to clients early.

TCG has self-performed over 1 million square feet of insulated metal panel installation across 38 states over 10 years, with direct manufacturer relationships including Kingspan, Metl-Span, CENTRIA, AWIP, PermaTherm, FALK, UPI Panels, MBCI, and Arch Solar. For brokers, that matters on cold storage, food processing, cannabis, data center, cleanroom, and pharmaceutical transactions where envelope performance is mission-critical and most regional general contractors lack the install experience to price the work accurately.

Yes. Beyond general contracting, TCG provides owner's representative services and construction management for clients who want independent oversight rather than a construction contract, along with preconstruction, architectural design-build, MEP engineering, and structural engineering. On broker-introduced deals where the client already has a contractor, owner's representative is often the right engagement.

Design-build is a single-source project delivery method where one firm holds responsibility for both design and construction under a unified contract, in contrast to design-bid-build where the architect and contractor work under separate contracts. Research published by the Design-Build Institute of America and Penn State has found design-build projects deliver faster and with less cost growth than design-bid-build. For brokers, that means fewer post-LOI surprises and a shorter path from lease execution to occupancy. See TCG design-build services.

TCG operates a referral incentive program for commercial real estate brokers whose introductions result in closed construction projects. The structure is documented per partnership in a written referral agreement, tied to billing milestones on the closed project, and competitive with what brokerage firms typically pay for transaction-side referral relationships. Specific rates and timing are discussed on the initial partnership call and committed to in writing. See the referral program page.