The in-house work goes further.
“We also build our own trusses,” Koonce says. “We build our own trim for those things. And we have a huge inventory of lumber and all that at the ready.” For contractors and institutional buyers, those capabilities translate into greater control over materials, scheduling and production — particularly after years of supply-chain disruption forced manufacturers to rethink how much could be taken for granted. “Especially after COVID and the supply constraints, America was pretty much order today, get it tomorrow before COVID hit,” Koonce says.
That assumption no longer works.
Before a project enters production, General Shelters works to ensure the required materials are on hand. An internal quality- control department monitors work through the building process, while the company continues evaluating materials and construction methods. “We’re constantly looking for better materials and better building practices to build the best product available on the market.” THE DRAWING ON THE NAPKIN Some of the projects that best demonstrate General Shelters’ capabilities begin with very little on paper. “We have a hard time saying no,” Koonce says. A customer may arrive with little more than an idea.
“If they come in with a drawing on a napkin, we’ll try to turn that into what they want built.”
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