Straight answers before you call.

We are a commercial general contractor for Dallas-Fort Worth. Restaurant, cafe, retail, salon, wellness, and office build-outs, tenant improvements, project management, and facility services for property owners. We also run a residential practice: remodels, additions, and custom homes. One company, one project manager, from design through final walkthrough.

Design is built into our process. Every project starts with space plans and a 3D visualization you approve before construction. When a project needs a licensed architect or structural engineer, we bring one in and coordinate the drawings for you.

It is a rendered model of your finished space, built from the actual measurements. You see layout, millwork, finishes, and lighting together before we order anything. Changes made at this stage cost nothing. Changes made mid-construction cost time and money, so we move the decisions forward.

With a fixed-scope proposal. Once the design is approved, you get a written line-item scope, a construction schedule, and a fixed price for that scope, with allowances for selections you have not finalized. Anything outside the scope is a written change order you approve first. We do not publish dollar figures online because every space and every scope is different.

Yes, and we have. We phase the work, schedule loud or dusty tasks around your hours, and keep the jobsite controlled so staff and customers stay safe. Our Pizza Twist build-out in Irving was completed inside an operating restaurant with no shutdown.

Yes. MASACO files permits with the city, manages plan review and inspections, coordinates with the fire marshal where required, and secures the certificate of occupancy before hand-over.

Across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex from our headquarters in Plano. Recent projects include Irving, Allen, Coppell, Celina, Frisco, and Murphy. See the service areas list in the footer, or ask us about your address.

Sara Bannat, Founder and CEO, and Mahmoud Abu Saad, COO. They also founded Roof Raiders & Co., a Plano roofing company, in 2022. MASACO is a woman- and minority-owned business and a Goldman Sachs Preferred Vendor.

Often, yes, with a phasing plan. We split the house into zones, close one at a time, and set up dust barriers, a separate crew entrance, and a temporary kitchen so you keep a functioning home. It works well when the bedroom wing and the living areas can be separated. It's harder when the project includes a second story, a full rewire, or under-slab plumbing through the middle of the house, and we'll tell you during design if a short move-out makes sense.

It depends on the structure, the neighborhood, and how much of the house you'd keep. A 1950s ranch on a good Preston Hollow lot with a sound foundation is often worth remodeling. A house with major foundation movement, a layout that fights every goal, and systems that all need replacing may be a better rebuild candidate. Conservation districts and historic overlays can also limit demolition. We walk the house and give you an honest read on both paths before you commit to a design.

Yes, and it's one of the most common requests we get in Lake Highlands, Casa Linda, and Lochwood. We trace the framing, bring in a structural engineer to size the beam and connections, and confirm the load path down to the foundation. On a slab, new point loads may need footings; on pier-and-beam, they may need new piers. City of Dallas Development Services typically requires the engineered drawings at plan review, and the framing is inspected before drywall goes up.

Building out is simpler and less disruptive when the lot has room: the addition ties into the existing foundation and roofline. Building up preserves the yard and can double your space, but the existing foundation and walls have to be engineered to carry a floor they weren't built for, the roof comes off, and a stair takes space from the first floor. Setbacks, lot coverage, and any conservation district rules shape the answer. We'll model both options if your house supports both.

If you never use the tub, convert it. A 60-inch alcove makes a generous shower with a bench and a niche. The resale question comes down to whether the house keeps at least one tub somewhere; many Dallas buyers with young children expect one. If your hall bath has a tub, the primary bath can become the shower you actually want. If it's the only tub in the house, we'll talk through it honestly before the design is set.

Tile and grout aren't waterproof, so the system behind them does the work: a properly sloped pan, a continuous waterproof membrane on the floor and walls, sealed seams and corners, a correctly flashed drain, and a wrapped curb or threshold. We flood test the pan with the drain plugged before any tile goes on, photograph it, and send it in your weekly update. Niches and benches are built into the membrane, not cut in afterward.

Yes, and most Dallas bathroom layout changes involve it. We cut the slab along the new drain path, run new drain and vent piping with correct slope, tie into the existing line, get the rough plumbing inspected, then pour the slab back. In 1950s to 1970s homes, the under-slab drains are often cast iron that's corroded or bellied, so we camera the line first and recommend replacing the section under the bath while it's open.

If the work moves plumbing, adds or relocates electrical, or changes walls, yes. City of Dallas Development Services issues the building and trade permits, with rough-in and final inspections. A like-for-like fixture swap in the same location generally doesn't need one. University Park and Highland Park run their own building departments. We pull the permits, schedule inspections around the rough-in and the waterproofing, and close them out at the end.

Start with the structure and the layout. If the foundation is sound, the ceiling heights work, and the footprint can be reconfigured into the plan you want, a whole-home remodel usually costs less and keeps the character of the original house. If the house is undersized for the lot, has a failing foundation, or would need most of its walls moved, a teardown often gives you a better house for a similar total. We evaluate both honestly on the first visit and will tell you which we'd choose.

In the architect-then-bid model, you pay an architect for full drawings, then send them to several builders for prices. The risk is that the design comes back over budget and has to be redrawn. In design-build, MASACO handles design and construction under one agreement, so cost is checked at every design step and the 3D model you approve is the house we've already priced. You can still bring your own architect. We'll coordinate with them and take over at construction.

Longer than most people expect, and we'd rather tell you that now. Design and permitting alone can run several months, especially in the Park Cities or a conservation district. Construction on a typical single-family home commonly takes a year or so, with weather, inspection scheduling, and selection lead times all playing a part. A teardown adds demolition and utility work at the front. We build a realistic schedule into your proposal and update it every week rather than promise a date we can't hold.

The pattern is consistent: established neighborhoods where lot values have outrun the houses on them. Lakewood, Preston Hollow, Lake Highlands, University Park, Highland Park, and the M Streets all see steady teardown activity, along with parts of Kessler Park and Far North Dallas. Each brings its own rules. The Park Cities have their own building departments, conservation districts in the M Streets and Lakewood review exterior design, and Dallas's tree ordinance affects what you can remove. We plan for the specific address.

It depends on the lease. Many landlords contribute a tenant improvement allowance, a set amount per square foot paid in draws as work is completed and documented. The work letter defines what the landlord builds as base building, and everything beyond the allowance is the tenant's cost. We read both before pricing, separate the landlord's scope from yours in the proposal, and set up invoicing to match the landlord's draw requirements, including lien waivers and inspection records.

A first-generation space is a shell that has never been finished: slab, exterior walls, and utilities stubbed in, with everything inside built new. A second-generation space was a previous tenant's business, so restrooms, ceilings, HVAC, and sometimes a grease interceptor already exist. Second-generation space is often faster and cheaper to open, but existing systems may be undersized or in the wrong place for your use, which is why our site walk includes checking above the ceiling and reading the electrical panel.

Yes. Pizza Twist in Irving was a franchise build-out done to the brand's prototype drawings, finish standards, and equipment schedule. We adapt the prototype to the actual space, coordinate power, water, drain, and ventilation for each scheduled piece of equipment, and submit for the franchisor's design review and site approvals at the points your franchise agreement requires. Your opening date drives the schedule, and you get a written photo update every week.

Almost always. Moving walls, changing the use of the space, or touching electrical, plumbing, or mechanical systems requires a building permit, and a new tenant generally needs a certificate of occupancy before opening even if the work is light. In Dallas, drawings go to City of Dallas Development Services; Plano, Frisco, Fort Worth, and the other suburbs run their own departments. Restaurants add health department review, and the fire marshal reviews finishes, egress, and suppression. We handle the submittal, the inspections, and the CO.

Our recent second-generation restaurant build-out of about 2,000 square feet, Pizza Twist in Irving, ran 6 to 8 weeks of construction. Permit and health plan review add time before construction starts, and a first-generation shell that needs a new grease interceptor, hood shaft, or upgraded electrical service takes longer. We build the schedule backward from your opening date and update it every week.

Yes. The Pizza Twist project in Irving happened inside an operating restaurant with no shutdown period. We ran a phased work plan, adjusted the daily schedule around service hours, kept the jobsite controlled and safe with staff and guests present, and the client kept generating revenue through the entire build.

Yes. Pizza Twist in Irving was built to the franchisor's prototype drawings and brand standards, with equipment and finishes coordinated to spec and the franchisor's own inspection passed as well as the city's. We read the franchise package before we price so there are no surprises at the brand walk-through.

A typical restaurant passes building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing inspections, a fire marshal inspection that covers the hood suppression system and egress, and a health department inspection of the kitchen, sinks, and food storage. A new tenant also needs a certificate of occupancy. We schedule every one of them and do not consider the job finished until the CO is in your hand.

Calibration Brain & Body in Frisco, about 4,250 square feet, was delivered in 5 weeks on an expedited schedule. The scope included demolition, flooring and paint, electrical upgrades and LED flat panel lighting, conversion of the waiting area into a podcast studio, acoustic wall panels, a custom front desk, interior signage, and a custom-built water filtration fountain. Electrical, acoustic, millwork, plumbing, and finishes all ran at the same time with inspections sequenced so nothing waited. Dental and medical suites with plumbing at every operatory run longer, and permit review comes before construction.

Water and drains at every exam room or operatory, dedicated electrical for equipment, higher lighting levels, sound separation between rooms, hand-washing fixtures where the code requires them, finishes that stand up to cleaning, and accessibility in every patient route. Imaging rooms may need shielding depending on the equipment. We size all of it from your equipment list and your supplier's specifications rather than from a template.

Yes. Clinical and wellness spaces open to the public must meet federal ADA standards and the Texas Accessibility Standards, covering accessible entrances and routes, door clearances, restroom layouts and fixtures, counter heights, and signage. Projects above a certain construction value in Texas also go through registration and inspection under the state's accessibility program. We design accessibility into the floor plan from the first layout and coordinate the state review where it applies.

Yes. We phase the work so part of the practice stays operational where the layout allows, isolate the construction zone with dust barriers, and schedule demolition and other loud work for hours when patients are not in the building. Building management usually sets rules for noise hours and deliveries, and we coordinate those as well.