STRATEGIC ADVISORY FOR DESIGN-BUILD LEADERS
A successful design-build company should produce more than completed projects. It should create healthy profit, meaningful work, a capable team, satisfied clients—and a life the owner actually wants.
Design Build Success provides practical advisory, coaching, and organizational development for design-build companies and remodelers moving toward integrated design-build.
01 / BUILDER-LED
You’ve built a solid remodeling company, but sales feel challenging, margins keep slipping, and the work is taking more out of you than it should.
02 / DESIGN-LED
You create thoughtful designs, but clients are frustrated by unpredictable builds, limited control, and projects that finish far beyond the intended budget.
03 / ESTABLISHED DESIGN-BUILD
You’ve moved beyond early scaling, but the staffing, structure, and systems that got you here have not yet evolved into the model required for the next level.
WHEN GROWTH DOESN’T CREATE FREEDOM
The Company Is Working. But Is It Working for You?
The projects may be getting built. Revenue may be growing. The financial statements may even show a profit. But underneath the apparent success:
Too many decisions still depend on the owner.
Gross margin slips between the signed contract and the completed project.
Sales, design, estimating, and production struggle to stay aligned.
The P&L shows a profit, but the company never seems to have enough cash.
THE WHOLE COMPANY
The areas are deeply connected—but the order matters.
See how the work fits together
01
The Design-Build Operating System
A connected client and project journey, from first opportunity through warranty—where sales, design, budget alignment, and production work as one system.
02
Leadership
Clear direction, accountable leadership teams, sound decisions, and a company that can function beyond its founder.
03
Team & Culture
Clear roles, healthy communication, decision authority, and accountability that turn talented people into a capable team.
04
Financial Performance
Pricing, job costing, gross-profit targets, overhead control, cash flow, and forecasts that help leaders operate from what is real.
05
Marketing
Positioning, reputation, referrals, and targeted visibility that create qualified demand for a company prepared to fulfill its promise.
START WITH UNDERSTANDING
Start With Understanding
Every company has a different constraint. The first step is a focused conversation about the business: where it is today, what success looks like, and what appears to be standing in the way.
WORK MAY INCLUDE
Owner advisory and coaching
Leadership-team development
Financial analysis and planning
Design-build systems development
Implementation support
Marketing strategy
Facilitated leadership offsites
WHAT CHANGES CAN FEEL LIKE
Progress that changes more than the business.
Yuly Peña de Castro
Owner, Vera Builders
“I’m building a process way faster than I thought possible.”
Diane
“Clear to the point what works. No fluff just facts.”
Melinda Dzinic
Euro Design Build
“Through our work together, I’ve reached a level of growth that has profoundly influenced both my personal and professional life.”
Design Build Success was founded by Forrest Castile, founder of Castile Kitchen & Bath, a nationally recognized design-build company. Forrest’s experience comes from inside the business: selling and designing projects, developing financial models, building teams, creating operating systems, managing production, navigating growth, and confronting what happens when a successful company still depends too heavily on its owner.
Meet the Design Build Success Team
A FOCUSED FIRST CONVERSATION
DESIGN BUILD SUCCESS
Residential Design Build Remodeling Advisory