Construction & Business Operations · Indianapolis, IN
Hire the experience before you need the rescue.
Stringfellow works with owners facing expensive decisions — on a property or inside a business. The product is the same either way: experience, judgment, and systems from someone who has done the work rather than read about it.
Two hours by phone, Zoom, or on site · You leave with a written summary
The calls we get
Most people call us
with one of these.
“Is this quote fair?”
We read estimates for a living. Bring three bids and we'll tell you which one is priced honestly and which one is missing half the scope.
“Why did insurance deny that?”
A denied line item usually means missing documentation or an unaccounted code requirement — not a closed case.
“Why am I the answer to every question?”
When nothing moves without the owner, that's rarely a people problem. It's a systems problem, and systems can be built.
“Sales are up. Why isn't profit?”
Growth exposes weak pricing and loose job costing. We find where the money is actually going before you sell another job at the same rate.
Whichever one you asked, you don't need to hire anybody yet. You need an hour.
The structure
One idea,
two tracks.
Both sides run on the same four steps, and both start in the same place — a two-hour consultation for $227. Most clients stop there. That is deliberate.
The engagement gets bigger only when the problem requires it. Nobody gets moved up a ladder because the ladder exists.
Construction
All tiers & pricingBusiness Operations
All tiers & pricingForm SCG-CF/01
Find out where you land.
You don't need the solution figured out. You just need to know something could be working better.
The Client Fit & Engagement Assessment asks about your situation — a building or a business — and tells you which tier it actually calls for. It will also tell you plainly if Stringfellow isn't the right resource, which happens and is worth knowing before anyone spends money.
Nothing is submitted until you choose to send it.
The premise
Experience is the product.
Stringfellow isn't here to explain how construction or business works from a textbook. It's here to solve real problems for people who are already in one.
Sometimes that's a two-hour conversation. Sometimes it's rebuilding a single process. Sometimes it's restructuring an entire operation for its next stage of growth.
The engagement gets bigger only when the problem requires it.
That's the whole business model. You are buying judgment and documentation, not hours. If two hours is genuinely all you need, that's what you'll be sold.
Deliverables
You leave with documents, not opinions.
Every engagement produces something you can hold, hand to a contractor, take to your carrier, or put in front of your team. That is the whole difference between advice and consulting.
On the construction side
- Written findings and recommendations
- Budget range with the reasoning behind it
- Scope of work you can hand to bidders
- Material list and specifications
- Trade and inspection schedule
- Contractor bid review
- Permit and inspection guidance
- Written risk assessment
On the business side
- Written diagnosis of the actual bottleneck
- Roles and responsibilities, defined
- Standard operating procedures
- Scheduling and workflow design
- Pricing and job-costing procedure
- Accountability and reporting structure
- Chain of command and authority
- Implementation sequence
Process
How the first one goes.
Call or email
Tell us what you're facing in a couple of sentences. We'll say whether a consultation is the right starting point — and we'll say so if it isn't.
Two hours on your problem
Phone, Zoom, or on site. We go through whatever is relevant — estimates, photographs, the property, the numbers, the org chart — and answer everything you ask.
You get it in writing
A written summary: findings, concerns, costs where they apply, and a recommended sequence. What you do with it from there is entirely up to you.
Fit
This isn't for everyone.
Saying so up front saves us both an afternoon.
- People shopping for the lowest bid. If price is the only variable that matters, you don't need a consultant. You need three quotes and a coin.
- Anyone looking to hire labor by the hour. We sell judgment and documentation. Tier 04 is the only tier where we build, and we take very few of those.
- Owners who want a plan, not a change. On the business side we get inside the operation and rebuild what isn't working. If you want a document that describes your company back to you, that's a different service.
- Small, well-understood problems. A consultation should save you more than it costs. If you already know the scope and the answer, we'll tell you to keep your $227.
- Anyone who wants their claim negotiated. Negotiating a settlement with a carrier is public adjusting. It's a different license and a different job.
Proud supporting partner
Stringfellow Construction Group is a proud partner of the Indianapolis Urban League. The experience was already here — the partnership has helped sharpen the business built around it.
Start here
One hour, before you commit to anything.
The consultation is $227 for up to two hours. If it saves you one bad decision, it has already paid for itself several times over.