"It's not just construction, it's a collaboration"

Not your average general contractor, Firmo’s tight-knit team’s keen eye for regional potential and community engagement opportunities has evolved their industry expertise to encompass a unique design-build approach—collaboratively executing both the design process and construction phases under a single contract. From finding a property or space, to helping get permits from the City, get financing through a bank, and finding a compatible architect, Firmo’s versatility provides project management services from inception to completion. This streamlined approach not only helps align the many moving parts of a project for clients, but fosters collaboration and teamwork, mitigates change orders and blame shifting, fosters a timely turnaround, optimizes project quality and ensures cost effectiveness. From discussion of initial concept, to day one breaking ground, all the way to the ribbon-cutting reveal, “It’s not just construction,” says Stefan Baron, Firmo’s director of business development. “It’s a collaboration.”

The seven visionaries behind the boutique-operated firm continue to pioneer sustainable building methods—acquiring credibilities such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Energy Star certifications. Firmo became a leading member and early adopter of US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system. Even when the program was still in its infancy, the Firmo team built the first LEED CS Silver Office building in Sarasota, continually striving to leave the environment in better quality than they found it.