The SmartPads Process

Designed to get you into your home — and your life — sooner.

We believe with modular, there's a better way to bring mountain homes to life.

Time Back

50-100% Faster

We build your home while your site is being prepared - not in sequence. This parallel process eliminates months of downtime and uncertainty. Additionally, our factory setting and procurement methodology allows for streamlined production.

Move-in sooner— often in a single year
Avoid long weather-driven delays
Spend less time managing a build, more time living your life

Financial Clarity

10-15% More Cost Efficient

Our factory-driven model reduces variability, waste, and costly surprises - giving you more predictability from day one. The design-build process creates better alignment between budget, design, and outcomes.

Fixed-price agreement
Fewer changes orders and budget savings
Structured process for ease of decision-making

Precision-Built

Built in a Controlled Environment

Your home is constructed in a controlled setting, where quality is consistent and craftmanship is repeatable

Tighter tolerances and cleaner execution
Protected from weather during construction
Multi-point internal quality control before delivery

A Faster Timeline to Your Vision

A Simpler Experience

We guide you through a clear, structured process - from design through delivery - so you always know what's next.

Move-in sooner— often in a single year
Avoid long weather-driven delays
Spend less time managing a build, more time living your life

Our Process in Detail

01

Discovery & Site Evaluation

2–3 Weeks

Before we go deep with site-specific design, we need to understand your land.  Mountain sites have real variables - slope, access, soil, utilities - that shape every decision downstream.  We perform a desktop site feasibility analysis to give you an honest picture of what's possible.

WHAT WE HANDLE

Preliminary Zoning Analysis
Building Code Analysis
Utility Availability
HOA Guidelines Review
Modular Transport Feasibility

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Site Information - survey or other
On-Site General Contractor Engagement & Budget

Need support? See Turnkey Services

02

Design — Site-Specific

4–6 Weeks

From our initial feasibility analysis - we start on our site-specific design.  If you are pursuing the Basecamp or Ascent Series, we can proceed to a design-build agreeement.  If you are pursuing the Summit Series, we'll engage in a preconstruction design agreement in order to design your home and produce a final budget.

WHAT WE HANDLE

Summit Projects: Architectural Design → Design-Build Agreement
Structural Engineering (Modules)
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Engineering
State Permitting Process

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Summit Projects: Goals, Criteria, Must-Haves, Nice-to-Haves
All Homes: Finish Selections Process (with Deadlines)
Finalize On-Site GC Contract

Need support? See Turnkey Services

03

Production

3–4 Months

Our team moves seamlessly from the design and your finish decisions into the production phase in our facility.  We begin framing floors, walls, ceilings and move from in-wall rough-ins to finishes and façade detailing!

WHAT WE HANDLE

Procurement of All Commodities and Finish Selections
Factory labor to build the modules and install finishes

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Sitework to Get Set-Ready!
Virtual or In-Person Walkthroughs to Review Rough-In's and Final Product

04

Shipping, Setting & Site Finish!

12-20 Weeks

When our production wraps up, we prepare the modules for transport and you get excited for set day!

WHAT WE HANDLE

Shiploose Inventory — for Goods Stored in Modules to Be Installed On-Site
Installation Manual — to Assist Your GC in the Site Finish

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

GC supporting Transportation & Setting Logistics
On-Site GC to Finish the Home

Move-In

Beyond Modular

Not just a manufacturer - a true design-build partner. Most modular providers deliver the home and leave the beginning and end to others. We take it further - integrating design, site construction, coordination, and execution under one roof. Our optional services include:

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