El Escorial - Design Build Associates, Inc. recently completed Construction Management services for the complete renovation of the building exteriors at El Escorial Homeowners Association in Santa Barbara, California. This property, while being converted from a hotel to condominiums, was fraught with construction defects that resulted in one of the largest construction defect litigation cases on the California central coast.
Design Build Associates, Inc. was hired to provide construction management services. We assisted the association in identifying the complete and proper scope of work in order to solve their extensive defect issues and the resultant damage. Today, after replacing the exterior façades, the association’s buildings are water tight and look brand new.

"Design Build Associates' experience, reputation and qualifications far exceeded others in the industry... They were able to demonstrate to us areas where major savings occurred. Design Build's poise and confidence during the whole process was very reassuring to the Board and the rest of the membership and we quickly came to understand that if we trusted their advice we would emerge from this project with the desired result. Design Build's counsel proved to be invaluable to us in all of these areas and we can confidently state that the recommendations and savings proposed by Design Build Associates, more than paid for their services to our Association... It is without reservation that I can highly recommend the experts at Design Build Associates to anyone who is considering a reconstruction project."
Barbara Caudry
President
Board of Directors
El Escorial Homeowners Association
