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About Mediterraneo

We’re Mediterraneo Design Build, a construction firm in Menlo Park that has served the Bay Area since 1991, working closely with homeowners and architects on more than 150 new residential and major remodeling projects.

Our Philosophy

There was a time when builders could frame a house with little more than a broad ax to fell trees and hew them square, and a knife with which to whittle the wooden pegs that joined the great posts and beams. It took dozens of neighbors to help raise those massive frames, so at every stage, house-building took great skill, close collaboration and constant communication.

When builders used the word “true” in those days it was often a verb. When you trued a log, you made its faces as flat as humanly possible. A trued wall was perfectly plumb. “Almost” didn’t cut it: either it was true or it wasn’t. Likewise, if a builder was “true as his word,” you had no doubt about the craft, quality or integrity that went into his houses.

Times and tools change. Long ago the sawmill supplanted the hewer of trees, and the plumb bob gave way to laser levels that today do everything but brew your coffee. But we’d like to think that integrity still has great value to everyone who designs and builds homes, or lives in them. And that exceptional skill, unstinting standards, close collaboration and constant communication are still the best paths to building it true—true to the owner’s vision, true to the architect’s design, and true to the great traditions of honest building.

May 8, 2020

Construction Work Resumes

Well its been an interesting journey through these many weeks of Shelter In Place and we hope that you and yours are safe, healthy, and well during this challenging time.  While we worked hard to make the best of the time at home we are also pleased to be back to work in this “new normal”.  There is lots to figure out and we are working hard to ensure we are organized and ready to work safetly with our clients, subcontractors, and all the other important folks that allow projects to flow.  

Once again the JLC (Journal of Light Construction) has some excellent resources so they are definitely worth a look – A Builder’s Guide to COVID-19

Also the County of San Mateo has released guidelines for small construction which helps to paint the picture of our new world – APPENDIX B-1: Small Construction Project Safety Protocol

We hope everyone is hanging in there and staying safe and being well!

 

 

Mediterraneo Builders