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Guides from Sawatzky Construction
Straight answers to the questions we hear most, written for our own customers.
September 6, 2026 · 3 min read
How to read a contractor's list of completed projects
Photographs prove very little on their own. Names, towns and dates are what let you actually check.
September 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Choosing exterior materials that survive western Oklahoma
The exterior is the decision you live with longest, and the weather out here is unusually good at finding the weak choice.
September 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Building an addition while the doors stay open
Most commercial additions are built onto a building somebody is still using every day, and that constraint shapes the whole job.
September 6, 2026 · 3 min read
What a church building committee should settle before the first drawing
Most church projects that go sideways did so before anyone drew a line, because the committee had not agreed on what it was actually building.
September 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Design/build or design-bid-build: which one actually fits a small-town project
One contract or two is the first real decision on any building project, and it changes who is answerable when the drawings and the building disagree.