Technology-forward commercial & light industrial construction
AP plans and builds warehouses, distribution centers, truck and fleet facilities, and light industrial buildings across Texas around how the owner needs them to perform, and when they need them online.
Markets
Facilities that have to operate a certain way from the day they open. The markets AP pursues, each with its own page.
Tilt-wall warehouses, distribution centers, and logistics facilities planned around truck circulation, docks, clear height, slabs, and speed to operation.
Truck service centers, fleet maintenance shops, fuel islands, truck washes, and heavy-duty yards, proven on two Penske facilities in Texas.
Office, production, and warehouse facilities for light manufacturing, assembly, and flex users. Not heavy industrial.
Headquarters, first-generation office build-outs, and the office component of operational facilities. Substantial workplace projects, not small tenant refreshes.
New branches, relocations, renovations, and multi-site rollouts for banks and credit unions, built around security, occupied operations, brand standards, and opening dates.
High-throughput distribution and logistics facilities: cross-docks, regional DCs, and last-mile buildings planned around dock count, trailer parking, throughput, and speed to operation.
First-generation shopping-center build-outs, freestanding retail, and brand rollouts delivered to a fixed opening date, proven on a 16-week build-out in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Service centers, dealership service departments, and vehicle maintenance facilities with lifts, fluid systems, wash bays, and customer space, drawing on AP’s Penske fleet-facility work.
Red-iron PEMB warehouses, shops, and fleet facilities for owners who want enclosed, working space faster and at lower cost than tilt-wall, proven on the Penske Dallas facility.
The delivery sequence / pick a build type
Phase 01 / 06 · Site & precon
Estimating and bid leveling in BuildingConnected. Constructability review against the civil package. Long-lead materials bought early. By the time the pad is graded, budget and schedule are already locked.
Phase 02 / 06 · Concrete
Footings, grade beams, and a slab-on-grade placed in planned sequences. In tilt-wall construction the floor is also the casting bed for every wall panel, so flatness and cure timing are managed to the day.
Phase 03 / 06 · Tilt-wall
Concrete panels are cast on the slab, then rigged and tilted upright in sequence. A footprint becomes an enclosed perimeter in days, not months. That is a big reason tilt-wall dominates light industrial.
Phase 04 / 06 · Steel & roof
Steel columns, joists, and deck close the structure. Three-week look-ahead schedules keep a prequalified subcontractor network sequenced, and OSHA 30 superintendents with third-party safety audits keep the site disciplined.
Phase 05 / 06 · Fit-out
Dock positions, clear heights, truck circulation, heavy-duty paving: the details that decide whether a facility works on day one. We build to the operation behind the drawings, not just the drawings.
Phase 06 / 06 · Operational
Commissioning, punch, and handover timed to your operational date. This is the outcome we sell: a facility that opens on schedule and runs the way it was planned.
Phase 01 / 06 · Site & precon
Pre-engineered steel lives or dies on early decisions: frame spacing, clear height, collateral loads, door locations. We lock the building order and long-lead steel while the site package is still in permitting.
Phase 02 / 06 · Foundations
Spread footings and grade beams are placed to the manufacturer’s anchor-bolt plan and surveyed before the slab pours. A quarter inch missed here becomes a steel problem in the air later, so it gets verified twice.
Phase 03 / 06 · Red iron
Primary frames are flown, plumbed, and braced in sequence, then girts and purlins tie the skeleton together. One week of erection defines the geometry of everything that follows.
Phase 04 / 06 · Skin & roof
Roof and wall panels close the envelope with insulation, trim, and gutters behind them. The building goes weather-tight early so interior trades start while sitework finishes outside.
Phase 05 / 06 · Fit-out
Overhead doors, service power, ventilation, office glazing, and protected aprons, sized and placed for the equipment and traffic the shop will actually see, not a generic template.
Phase 06 / 06 · Operational
Punch, commissioning, and turnover timed to your move-in. Metal buildings are one of the fastest paths to enclosed, working space when the front end is run with discipline.
Phase 01 / 06 · Sitework
Utilities, drainage, and the tank excavation are planned before anything vertical. On a fuel site the civil package is the critical path, so it is sequenced first and priced without allowances.
Phase 02 / 06 · Tanks
Underground storage tanks, containment, and piping runs go in while the site is still open dirt. We learned fueling infrastructure inside fleet facilities, from fuel islands and high-flow diesel to truck-wash utilities, and we sequence stations the same way.
Phase 03 / 06 · Concrete
Heavy-duty asphalt and concrete paving, island curbs, and building slab placed in planned pours. Mixes, joints, and thickness are designed for constant axle loads and fuel exposure, not a parking-lot spec.
Phase 04 / 06 · Steel & masonry
Structural steel columns and joists are set to carry the roof, then reinforced concrete block rises course by course with grouted cells and bond beams. Masonry earns its keep on a fuel site: durable, secure, and simple to maintain for a store that never closes.
Phase 05 / 06 · Canopy & fuel
Canopy steel is set over the islands, then dispensers, controls, and lighting go live. Piping and containment are tested and commissioned with the operator before the first customer pulls in.
Phase 06 / 06 · Operational
Commissioning and handover timed to your opening date. From truck-stop fuel depots to standalone stations, the goal is the same: a site that opens on schedule and runs the way it was planned.
Phase 01 / 06 · Assess
As-builts do not always tell the whole story. Before demolition we document structure, systems, and code triggers, and price the surprises while they are still line items, not change orders.
Phase 02 / 06 · Gut
Selective demolition strips the building to structure, finishes, storefront, systems, and the old brand, while the shell, the neighbors, and the schedule stay protected.
Phase 03 / 06 · Structure
New openings get cut, structure gets reinforced, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are replaced while the walls are open. This is where renovations are won or lost.
Phase 04 / 06 · Envelope
New storefront, cladding, and waterproofing over the existing structure. The building reads brand-new from the street at a fraction of ground-up cost and time.
Phase 05 / 06 · Rebrand
Signage, fascia, entry identity, and site wayfinding roll out to the new brand’s standards, coordinated so the location lands consistent, from the pylon to the door handle.
Phase 06 / 06 · Reopen
Punch, commissioning, and handover sequenced to the operator’s opening date. A full gut and rebrand, delivered with the same discipline as ground-up.
Featured project
30,000
Shop
20
Truck bays
140
Truck wash
8
Heavy-duty paving
Office and training space, a 20-bay shop, a 140-foot wash, and eight acres of heavy-duty paving. A facility built around how a transportation operation actually runs.
Technology
Construction is changing, and AP runs on the tools that change it: cloud project management, digital bidding, and AI applied to the paperwork that used to slow projects down. The owner sees more, sooner, with fewer surprises.
Drawings, RFIs, submittals, schedules, daily logs, and photos live in one system the owner, design team, and trades can open from the field or the office.
Trades bid through one platform against the same scope, and AP levels every bid line by line so the owner sees who priced the full job.
AP applies AI to document review, quantity takeoff checks, and schedule analysis, catching scope gaps and conflicts earlier than a manual pass alone.
Services
From the first look at a site through the day the facility opens, one accountable team and one delivery system.
Document and site review, estimating, bid leveling in BuildingConnected, constructability review, value engineering, and long-lead planning before anything is committed in the field.
An accountable Project Manager, Superintendent, and Project Coordinator team running the master schedule, three-week look-aheads, trade coordination, safety, and turnover.
One coordinated path from operational requirements through design, budget, permitting, procurement, construction, and an operating facility, with AP accountable for the whole.
Feasibility, entitlement and zoning coordination, conceptual budgeting, site and civil coordination, and permitting strategy for owners evaluating a site before they commit.
AP as the commercial general contractor of record: one contract, the trade contracts held by AP, and one team accountable for schedule, cost, safety, quality, and closeout.
One preconstruction and delivery system applied across repeat branches, stores, and facilities, so every location benefits from the last and the program opens on schedule.
Safety, quality, and accountability
Every AP project runs with a Project Manager, a Project Superintendent, and a Project Coordinator the owner can reach, backed by executives who stay involved from preconstruction through turnover.
A third-party safety-management firm audits AP jobsites. Superintendents hold OSHA 30 and CPR, First Aid, and AED credentials, and crews train monthly as a company and weekly on site.
Subcontractors enter AP’s database through a stringent prequalification process and are bid and leveled in BuildingConnected, so the owner sees who is priced on the full scope.
A master schedule built with the client and vendors carries long-lead procurement and milestones. Superintendents drive the field with three-week look-ahead schedules.
Send them over. A preconstruction review tells you what you are building, what it should cost, and where the risks are.
