About iBuild Design and Construction
Serving Northern California
iBuild Design and Construction stands as a beacon of innovation in the Bay Area and Northern California, offering an integrated design-build approach led by architects. Leveraging extensive expertise in the construction industry, architecture, and development, we ensure that every detail of your vision is realized without anything lost in translation. Our ‘Architect-led, design-build’ model guarantees that from the first sketch to the final nail, your project is in skilled hands, delivering a facility that’s as unique as your vision. Choose iBuild for a seamless, worry-free journey to your project’s completion, where quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction are the cornerstones of our business.
Our Work
At iBuild Design and Construction, our work is defined by our commitment to an architect-led design-build process that ensures precision, coherence, and meticulous attention to detail. Serving the diverse landscapes of the Bay Area and Northern California, we specialize in crafting spaces that perfectly align with our clients’ needs, whether it’s a bustling coffee shop, a serene dental office, or a vibrant tattoo parlor. Our expansive portfolio showcases a range of projects that speak to our versatility and dedication to bringing each client’s unique vision to life with expertise and integrity.
Our Team
Stepan Berlov
A Visionary Architect in Retail and Grocery Design
Profession: Architect
Experience: 20 years
Specializations: Residential, Commercial, Government Projects, Retail, and Grocery Industry
Stepan Berlov’s 20 years of experience in Architecture and Design, with a strong emphasis on the retail and grocery industry, have established him as a visionary and influential architect. His innovative designs, commitment to sustainability, and comprehensive expertise continue to shape the architectural landscape, inspiring future generations of architects.
Chris Dalikas
Having attended California Polytechnic State University and with 10 years of industrial coating experience, Chris started a career in building construction in 2007, working with Sutti Associates in Northern California in equipment and shelving installation, demolition, and light finish work. In 2009, Chris became a Southern California Superintendent for Sutti Associates, operating a 15,000-square-foot open store TI Daily Site construction, performing managerial tasks such as layouts, daily logs, scheduling, and labor and subcontractor management.
With a promotion in 2010, the position of Construction Manager for Northern and Southern California entailed projects ranging from 1,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet of open store construction, managing site superintendents, creating budgets with project managers, and working with architects and engineer MEP’s, submittals, and RFI’s.
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From 2011 to 2022, Chris was a Project Manager and worked on accounts such as Whole Foods and Prologis. For the Whole Foods market in Nevada, Southern, and Northern California, Chris performed value engineering analysis, oversaw the budgeting and scheduling of all site projects, and managed site managers and subcontractors. While working on the Prologis account, Chris oversaw, managed, and created tenant improvements to reflect custom preferences.
Project sizes for the positions Chris held at Sutti Associates ranged from $10,000 to $12,000,000, with project durations ranging from a week to a year and a half on average.
Driven by a desire for personal entrepreneurship and being a licensed, incorporated, and bonded general contractor since 2009, Chris created Chris Dalikas Inc. that same year. From 2022 to the present, Chris is one of the owners of iBuild Design and Construction Inc. Chris’s strengths lie in commercial (TI) improvements (new stores and open store remodels), value engineering analysis, blueprint reading, developing and estimating budgets, scheduling, RFI’s, COR scope of work per plan, and take-offs. Chris also has experience in building residential homes, working with architects and engineers on design issues, collaborating with building departments on permits, performing managerial duties, tracking costs, and approving subcontractors. Chris utilizes real-time problem-solving skills and strives to build and maintain successful and collaborative business relationships.