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For architects & designers

We build it as drawn.

Akopi Builders is a Los Angeles general contractor (CSLB #1112420) that works with architects and designers to build custom homes as drawn: the full set read before pricing, permits run in-house, and a single accountable builder from the full set to keys. Wellness rooms are where good drawings go to die, with heat, vapor, and water in one assembly. We build them as drawn, and the rest of the house to match.

Est. 2014 CSLB #1112420 Led by Hovik Akopyan LADBS · Coastal · Hillside

What we bring to the set

Calm is a construction skill.

Drawings
The full set, read before pricing. Conflicts flagged in preconstruction, not framed into the house.
Permits
LADBS, Coastal, hillside ordinances. Run in-house, scheduled honestly.
Hillside lots
A decade of caissons and export logistics on the steepest streets.
Sequencing
Long-lead bought early; finish work never waits on rough.
Architect communication
RFIs answered in days; weekly written reports; photos before close-up.
Steel moment frame and wood framing set to the architect's drawings on the Santa Monica build, as built
Framed to the drawing, checked before it closed up. Santa Monica · design by Woods + Dangaran.

How we collaborate

Your drawings, kept intact.

  1. Shop drawings & submittals

    Coordinated and routed for your review before anything is fabricated or ordered.

  2. RFI turnaround

    Questions answered in days, not weeks, so the field never stalls waiting on a clarification.

  3. Weekly written reports

    A written update every week, with progress photos taken before walls and assemblies close up.

  4. One point of contact

    A single accountable lead from preconstruction through closeout. No relay, no lost intent.

Built to the drawing

A line on the sheet is a line in the field.

We publish the details, shot as built: the reveal that holds, the joint set to a hairline, the assembly that matches the section. Proof the drawing survived contact with the site.

Rift-oak paneling meeting a trimless flush opening, reveal set to a hairline, as built
Reveal set to a hairline, as drawn, as built. Santa Monica · design by Woods + Dangaran.
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