JCS Building & Design is a Los Angeles general contractor run by Jason Schneider. The company handles residential remodels and commercial builds, and it works design-build: the same team takes a project from conceptual planning through the finishing touches. It holds California General Building license #1084467.
Its work covers a wide range. Kitchen and bathroom remodels, ADU conversions and additions, new custom homes, office buildings, landscapes and outdoor spaces, and window, door and stucco work. For a company that size, every one of those jobs has to be bid, and bid accurately.
On time and within budget, by design
JCS describes its approach as a blend of innovation and practicality, where design concepts meet real-world construction needs. Its values are integrity, excellence, collaboration and innovation, and part of that innovation is embracing modern technology in how the company works.
The promise the team makes to clients is to deliver on time and within budget. Both of those start at the estimate. A design-build contractor carries every trade on the job, so the bid has to account for all of them before the first crew shows up.
A small team, every trade to price
That's the hard part of running a design-build shop. The architect, the engineer and the project manager are the same small group doing the estimating. Every plan set means measuring and counting for framing, drywall, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, flooring, paint and the rest, and hours spent on a takeoff are hours not spent on design or on site.
Upload the plans, get the estimate
JCS started using Vereyo in July 2026. The team uploads the plan PDF. Vereyo reads every sheet, separates each floor and structure, runs a takeoff for every trade at once, and returns a priced estimate the team can adjust and send.
Those numbers come from JCS's actual projects on Vereyo, which include ADU plan sets — the same conversions and additions the company builds all over Los Angeles County.
- Every trade on the job is quantified at once, instead of one trade at a time.
- ADUs and other detached structures are separated from the main house automatically.
- Quantities trace back to the drawings, so any number can be checked against the plan.
- Rates and line items are editable, so the final number reflects the company's own pricing.
“I'm the designer, the project manager and the estimator on most of my jobs. Vereyo gives me back the nights I used to spend counting on plans — I upload the set, and by the time I've finished reviewing the drawings, the estimate is waiting for me.”
Design time back
For a design-build team, estimating competes directly with designing. Getting a full takeoff back in minutes means JCS can quote a job the week it comes in and spend the rest of that time on the part clients actually hired them for.
JCS Building & Design serves Los Angeles and the surrounding area. See their work at jcsbuildinganddesign.com and on Instagram at @jcsbuildinganddesign.