In Southern California, people who know backyards know Vic Garcia. He founded G6 Designs in 2018 as a design consultant. Since then it has grown into a full A-to-Z design-build company with 30 employees. The company builds swimming pools, spas, outdoor kitchens, patio covers, hardscape, landscape and lighting across Orange County.
The industry noticed. G6 Designs was named 2021 Pool Nation Builder of the Year and a 2022 National Top 25 Pool Builder. Vic holds a California C-53 swimming pool license. He's also known around the region as the "contractors' contractor": major designers and builders in Orange County hire G6 for their own projects.
Built on being different
G6's mission is short: be different. Pool building has a reputation problem with surprise change orders, slipping schedules and vague bids. Vic built the company to counter it with full transparency, clear communication and a focus on quality. G6 backs that with a Price Lock and Schedule Guarantee, which is rare in the trade.
That promise depends on the estimate. You can only lock a price if the price was right to begin with. That means reading every sheet in a plan set, catching every scope item and pricing it before anyone signs.
Where the hours were going
G6 does a lot of B2B work, so many plan sets come in from other builders. Those sets cover the whole job, and G6's scope is somewhere inside them. A residential set can run dozens of sheets: site plans, floor plans, elevations, schedules and details. Just finding everything that affects the bid used to take hours for each job.
Blueprint to estimate, in minutes
Vic started using Vereyo in August 2026. The workflow is simple. He uploads the PDF, and Vereyo classifies every sheet, detects structures and floors, and runs a takeoff for each trade in parallel. It then builds a priced estimate that he can review, adjust and send.
Those numbers come from G6's actual projects on Vereyo. The jobs range from single-family homes and backyard ADUs to a multi-story hotel and a dental office remodel. The hotel was a five-level set, and a full estimate was ready in about 20 minutes.
- Every sheet is read and classified automatically, so nothing in a large set gets skipped.
- Takeoffs for site work, hardscape, concrete, framing, electrical, plumbing and more all run at once.
- Quantities trace back to the drawings, so Vic can check a number on the plan instead of trusting a spreadsheet.
- Rates are editable, so the final price reflects G6's own costs.
“We lock our price and guarantee the schedule, and that only works if the estimate was right on day one. Vereyo reads the whole set and hands me a full takeoff in minutes. It changed how fast we can say yes to a job.”
More time for the work that matters
Time Vic doesn't spend counting on plans goes back into design, clients and the crews building the work. It also helps him keep the Price Lock promise. When the takeoff is complete and traceable, he can quote with confidence, and he can do it on more jobs.
Vic also mentors aspiring business owners one-on-one through ProHow. His advice is the same thing he did at G6: do it differently, be transparent, and put your time where it matters most.
G6 Designs is on Instagram and TikTok at @G6Designs, and online at g6-designs.com.