Single Stop Integrated Residential Design Build

Dave Pollard, AIA LEED AP is an architect, builder, and co-founder of Liv Companies; a full service residential design-build company in the Chicago suburbs. Dave has worked for several high profile Chicago firms such as Goettsch Partners, and David Hovey’s Architect-led development company, Optima Inc, honing his skills to better understand how to make the process of design more efficient, and therefore more accessible.

With Dave as the Design lead, LivCo has won numerous awards including Twenty-six Chicago Remodeling Excellence Awards, Five regional remodeling excellence awards, a National Remodeling Excellence Award in 2021, Home of the Year Award, Contractor of the Year Award, Six consecutive years Houzz Best in Service, Remodeling Big50, and in 2018, Dave was on ProRemodelers 40 under 40 list. Dave is considered a thought leader in the industry, and has been published in both the Journal of Light Construction and Remodeling Magazine.

This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Single Stop Integrated Residential Design Build with David Pollard.

Connect with Dave online at Liv Companies, and find him on LinkedIn.

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