PASLEY COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
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In an increasingly competitive market, the merits of using interior design as a strategic growth tool can make all the difference in not just surviving, but thriving,
FEATURING: ROBIN PASLEY, NCIDQ
Founder & Design Principal
PASLEY COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
Design to help your business grow
PASLEY COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
Beyond Walls: Building Your Business with Expert Construction & Design
This podcast episode features an insightful conversation with general contractor, Matt Raine of Raine Building. Alongside Robin Pasley of Pasley Commercial Interiors, they discuss how comprehensive construction and interior design services go beyond aesthetics to solve logistical challenges, ensure project deadlines are met, and create spaces that foster employee retention and make a lasting impression on clients, ultimately supporting long-term business growth.
We welcome your questions! If you would like to learn more about us or connect for a conversation, please visit www.pasleycommercialinteriors.com.
We have offices in Colorado Springs, denver, and in September October timeframe we're going to have our first person in Phoenix, arizona. So that's kind of exciting.
Randi Lynn Johnson:Because you do everything right, Like the term general contractor.
Matt Raine:Yep, it's not just the walls that go up and the paint, it's the building department things, it's their internet, it's their data, everything that they need to function as a business owner.
Randi Lynn Johnson:Hey, welcome back to Design to Help your Business Grow with Robin Pasley, I'm Randi Lynn Johnson and today we have Matt Rain with Rain Building. You're the owner, you're the big dog.
Matt Raine:Yes, thanks for having me.
Randi Lynn Johnson:When did you first know that you had a knack for general construction?
Matt Raine:Well, so I didn't really have a background in construction. I was kind of in an industrial environment for a while and then I kind of gravitated towards construction because I was just interested in it.
Randi Lynn Johnson:You liked Lego growing up. I loved Legos growing up.
Matt Raine:You know, I just felt like I just really dealt well with people and could get a lot of things done, and so somehow I gravitated towards construction and at some point I said, you know, I should just do this all by myself with my own company.
Randi Lynn Johnson:So you guys kind of go way back. Can you tell the people where did you meet? How long have you known each other?
Robin Pasley:So you go, you want to tell them We've actually been in business very similar amount of time, because I started in 2013 and you're in 2012. And I gosh, I think it was like 2019. We did a project together at the David C Cook building here in Colorado Springs.
Matt Raine:It was called bold.
Robin Pasley:It was called bold, yeah and um, that was our first introduction and we worked really great together and I remember your team was just awesome, and so next time I needed a DC, I called you, and then I just kept calling you.
Matt Raine:Yeah, we've been working together for years.
Robin Pasley:I know. You know, one of the things I love about working with you and your team is, first of all, everyone's really kind, so that just goes a long way in construction. Other thing I love about working with you guys and this is how I promote you to people all the time is that I've never, ever, had you not make a deadline.
Matt Raine:Oh, that's good to hear.
Robin Pasley:And that's awesome, especially when we've been on some really tight ones.
Matt Raine:So can I comment on her now? I mean, I think her designs are really attractive and I can see why clients are probably gravitate towards that and, like, a lot of the stuff behind me is a testament of that, of what you can do in a space, and I think that one of the best things that I love about designers interior designers, architects and you have this is that, as a GC, if I come to you and say, hey, it's wonderful what you expect, but it's 10 weeks out and the client wants to be in an eight weeks, you're totally willing to work with us. So I appreciate that, that you are willing to do that. Thanks, yeah.
Randi Lynn Johnson:One of the things that we like to do on this podcast is help business owners solve problems. What problems do you solve for business owners?
Matt Raine:Oh, wow, there's a lot there. So I think that I would probably go back to just all the coordination of the logistics of getting materials to the job site and are there challenges with lead times on those materials and how can we avoid that? And, if it, if that client has a tight timeline, can we change that material into something else that is workable for the project schedule? You know just a lot of navigating through the utility providers and the internet providers. That always seem to be a challenge that people don't think about when they're moving into a space. Where's my internet going to come from? Um, so I think, just a lot of logistics and getting them into the space where they can actually function because you you do everything right.
Matt Raine:Like the term general contractor is, you can oversee all the things that need to be done and get the people yep, it's not just the walls that go up and the paint, it's the, it's the building department things, it's their internet, it, their data, everything that they need to function as a business owner.
Robin Pasley:Working with CSU? Yep, yeah, and all those things that come up.
Randi Lynn Johnson:From both a construction and a design perspective. What are the smartest investments a business owner can make when building or renovating their space to support long-term?
Robin Pasley:growth. The top three investments that I think a building owner needs to think about are how to keep their best workforce and tenants. So, if they own the building and they're renting spaces out, how do we keep the right people in here, the right mix of people, and then, if they're a business owner, how do we keep the right workforce? And then how do we make that right impression on our clients that come engage us in this space? And that's through, you know, proper branding and integration of that, and that's that's where we work, and then partner with somebody like Matt to get it done Right. Well, I know that you just expanded up. You're in Denver.
Matt Raine:Yeah, I really didn't talk about my company. Can I do that for?
Matt Raine:a little bit so rain building. We've been around for pushing 15 years and started out it was just me in the company and just slowly and surely added people on. We're almost at 30 people Now. We have offices in Colorado Springs, denver, and in September October timeframe we're going to have our first person in Phoenix, arizona. So that's kind of exciting. We, our projects, are we focus on medical, dental and office space and I would say that's 80, 90% of what we do. We also, uh, we do industrial and some education, but it's not our, not our focus. I would say it's mostly medical, dental.
Randi Lynn Johnson:Well, thank you so much for your time and joining us. Tell the people where to find you.
Matt Raine:A good email to get ahold of us is admin at rain buildingcom, and rain is R A I N? E. That's probably the best way. Just send us an email there and let us know what we can help you with.
Randi Lynn Johnson:Awesome. Okay, and we'll put that in the show notes and at the bottom and send people your way.
Matt Raine:Cool. Thank you, thank you.
Randi Lynn Johnson:In an increasingly competitive market, the merits of using interior design as a strategic growth tool can make all the difference in not just surviving but thriving. Hasley Commercial.
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