S & S Builders.

Washington's workers' comp record puts the crew at one to three people, with the owner working on the job. Work comes through referrals and repeat customers rather than advertising. The state lists Duanne Sells as a principal since 2013, the same year the business was established. That combination of foundation and framing work in one small outfit makes sense for projects where both trades meet: a footing and stem wall for a wood-frame addition, a new driveway or patio slab, or framing a garage, shop or modest commercial building. The fit is standard building work. Large commercial jobs built in steel or concrete tilt-up belong with a bigger firm, as do decorative masonry and heavy civil concrete such as retaining structures or roadwork. For a homeowner around Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake or the south county who wants one small crew handling the foundation and the frame, the scope lines up. Most of what this trade does needs a permit in Spokane-area jurisdictions. Foundations, additions, new garages and accessory buildings, and structural framing changes all go through the city or county building department, with inspections of footings before the pour and of framing before it's covered. Flatwork like a driveway can involve a right-of-way or approach permit where it meets the street. The contractor doing the work should pull the permit and schedule inspections, since inspectors check the work itself, and a permitted job keeps the record clean when the house is sold.