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Design with the build in mind.
Materials, access, drainage, structure and budget belong in the design conversation.
Meet the founder
Great design matters.
So does who builds it.
I'm Nicodemus. Most people call me Nick.
I founded Westmod to bring thoughtful design and the ability to build it into the same company. Because the space you imagine should become a place you can actually live in.
Nicodemus Fuentes
Founder & CEO, Westmod
The design-build difference
The work doesn't end with the rendering.
For our local design-build clients, Westmod brings the creative work and construction responsibility together. It's a choice I made deliberately: I want the people shaping a project to understand what it takes to build it.
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Keep decisions connected.
As a plan develops, the design intent and the construction implications need to be considered together.
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Know who's carrying it through.
One design-build company coordinates the people and phases across your project's design and construction scope.
From vision to reality
See what that looks like, built.
Completed Westmod projects. Different homes, with design and construction brought together.
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The foundation
Before Westmod, there was my dad.
My dad spent his career in petroleum pipeline construction. Seeing the life he built in that industry is what first drew me to it. Before there was a company of my own, there was the example he set.
I chose to follow him into construction, then find my own direction within it. His influence is part of why Westmod exists, and part of why this work means so much to me.
A construction foundation. A design instinct.
I studied civil engineering at San Diego State, with an emphasis in construction. During my freshman year, I started an internship in heavy civil construction, working with a contractor on highway and bridge projects alongside Caltrans.
That experience shaped how I think about sequencing, coordination and the responsibility of turning plans into something real. Over time, I wanted to bring that construction foundation together with something I'd always enjoyed: design. Westmod became the place to do both.
San Diego State
Civil engineering studies
Heavy civil
Early highway and bridge experience
Westmod
Design and construction, together
The people behind the work
Founder-led. Team-delivered.
A beautiful project needs a well-run company behind it.
Design talent matters. So do thoughtful estimating, organized project management, reliable trade coordination and disciplined business operations. I've built Westmod around people who understand that the creative work and the work of running a company belong together.
Founder-led doesn't mean founder-only. It means shared standards, with the right people responsible for the right parts of your project.
Design
Plans shaped around your home and how you live.
Construction
Coordination across the people and phases that bring a design to life.
Operations
Attention to scope, resources and the decisions that keep work organized.
A closer look
More than our word for it.
An invitation to talk
The space you imagine should become a place you can actually live in.
If you're thinking about a pool, an outdoor living space, or a full design-build project, I'd love to hear about it.