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It described the scope on Sept. 1, 2026: more than 26,000 linear feet of storm, water and sanitary utilities, more than 16,000 linear feet of curb, and more than 25,000 square yards of asphalt.\n\nEach step waits on the one before it. Underground work has to be tested and accepted before curb goes in, and curb has to cure before anyone paves. \"Each handoff is a place where a project can lose two weeks waiting on a subcontractor to mobilize, or lose a month because an inspection came back short,\" the company wrote.\n\nKB Home sells the community in two series of single-family homes. KB Home is also one of several national builders the company has named.\n\nThe company's answer is to keep pipe, curb and paving crews in-house, on one schedule, under the same superintendents. 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