Design-Build

A Fully Integrated Approach

Design-Build Relationship

The design-build process brings together the building owner, consultants, and sub-contractors to form an effective team. Clear goals, clear timetables, clear budgets, and clear delineation of roles result in better accountability, improved cost-control and shortened construction time frames. Both design and construction processes are streamlined by means of careful integration and overlapping, and projects are completed on time and on budget.

Design-Build starts with a clear delineation of the building owner’s desires and requirements. We then initiate preliminary designs and preliminary budgeting, and present drawings, 3-D models, and initial specifications for client review and approval. After designs are finalized, a guaranteed price is agreed upon, and regulatory approval structures are determined. Construction and careful supervision of outside resources then ensue in a fully coordinated manner, leading to final commissioning and project turnover to the building owner.

Design-Build is an optimal approach when flexibility, tight budgets, and tight time-lines are a factor, as it allows for tailoring of distinctly different options for specific client needs. The key to the success of our Design-Build approach is the single source accountability that we take on. We take responsibility from start to finish, guide the project through each stage, and then hand over a fully completed building or facility to the owner.

“We appreciate the fact that you were willing to listen to our ideas during design, working closely with us during construction, as well as working with warrantee issues after the project was completed. You have been very fair and honest with us.”