We meet with you to discuss the scope of your project.  During these meetings we will give you an appraisal of the projected cost range of your project. You will determine if you would like to proceed.

If you decide to move forward with us, we sign a professional services agreement which defines the terms and scope of our initial design services.

Our design team works with you to develop a detailed program of your needs and an analysis of the existing site conditions as well as potential site development challenges.

Our design team develops our first conceptual designs based on the defined program

At this step we review our initial concept with you. Discussing the options and implication for redesign

Based on our design review we redesign as needed. We then go back through design review and redesign until we have a design that meets your requirements.

At this point you approve a design that will be used for pricing. 

This is the step where we “hard” price your project.  We price the project as conceptualized as well as create a “Chinese Menu” of options for you to choose.  This menu has both additions and deletions and is meant to assist in the fine tuning of your project.

We present the “hard” price to you and review all the options.

Together you and our design team fine tune the “hard” cost to come up with a final hard contract price.

We now sign the official construction contract.

To keep the process streamlined and orderly, we implement a cut off.  All changes after this point to the drawings or specifications are tracked through the change order process.  This keeps the paper trail clean and easy to follow.

You begin the process of working with our selection coordinator to pick out the exact materials that are to be used in your job. These items will have been specified in the contract, but now the actual colors need to be selected. (i.e. brick color, roof color, cabinetry, floor coverings, etc.)

At the same time that you start your selections, we create the final architectural and engineering drawings needed for locality approval of your project.

We receive final approval to proceed from the locality.

Some projects require a posting of a bond or a letter of credit in order to receive final approval to proceed.  If this is required you will know this very early in the process, but the final amount of the bond will not be known until the locality has approved the drawings.

During the pricing process we will carry a contingency to cover any changes required for locality approval.  Once the final approval is received we “zero” out this contingency by applying it to any locality required changes, returning any remaining amount to you.

The final locality approved drawings and specifications are reviewed with you and our design team and signed by both.

We have a “pre-con” with you and our construction team prior to breaking ground to review the project.  Many times this is combined with the previous step into one long meeting.

We break ground and prepare for the construction of your project.

We work with you to finish any outstanding materials selections that may be remaining.

This is construction of the footings, foundations, framing and roofing. 

We have pre-set walkthroughs with you to review your project. Depending on the scope of your project, some of these include: electrical rough-in, data and phone rough-in, framing review, etc.

We put the “skin” on the building and the finish on the sitework.

We rough-in all systems and finish walls, floors, ceilings, casework and systems.

Pre-scheduled walkthrough of project.  We orient you to your new building and systems and create a final “punch” list for your project.

You move in to your newly created structure.  We are available to help with any questions or issues that arise.  We are also there afterward to deal with any “callbacks” that occur after your move in.