Our team plays hard – but will research harder. As a preliminary phase of the architectural process, programming lays the foundation for what will be included in the design process. This phase pulls together the client and end users’ goals, types of spaces, and their adjacencies into a document that becomes a measuring stick for design options.

Through working sessions and stakeholder meetings, we work with our clients to quantify tangible programs, as well as operational and spatial needs, so that the spaces we design better serve our clients.

The first phase of the architectural process is Schematic Design (SD). It serves as the starting point for the development and refinement of ideas following programming (information gathering and planning). Through the creation and exploration of sketches, diagrams, blocking plans, and other visual representations, we endeavor to communicate the overall design vision and environment. Our goal is to accurately show the design intent so that clients understand how the design addresses their goals.

Following approval of Schematic Design, the next phase is Design Development (DD). The DD phase further develops the design with more detailed studies preparing preliminary documents. Key decisions and planning made during this stage include material selection, building systems integration, and compliance with building codes and regulations. While working out the technical aspects of the design, we utilize client design meetings, consultant coordination meetings, and estimating team meetings to coordinate a Design Development set of documents that convey the overall design and allow an estimating team to provide preliminary budgeting. The conclusion of this phase offers clients an opportunity to share renderings and other collateral with communities, stakeholders, clientele, or donors.

Equipped with a team of detail-oriented architects and BIM specialists, we prepare and generate comprehensive construction document sets tailored to your project and streamlined needs. We coordinate submissions from engineers and other consultants into the full construction document set, which can then be budgeted, bid, and submitted to local jurisdictions for permitting.

During this phase, our team will work with you every step of the way to prepare and develop bid packages, answer bidders’ questions, review bids, and assist in the selection of a contractor.

We provide construction administration services and oversight including reviewing shop drawings, communicating with contractor’s requests for information, and attending site visits/job meetings as needed. The last step is to punch list the space and ensure that the project is built with the original design intent, hopefully exceeding the client’s expectations.