Architectural Services

With our full-service capabilities, we are fully involved in every step of the project. We provide a complete range of architectural services including preliminary site and building design, plan presentation to various boards, developing construction documents, and construction administration.
AVAILABLE ARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES
1 Needs Assessment/Justification -- Investigates or establishes the need for a new or remodeled Project.
2 Facility Programming -- Determines the kinds of spaces & scope desired and the sizes needed for each of the spaces.
3 Site Analysis -- Determines whether a proposed site is appropriate for the needs of the facility.
4 Site Planning -- Determines the building location, grading, paving, parking requirements, landscaping, etc
5 Flow Diagrams -- Graphically shows the relationships between all required spaces.
6 Geotechnical Studies and Interpretation -- Reviews soil borings, reports, and subsurface conditions to determine soil-bearing capacities.
7 Environmental Impact Studies -- Determines the impact of the facility on the surrounding community as regards to water, air, and soil.
8 Zoning Approvals -- Completing and submitting the required forms and information to obtain approvals.
9 Renderings -- Artistic Drawing of what your building will look like.
10 Presentations -- Showing and explaining drawings and plans, and answering questions before various boards and committees.
11 Model Construction -- We can construct a scale model of your proposed building to help you better visualize what the building will look like.
12 Computer Walk-Through -- Generate, via computer graphics, what it would be like to actually "walk through" your new building. Photographic CAD renderings, Virtural Reality Walkthroughs, IPIX 360 Interactive Imaging & Photoagraphy, Quicktime VR & Movies, Interactive CD-ROM & Internet Website, Viodeotaped Virtural Walkthroughs.
13 Cost Estimating -- Preliminary estimates to develop budgets and, as the design becomes more detailed, construction estimates.
15 Mechanical Design -- The planning of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and plumbing systems of the building,
which will produce the drawings, specifications, and contract documents that contractors will use to construct the facility.
16 Electrical Design -- The planning of all electrical systems in the facility that will produce the drawings, specifications,
and contract documents that contractors will use to construct the facility.
17 Structural Design -- The planning of the structural systems of the building that will produce the drawings, specifications,
and contract documents that contractors will use to construct the facility.
18 Bid Documents -- Bidding instructions and forms that need to be filled out by contractors competing to bid on the project
including advertising the project in local newspapers and regional construction publications.
19 Energy Studies -- Calculating energy usage per federal, state and municipal requirements.
20 Storm Water Management -- Planning to deal with local watershed problems such as water supply protection,
flooding, water pollution, or state mandated regulations.
21 Building Agency Consultation, Review and Approval -- We meet with the various building agencies, prepare forms
and provide information, submit items to the appropriate agencies, to obtain approval of the design.
22 Bid Evaluation -- Receiving, opening and reviewing submitted bids, taking into account price, references, schedule, and sub-contractors used.
23 Contract Award -- Drawing up the contracts between the owner and the contractor.
24 Project Administration -- Regularly observe the progress and the quality of the executed work and ensuring compliance with the drawings and specifications.
25 Change Orders -- Evaluating and verifying the merit of requested extra payments for unanticipated items or changes made to the drawings or specifications after the contract is awarded.
26 Schedule Maintenance -- Ensure that the owner is in possession of all required maintenance information including schedules and contact persons.
27 Testing and Inspection -- The testing and inspection of all installed equipment for proper operation.
28 Project Closeout -- A complete check of the project to ensure that everything is completed and is done in a quality manner, including obtaining as-built drawings. A final walk-through with you and the contractor on a room-by-room basis and develop the "punch-list" which is a list of uncompleted or unsatisfactory items that must be completed before the final payout is made.
29 Warranty Documentation -- Gathering of all written warranties for installed items.