Our process
The earlier an important decision is made, the more control you have. Our design-build process resolves scope, selections, pricing, and schedule before they become expensive field decisions.
From idea to completion
We begin with your goals, priorities, existing conditions, and the realities that could shape the project. For remodeling work, accurate field documentation can include LIDAR scanning.
Plans and 3D views let you understand the space before it is built. Design decisions are tested against function, constructability, and investment—not treated as separate conversations.
Selections, specifications, allowances, responsibilities, and exclusions are assembled into a detailed scope. Unknowns are surfaced while there is still time to address them thoughtfully.
Trade and material pricing is gathered against the defined work. The contracted scope and budget are guaranteed in writing rather than presented as an open-ended estimate.
Your construction project manager coordinates trades, materials, inspections, quality, and the critical path while the design project manager maintains continuity with the decisions already made.
The completion date is committed and actively managed. Final review, documentation, and closeout are part of the plan—not an afterthought at the end of the job.
Fixed price
Pre-construction takes longer because the work is investigated, designed, selected, and priced before the construction agreement. In return, the number in the contract applies to the scope it describes.
Cost plus
Cost-plus can support an earlier start or an intentionally evolving scope, but the starting estimate is not the final price. We explain both models so the contract matches the way you want to make decisions.
What can change the price?
If you add, remove, or change work, the impact is documented and approved before the related work proceeds.
When a selection is carried as an allowance, you see whether the final choice is above or below that amount.
A condition that could not reasonably be observed before work is documented, priced, and authorized before correction.
How the schedule is managed
A construction schedule contains real variability: weather, inspections, material lead times, and the sequencing of specialized trades. A committed completion date does not pretend those variables disappear.
It means Design Builders owns the work of coordinating them—monitoring the critical path, communicating decisions, adjusting sequences, and keeping the project moving toward the written commitment.
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