PHASE 1: NEEDS ANALYSIS
- Budget
- Schedule and critical deadlines
- Sustainability goals
- Information Gathering: Project goals and objectives; Corporate strategies
- Existing standards for space allocation; Existing furniture and furnishing guidelines and vendors
- Current and future staffing requirements; Inter- and intra-departmental adjacencies
- Conference, training and meeting room requirements; Equipment, filing and storage; Work process requirements; Security requirements
- Technology issues
- Phasing requirements
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PHASE 2: SCHEMATIC DESIGN/SPACE PLANNING
- Determine adjacencies to maximize efficiency and function
- Diagrammatic block plans, stack plans, space plans
- Furniture cost analysis
- Preliminary selection of interior finish materials, lighting and furniture to establish quality levels and color and materials palette direction
- Qualify plans against applicable building and safety codes, ADA and LEED requirements
- Develop workstation and private office typicals
- Review and update project budget and schedule
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PHASE 3: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
- Final selection of interior finishes
- Final selection of furniture and furnishings
- Floor plan; preliminary reflected ceiling plan and elevations
- Graphic communication of concepts
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PHASE 4: CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
- Detailed furniture specifications and coded furniture plans, showing locations and type of new and existing furniture for furniture bid or procurement
- Final drawings, schedules and specifications necessary for project construction, bid documentation and installation
- Documentation of finishes and design elements
- Construction Drawings
- Assistance and advice in procurement process
- LEED documentation
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PHASE 5: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
- Project coordination
- Project meetings
- Review and approve submittals
such as shop drawings and samples
- Prepare Change Orders if necessary
and authorize minor changes
- Site visits
- Punchlist
- LEED submittal
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CONSULTANTS
On most of our projects we partner with some or all of the following professionals: Architects, Engineers, Graphic Designers, Art Consultants, and Owner’s consultants such as IT, telecommunications, security, audiovisual, move management, etc. |
