Design and Build
Design and Build offers the benefits of cooperative efforts with undivided accountability and responsibility for design, costing, scheduling and construction. Singularized responsibility associated with Design and Build delivery is a powerful motivator more owners are taking advantage of to have their projects completed with their expectations exceeded. Owners are pleased to utilize Moyle Inc.'s professional staff of engineers, designers and surveyors to achieve savings of time and cost without sacrificing quality.
Benefits of Design and Build:
- Owners, designers, engineers, and construction personnel involvement throughout the project optimizes cost, schedules and quality
- Delays and costs are not accumulated due to coordination and arbitration issues between separate contracts
- Design and Build allows for construction activities to begin before the entire design and construction drawings are complete, thus allowing projects to proceed on the fast track
- Constant communication between the designer and the builder results in an efficient and quality design
- Legal issues caused by the adversarial relationships between the designer and builder are avoided
- Project is conceptualized early which provides a time and cost savings
- Design-builder is simultaneously estimating construction costs during the project
- Ability to evaluate alternative designs, material, and methods efficiently and accurately. Value engineering and constructability are scrutinized continuously
- Materials with long lead times can be procured early on
- Earlier occupancy is achieved
- Reduces repetitive administrative tasks
Phase I- Preliminary Design and Estimating
- Project needs analyzed with owner
- Site information determined including survey, geotechnical, and existing utility data
- Determination of any environmental concerns
- Site plan development
- Floor plan development
- Building elevation facade determination
- Preliminary cost estimate preparation
- Code analysis and zoning review
- Necessary permit and regulatory approval contacts made
- Initial structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems determined
- Architectural elements derived based on owner's preference
Phase II-Construction Documents and Procurement
- Owner review of preliminary design elements
- Completion of site engineering and plan development
- Final architectural plans, elevations, details and schedules prepared
- Final design of structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
- Coordination of drawings and specifications with various disciplines
- Confirmation of project budget
- Acquisition of necessary approvals and permits
- Bid procurement
Phase III-Construction and Project Administration
- Construction commences
- Regular progress meetings to confirm schedule and costs
- Obtain, review, and approve samples for submittal
- Processing of payment applications
- Quality control oversight
- Schedule code inspections
Phase IV-Post Construction
- Final inspections and Certificate of Occupancy
- Project close-out
- Prepare as-built drawings and O&M manual