Design-Build Benefits
- Take advantage of Harper & Sons full range of Design-Build experience in scheduling, pricing, and feasibility reviews before starting construction.
- Single source Design & Construction responsibility by Harper & Sons
- Team approach results in reduction in project change orders, more frequently encountered in traditional construction methods.
- Project budgets are established early in the process, and cost reviews are completed at stages throughout the design to reduce over-runs before design exceeds the budget.
- The Owner becomes a member of the Design-Build Team and can vary their level of involvement in overseeing the process.
- Total Concept-to-Completed-project time is greatly reduced due to pricing and constructability feedback provided by Harper & Sons through-out the design.
- Allows for fast-track construction because design, financing, estimating, subcontractor selections, permitting and construction can be overlapped
From Concept Creation to Project Closeout
Harper & Sons Inc offers Design-Build services for owners desiring a single organization to responsibly handle all their design and construction needs.
Harper & Sons’ Design/Build service manages all stages of the building process, including:
- Schematics
- Design development
- Construction documents
- Cost estimating
- Permitting
- Construction
- Project closeout
Our depth of experience in constructing a diverse portfolio of buildings and sites has given us the advantage of understanding the most efficient and effective building processes and designs while still meeting the owner’s unique needs and preferences. We offer a distinct advantage to the cost and time-conscious owner through these services since many cost and time saving decisions can be made during the design process, instead of waiting until the critical construction process has started. This almost always reduces the risk of time and cost overruns to the Owner.
Efficient Construction Process
When using the traditional Design-BID-Build method, the owner has less certainty of the actual project cost until bids have been received on the construction documents. In today’s market of volatile material prices, bids are often higher than the owner has budgeted due to the design elements, the time elapsed in preparing the drawings, and in the bidding process. Harper & Sons’ Design-Build services offer a distinct advantage; we provide valuable cost and constructability insight to the entire construction team throughout the design process.
The Design-Build project delivery method allows Harper & Sons to stream-line the entire construction process, since most of the issues that Harper & Sons recognizes as potentially disruptive to the construction process are resolved during design. Harper & Sons assists the architect in selecting designs for which materials and labor are more readily available in the construction marketplace, and which offer the owner the best value. This method equates to an efficient construction process, with fewer change orders and surprises, providing the best value to our clients.