Design-Build and Pre-Construction Services in Olympia, WA
Sunset Air offers design-build commercial services in Olympia, WA. We coordinate perform pre-construction services with our engineering team for the best outcome in any project. We’ll make the process, from design to completion, as smooth as possible and help you realize your vision.
Call on the commercial experts for your pre-construction services in the South Puget Sound and Southwest Washington Areas. Contact our team today to get started.
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What Are Pre-Construction Services?
Pre-construction is part of the modern construction project management process and an important part of our design-build services (i.e. we handle both design and construction, rather than creating a design and then requesting bids from separate construction contractors). Design-Build is much more effective than older contracting procurement options like design-bid-build, where consulting engineers
develop a design in a pricing vacuum, and then send the project out for competitive bids. The outcome of this approach is predictable – budget overruns due to design choices being made without knowing the cost implications of those design choices. Because the conceptual engineers at Sunset Air are also highly skilled estimators, they know the cost implications of their design choices and can optimize performance and cost. Additionally, because our engineers get constant feedback from field tradesmen, they know the details and guidance in the designs we produce are constructible and efficient.
What You Can Expect From Pre-Construction Services
We customize all services we offer to our clients in order to meet their specific needs, and this includes pre-construction services. We can make some broad generalizations about how the process works. First, we analyze the already existing space to create an engineering assessment. Then, we create an initial layout so we can work with our client using an easy-to-visualize display schematic. The layout helps us ensure there will be sufficient room for equipment, furnishings, access, etc. Moving on from there, we can devise a budget—we have superb estimators who handle this.
The next stages of pre-construction services aim to help coordinate construction and come up with a preliminary schedule. Because we also handle the construction phase as part of design-build, we can create excellent synergy between pre-construction and construction.
