Services Available from Architects
As the owner, you will find it may be helpful to review the services listed below with a member of our staff to acquaint yourself with the professional services your project may require. Ask your architect for an explanation of any unfamiliar terms or processes.
Project Administration and Management Services
- Project administration
- Coordination of disciplines/documents checking
- Agency consulting/review approval
- Value analysis balanced with budget & program
- Schedule development/monitoring of the work
- Evaluation of budget & preliminary estimate of cost of the work
- Presentation
- Construction management
Evaluation and Planning Services
- Programming
- Functional relationships/flow diagrams
- Existing facilities surveys
- Marketing studies
- Economic feasibility studies
- Project financing
- Site analysis, selection, & development planning
- Detailed site utility studies
- On-site & off-site utility studies
- Environmental studies & reports
- Zoning process assistance
Design Services
- Architectural design & documentation
- Sustainable design/documentation
- Structural design/documentation
- Mechanical design/documentation
- Electrical design/documentation
- Civil design/documentation
- Landscape design/documentation
- Interior design/documentation
- Special design/documentation
- Material research & specifications
- Tenant-related services
Bidding or Negotiation Services
- Bidding materials
- Addenda/responding to bidder inquiries
- Bidding/negotiation
- Analysis of alternates/substitutions
- Special bidding
- Bid evaluation
- Contract award
Contract Administration Services
- Submittal services & rejection of defective work
- On-site visits
- Full-time on-site project representative
- Testing & inspection administration
- Supplemental documentation
- Quotation requests/change orders
- Contract cost accounting
- Furniture & equipment installation administration
- Interpretations & decisions
- Project close-out
Facility Administration Services
- Maintenance & operational programming
- Start-up assistance
- Record drawing
- Warranty review
- Postcontract evaluation