Working in a Design and Project Team Structure
We have completed many projects over the years employing a design and project team approach and find it to be the most rewarding kind of work that we can do. The collaborative nature of such an arrangement we believe yields well thought out and well executed projects that hold true to project goals and accomplishing the owners’ objectives.
In any project development structure one of the most important elements is communication between the parties. This is especially true with a development team approach to ensure an understanding of the owners’ desired outcome at the best value.
Our policy is to have staff involved in the pre-construction process and continue with the project during the construction phase to eliminate the need to try to bring new personnel “up to speed” and to keep the relationships and familiarity built in the pre-construction phase between all parties. We would have one person assigned to be the point of contact for our company eliminating the need for the owner or their representatives to reach the “Right Person”. Adding to this relationship building process are the relationships that we have built over the years with dependable, professional subcontractors. These companies are also key in timely performance, value and quality.
We have assembled a list of trusted subcontractor firms that recognize what we are trying to achieve for our clients by building a team of professionals that expect to be called on for design input and multiple versions of budget in order to fine tune the development documents. We have found it very useful to employ their expertise during the design phase as a part of the value engineering process.
We have for many years employed local subcontractors as a way to add strength to the community. Our loyalty to this ideal has been very beneficial and rewarding to our clients, these companies and FPH Construction Inc. as we have built relationships that have created successful projects on time and on budget for many years.
By following the structure outlined above we have been successful in greatly reducing the most problematic issue that we have seen in these types of projects, that being not having timely information feed back to the development team. As the project documents evolve it is crucial to have timely information available to the development team in order to evaluate the direction of the design. Having the key players involved from beginning to end and asking for their updated input at each phase of the designs development is crucial to a successful intended outcome of the project.
The timely preparation and reporting of this evolving information is the most impactful value that we or any construction partner can add to your development process.