Design-Build Services

This phase is crucial to setting the course for a successful project. Miller Architects & Builders will meet with the project owner to evaluate business and financial assessments so we can learn more about your business and its goals, visions, financial realities, and the facility’s current and future needs.

This is also the time our architects and construction engineers will evaluate the architectural needs, which will need to be integrated with the facility’s mechanical and electrical systems. This assessment includes reviewing any existing floor plans, HVAC plans, fire and smoke preparations, and other structural systems. During this phase, our surveyors will also perform a field assessment of the job site to prepare it for construction.

During our pre-construction phase, our in-house architects will begin the designs that will best capture the client’s values in the project. It’s important to keep in mind that architectural design isn’t simply about appearance. It’s about blending form and function into one cohesive project. By now, our team will have a solid understanding of your business, its financial needs, the project’s schedule, and your architectural and mechanical requirements. This phase is where our design-build services differ vastly from other singular architectural or construction companies.

Throughout the entire design process, our architects will have open communication with our construction professionals, and vice versa, to form a design that balances all facility needs. We use Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create digital 3D models of the facility to ensure all systems and designs work together seamlessly.

The construction phase will begin immediately after the owner’s approval of the architectural designs. In fact, our team will already have begun readying the job site while the design was still in progress. With the overlapping oversight of the designs and construction under Miller Architects & Builders, we’ll be able to deliver any build that will exceed your schedule expectations. Our construction management team will oversee all specialty subcontractors and material vendors, as well as our in-house architects and builders, to ensure everything meets the same quality standards.

Once the design-build project is complete, we will provide a post-construction handoff, which includes thorough walk-throughs and hands-on training for building operations and maintenance staff for proper equipment use and upkeep. Included with this will be instructional documents for future reference.