Silver Birch Design Services
Initial Consultation ( step 1 )
This 2-3 hour service is very informative and helps you determine if our team is a good fit for you. When you call our office, we discuss some preliminary information and schedule a visit to your home. After arriving, we start by listening so we can effectively:
- Take an informed tour of your space and get a general overview and see how you live in the space
- Discuss and prioritize your "bare necessity" and "wish list" items
- Compare your budget with your project goals to determine if they are aligned
- Clarify the industry options that are available to you
- Identify where to start and the approach that is best for you and your family
Define ( step 2 )
Together we explore imaginative design solutions and their cost ranges. This helps balance the challenges and opportunities of your home and site, your wish list and your budget - allowing you to make informed choices about your next move.
- Preparation
- Meet your project designer or architect
- Explore your goals further to clarify your vision and to set a realistic project program
- Inspect your site thoroughly including preliminary structural research, measurements and photos
- Generate "as-built" drawings of your site or your existing home as needed
- Preliminary research of codes, zoning, municipality and deed requirements relevant to your project
- Identify remediation that may be needed which could impact your project scope and budget
- Perform survey and engineering work as needed
- Design Services
- Conceptual Design and Diagrams if needed
- Schematic Design, Plans, and Elevations to clarify your vision
- Budget Services
- Square foot cost analyses to guide your early design choices
- Preliminary itemized estimates to set your project direction and budget
- Preparation of a Design & Build Contract with your target budget and scope defined
Design & Build ( step 3 )
After the scope and target budget are set, we develop all design details to finalize specifics and costs, then plan and execute your work with a well-crafted construction process.
- Design Services: Construction Documents
- Detailed site exploration by our trades people to clarify the mechanics of your project and the products
- Kitchen, bath, interior and specialty design services to finalize the details
- Materials and fixture selections
- Preparation and submission of documents for plan review and permits
- Preparation of construction schedule and project staging requirements
- Value Engineering
- A unique process to balance your desires with your priorities
- Creative resolution of cost and scope issues to arrive at your final build budget
- Supervised, Professional Construction Work
- Pre-Construction Walk-Through to meet your project leader and review construction expectations
- Construction work from start to finish
- Regular Production Meetings, Schedule and Cost updates
- An efficient job close through Pre-Completion, Substantial Completion & Post Punch list procedures