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3 Features To Look For When Choosing An Architect To Work With On Your Office Building Project

24 July 2017

Deann Hunter

Building a new office building for your business feel like an overwhelming endeavor without a reliable and trustworthy architecture firm working by your side. Here's what the company you decide to hire should have to offer:

Pre-Design Services

It's important that the architect company you decide to work with offers a variety of pre-design services to take advantage of so you don't have to hire multiple companies in order to plan, design, and build your new office building. Your architect should provide you with results of a feasibility study, complete all the property surveying, and produce site preparation plans for you. Other services a reliable architect can provide you with include:

• Conceptual site design and building plans.

• Virtual preliminary design options.

• Space planning concepts.

If you plan to expand your office facility at some point in the future, make sure that the architect can produce plans for those expansions that meet your needs before starting the initial building project. This will enable you to determine whether the architect will be able to grow with you and provide you with the design services you'll need in the future.

Code Compliant Construction Plans

It isn't enough for your architect to provide you with conceptual designs for your office building, as they may not comply your state and county's specific building codes. The architecture company you decide to work with should be able to produce code compliant building plans that incorporate everything from the septic system and foundation to the framing and landscaping. If possible, find an architect who can provide you with dynamic 3D construction plans so you can ensure that every design elements meets any contractual obligations you may have with third parties.

Administration Management

Administration services should also be offered by the architecture firm you decide to hire, or you'll end up having to do it yourself or hiring an administrator to manage everything for you. Bid evaluations, reviewing bids and proposals, construction observation, closing out your project should all be done by the architect you end up working with to complete your project.

Ask the architecture firms you consider hiring to provide you with a complete list of the services they offer, including those that can be added to your service package for an extra price. You can then compare the information and gauge which company offers the most flexibility before deciding which firm to commit yourself to when all is said and done.

Contact a company like Ballard Sheet Metal Works Inc for more information and assistance. 

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