Save Time, Stress, and Money with Design-Build

The Design-Build Process Lowers Costs, Streamlines Efficiency, and Ensures Quality

The success of any project largely depends on efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The design-build process delivers on both.

The design-build approach has gained traction in recent years. By integrating both the design and build process under one roof, the process is streamlined, saving you both time and money.

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Having one company design and build your project not only saves time and money, but it also delivers a project in line with your creative vision, schedule, and budget. A single point of contact means you can fast-track your project from conceptual designs to blueprint development, permitting, and building.

Here’s how the design-build process can save you time, money, and lower the stress of your next home improvement project.

Four Reasons Why Design-Build Delivers

Traditional construction follows a design-bid-build process where the project is first designed by an architect and then put out to receive bids from contractors. This approach results in a longer timeline that can be further slowed down by miscommunication between the players, while costs can often exceed the project budget due to unforeseen challenges.

The design-build process is consolidated under a single contract. Your team is led by the general contractor, who is responsible for the entire project, from the architectural design phase through construction. Because this unified approach is much more streamlined, projects can be completed on time and within your budget.

Here are four reasons why the design-build process leads to successful project outcomes.

Costs are Determined Early, so you Avoid Big Surprises Later

With the design-build process, budgets are defined early and guide the entire project. This avoids the issue of creating drawings, final blueprints, and then costing them out, only to find that the project is outside the scope of your budget.

It doesn’t make sense to create a $120,000 design if your budget is only $60,000. With the traditional design-bid-build process, costs are only determined after the design is complete. Knowing where the project budget will fall early in the process allows your design-build professional to maximize your budget.

You get the Biggest Bang for the Buck

Your design team will apply their practical experience and knowledge of job costs to optimize your budget. The design-build designers are not only skilled at design, but they also understand and are experts at balancing design with cost. Having one eye on your overall budget makes your designer more responsive to your needs and better prepared to deliver what you are looking for.

Design-Build Saves Time

The design-build process substantially reduces project timelines. Unlike the traditional construction process, there is no delay between the design phase and construction. As soon as the design is approved, construction can immediately start.

With the design-build process, because both teams are under one roof, construction can commence before the design details are finalized – unlike in the traditional process, where the design must be finalized before it is put out to bid. Because of the close collaboration between the design and build teams, potential issues can be identified and addressed early, preventing costly delays.

One Point of Contact

A single contact and single-source accountability makes the entire process more efficient. It provides a level of consistency. With both teams working in close contact, there are fewer misunderstandings, reduced conflict, lower construction costs, and the whole process takes less time, further lowering costs.

You profit from the synergy of working with one team under one contract. There is better continuity between the design vision and the realities of construction. It helps that there is no handoff to another company between the design and build phases. This seamless transition, under a single point of contact, minimizes the chance of things falling through the cracks.

The Bottom Line on Design-Build

Design-build is a streamlined process where homeowners select a single company to oversee every aspect of their project from concept to completion. Because there is a single point of contact, timelines can be compressed, allowing the construction process to begin while the final design is being approved.

Because costs are determined early in the process, there are fewer last-minute surprises, and your team can allocate and maximize your budget from the start. The design-build process is efficient and cost-effective, plus because you will work collaboratively with your team throughout the entire process, your creative vision can become reality, on time and on budget.

Whether considering a complete home remodel, a kitchen remodel, a bathroom update, or any other project, let us help you create a new look and design for your home. If you live in the Greater Madison area, call the experts at Degnan Design-Build-Remodel at (608) 846-5963. We can take your home to the next level of comfort, design, and function! Are you ready to learn more? We are always happy to answer your questions.