Design Assist
Supporting the Vision and Uniqueness
We know that every great project starts with a solid plan and open lines of communication. That’s why our Design-Assist services are a critical step in ensuring your construction vision goes beyond “conceptual” to “doable” and helps maximize efficiencies that help keep costs in line and schedules realistic. Ellis partners with your architectural firm to provide industry leading preconstruction services and eventual construction services.
What is
Design Assist?
When Ellis serves as the construction manager for your project, our Design Assist services help foster collaboration from the start. We work directly with the project owners and their architects early in the project’s development to address potential challenges upfront, optimize budgets and improve timelines. The goal is to enhance the feasibility of each design while staying true to the vision of the architect and client until the job is done.
Through our comprehensive and collaborative approach, we focus on the following areas of expertise to maximize your project’s potential:
- Constructability
Ensuring design elements are practical and functional for real-world application. - Material Options
Offering recommendations for quality, sustainability and cost efficiency. - Site Conditions
Evaluating location-specific considerations to optimize building outcomes. - Environmental Constraints
Identifying and minimizing environmental challenges unique to your project. - Processes and Obstacles
Highlighting solutions to mitigate risks that could affect timelines or budgets. - Real-Time Recommendations
Providing real-time feedback on choices and challenges as they arise that marry the spirit of the design and the vision of the architect, with our decades of expertise in costing for supplies and labor.
