An Integrated Design-Build Approach with Independent Professional Oversight
Design-build delivery brings planning, design, budgeting, and construction together through a coordinated process led by a single point of contact. At Chase Group Construction, we provide this integrated leadership while engaging qualified, independently licensed architects and engineers whose experience is matched to the specific requirements of each project.
This approach allows our clients to benefit from the efficiency and accountability of design-build construction while preserving the specialized professional oversight required for architectural and engineering services.
Regulatory Compliance
Commercial construction is governed by an extensive framework of building codes, zoning regulations, accessibility standards, permitting requirements, and professional licensing laws. By partnering with properly licensed architectural and engineering firms, we help ensure that each project is designed, documented, reviewed, and permitted in accordance with applicable requirements.
Our construction team works closely with these professionals from the earliest stages of development, helping identify constructability concerns, cost implications, scheduling requirements, and potential permitting challenges before they affect the project.
Objective Professional Judgment
Architects and engineers must be able to exercise independent professional judgment while remaining fully engaged with the broader project team. Clearly defined responsibilities allow design professionals to focus on life safety, code compliance, functionality, aesthetics, and design performance, while our construction team provides real-time input regarding budgets, materials, procurement, sequencing, and constructability.
This collaborative structure creates an important balance between design quality and construction efficiency without allowing either discipline to operate in isolation.
Preservation of Design Intent
Successful projects depend on maintaining the original design intent throughout procurement and construction. Our team coordinates continuously with the project’s design professionals to evaluate materials, review field conditions, resolve conflicts, and manage necessary changes without compromising the overall vision.
Because construction expertise is incorporated during design, potential issues can often be identified before work begins. This results in more practical documents, better-informed decisions, fewer avoidable changes, and a smoother transition from design into construction.
Clear Roles and Accountability
A well-structured design-build team establishes clear responsibility for every phase of the project. The architect remains accountable for architectural services and design decisions, engineers retain responsibility for their respective disciplines, and Chase Group Construction remains responsible for construction planning, budgeting, coordination, scheduling, quality control, and execution.
Although these professional responsibilities remain clearly defined, our clients benefit from a single point of contact who coordinates communication across the entire project team. This structure improves transparency, accelerates decision-making, and provides a clear process for addressing questions, changes, or unforeseen conditions.
Transparency and Client Advocacy
Our design-build process is centered on transparency, professional collaboration, and informed decision-making. Recommendations are evaluated not only for appearance and functionality but also for cost, durability, availability, long-term maintenance, and overall value to the owner.
By combining independent design expertise with experienced construction leadership, we provide clients with a more complete understanding of their options before critical decisions are made.
A More Complete Project Delivery Model
Our approach brings architects, engineers, construction professionals, consultants, and ownership together as one coordinated team while preserving the professional independence and accountability of each discipline. The result is a more efficient and transparent delivery process designed to reduce risk, protect design quality, control costs, and move projects from initial concept through successful completion.
