Preconstruction

Mechanical Systems Design

From understanding your needs, to early research and coordination with your company and other trade professionals, Doody will apply their technical expertise, experience, creative abilities and the latest information on materials, methods and systems to the final approach and construction process. Through value engineering we ensure we will create a cost effective product and get the job done, not only on time and within budget, but to the highest standard.

To effectively fulfill our responsibility to the team during mechanical systems design, we envision performing, or participating in, the following activities:

• Understand client’s needs and requirements during on-site activities.
• Discussion of system design alternatives to maintain system integrity and intent, with vision toward greatest fulfilled
• Active partnership with clients in the completion of the design process with commitment to eliminating financial risk, and ensure quality and performance requirements are fulfilled.
• Understand preliminary project scope and requirements
• Coordination of design work with architectural and structural to maximize coordination up front.
• Development of preliminary schedule
• Establish target dates for plan approval and permit applications.
• Participation in design team meetings and architectural programming.
• Preliminary analysis of installation techniques to meet architectural/functional intent
• Incorporation of mechanical spaces into project to minimize cost and disruption.
• Preliminary coordination of mechanical trades
• Conceptual budgeting at key intervals to ensure budget objectives are met
• Development of Guaranteed Max Price (GMP) and detailed scope of work
• Identify long lead equipment deliveries for early purchase
• Identify and solve possible installation conflicts

Contact Us today about heating and cooling modeling and value engineering.