Pre-planning can include Minor Variances, Zoning Amendments, Site Plan Control Process, Feasibility Studies, Functional Programming, Space Planning, and Design Briefs.

This service can be included early in the design process or offered separately to help owners and developers assess the viability and implications of a potential project, including for use in business plans or feasibility studies.

Architecture creates built environments that effect our physical and emotional experience of space.

Architecture aims to create a sense of place where we can experience life and be connected with our surroundings.

i4architecture engages in the design process to explore our clients needs and to understand the relationship between your needs, the building program and the site – in order to allow us to discover the design solution that gives you, your site and building, a meaningful existence.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and a poorly executed set of drawings are meaningless.

The architect prepares the working drawings and specifications from the approved design, completing the documents for permit, bidding and construction.

i4architecture understand the importance of well coordinated and concise drawings and documents and strive to develop the construction documents that will bring your project design to a built reality, successfully and cooperatively.

i4a continually builds on our experience, and after 30 years working closely with building projects and understanding the construction process, we strive to approach our construction projects with respect and cooperation, working closely with building owners, contractors and developers.

Our experience using the Design-Build process can help you determine whether this project delivery method is right for your project.

Sometimes compared to the “master builder” approach, design + build is one of the oldest forms of construction procedure – a central figure leading construction projects in pre-modern times.

Departing from the traditional Design-Bid-Build process, the Design + Build process offers an Owner continuity. The Architect / Consultant (Designer) and the Contractor (Builder) are hired together to represent the Owner in delivering a building project.

Design + Build is an integrated process where the design and construction budget and schedule are all coordinated together to deliver the Owner a successful project, often on an expedited construction schedule and with a pre-determined construction budget.

Construction Administration is one of the most important phases of a building project – bringing ideas and concepts into built reality.

Contract Admin involves making timely decisions and managing the flow of information to support project completion as represented by the contract documents. This also includes review and observation of the construction project through the duration of construction to observe that the work is proceeding in general conformity with the construction documents.

The construction phase is complex and requires continued collaboration, coordination and experience. With over 30 years’ experience in the design and construction industry, i4a offers consulting on projects during the construction phase for building Owners, Developers, Contractors and Consultants as part of our full offering of services, or stand-alone.

Services can include field review, reporting, chairing and recording of construction meetings, field photography, shop drawing review, coordination of construction details, Certificates for Payment, processing of supplemental instruction and changes, coordinating Contractors Requests for Information, coordinating with Authorities Having Jurisdiction, Testing Agencies and government authorities, deficiency review, close-out procedure coordination and warranty period involvement.