Design • Build

TN Miller Remodeling offers a full service design/build process. The purpose of this offering allows us to be more accountable,
better organized, and reliable in all phases of the design/build process thus reaching our budget and schedule goals. Design/
build is more than a sales tool, It is a legitimate, valuable service. There are two distinct project delivery systems in remodeling, the “traditional” Design - Bid - Build and the more efficient Design/ Build. (see chart)

Many prospective remodelers hire a designer or architect to design their project and then shop two to three builders to construct their project , this method is called design - bid - build. By using this process many remodelers end up with unsatisfactory projects which run over budget and schedule.
The “traditional” method of Design-Bid-Build is by no means the best way to execute an efficient remodel project. It can cost
the remodeling client time, quality, and money.

A far superior method of executing a remodeling project is Design/Build. The benefits of a well designed and managed design/ build process include the following;

• One source of responsibility, with both design and construction in the hands of a single entity, there is a single point of responsibility for quality, cost and schedule adherence. The design-builder is motivated to deliver a successful project by fulfilling multiple parallel objectives, including aesthetics and functional quality, budget, and schedule for timely completion. With design-build, the client is able to focus on scope/needs definition and timely decision-making, rather than coordination between designer and builder.

• Quality, the singular responsibility inherent in design/build serves as a motivation for quality and proper project performance.

• Cost Savings, design/build personnel, working and communicating as a team, evaluate alternative materials and methods efficiently and accurately.

• Time Savings, because design and construction are overlapped, and because bidding periods and redesign are eliminated, total design and construction time can be significantly reduced.

• Early Knowledge of Firm Costs, guaranteed construction costs are known far earlier than in other delivery systems. The entity responsible for design is simultaneously estimating construction costs and can accurately conceptualize the complete project.
  Staged contracting for design/build services affords the client on or more “go, no-go” decision points during design. The decision to proceed with the project is made before substantial design expenditure and with firm knowledge of final costs.

• Improved Risk Management, performance aspects of cost, schedule and quality are clearly defined and responsibilities/risks are appropriately balanced. Change orders due to “errors and omissions’ are virtually eliminated, because the design/builder has responsibility for developing drawings and specifications as well as constructing a fully-functioning project.