Our design and build services come hand in hand with our community design and construction workshops. We use construction as a vehicle to educate and up-skill people from all over the world, to work towards increased employment opportunities, gender equality and a better understanding of the built environment. This enables people to take the skills they have learnt forward into shaping their own environment.

Our process adds value to our client’s project by creating a beautiful design and economical build, with a big impact.

DESIGN AND BUILD

Design and Build procurement is rapidly becoming the favoured method for project delivery in the developed world. We are at the forefront of those planting the seeds for it’s success in the developing world.

Design–build is a project delivery system used in the construction industry. It is a method to deliver a project in which both the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity known as the design–builder or design–build contractor.

This provides more security for the owner, as well as a cheaper and quicker route to project completion.

Our design-build services follow a four stage process and although the entire integrated service provides more value, we can also offer our scope of services independently from one another.

Services:

-Feasibility Studies

-Site Analysis

-Strategic Definition

-High Level Master Planning

-Contract Preparation

-Budget Optimisation

-Spatial Planning

-Identifying Project Vision

-Community Engagement Workshops 

Services:

-Architectural Design

-Landscape Design

-Interior Design

-Installation Design

-Master Planning

-Furniture Design

-Environmental Design

-Budget Optimisation

-Community Design Workshops 

Services:

-Architectural Construction Design

-Specifications

-Quantity Surveying

-Build Scheduling

-M&E Design (with trusted partner consultants)

-Structural Design (with trusted partner consultants)

-Community Preparation Workshops

Services:

-General Contracting

-Project Management

-Construction Management

-Budget Management

-Materials Purchasing

-Supply of Labour

-Post Occupancy Surveying 

-Construction Education Workshops

-Post Completion Photography

-Process Photography

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOPS

We use our construction projects as opportunity to create educational workshops for local people as well as international participants from architecture, engineering and design schools globally.

For all that are involved, a live and interactive education in design and construction is an invaluable opportunity to progress knowledge of the built environment, enabling career progression, employment opportunities and a pragmatic and strategic way of approaching future design based issues. In addition to our on site workshops, we partner with universities, institutions and organisations to give lectures, design tool workshops and community engagement sessions.

Our skilled local workforce and experienced team members work with international participants and unskilled community members to teach the tools for change.

You can find out more about our available workshop opportunities on our Join Us page!

OUR ADDED VALUE

Our process adds value to our projects, and achieves an economical build that also has a big impact.

Well designed buildings, built with integrity to have a lasting impact don’t need to be expensive. Our process not only reduces our client’s risk, cost and timeframe but provides a measurable social, environmental or economic impact! We constantly monitor and evaluate the impact our work has on the communities in which it is situated and consider this highly important to progress towards our vision of a democratic education, quality design, accessible to all.

Read more about our Impact HERE.

REDUCED COST

With more efficiencies throughout the whole process, cost can be greatly reduced. Less requirement for external consultants or sub contractors creates further savings. On charitable development projects, workshop income helps to further reduce professional fees.

REDUCED TIME

Less requirement for communication between different parties reduces time on site (when compared with other procurement methods). Designing of certain elements can happen on site, further reducing time.

REDUCED RISK

With a single point of contact and responsibility, the client’s risk is reduced.

Our combined team experience further reduces the risk.

INCREASED INNOVATION

With a wide network of collaborators inputting ideas and expertise, innovative design and construction solutions are formed.