What can we do for you?

 

Services Offered

The claim to be a "turn-key" shop is common. The ability to deliver on that promise is not.

We work with you through every step of the process, from conception to opening day and beyond. 

What our clients receive from us:

 
 
First crack at it!

First crack at it!

schematic design

After initial introduction to the project, we develop a layout that focuses on the flow of goods, program, and menu-driven equipment.

  1. Meet with Key Team Members

  2. Concept and Menu Review

  3. Scheduling, Programming and Critical Path Coordination

  4. Equipment Analysis

  5. Design Team Drawing Intugration

  6. Develop Initial Layouts and Provide Block Drawings

  7. Schematic Design Presentations with Concept Images

  8. Order of Magnitude Budget

  9. Estimate MEP (Mechanical, Engineering, and Plumbing) Loads

design development

Layers of detail are added to the layout, including the coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing information, which is geared towards budget and plan-lock approvals.

  1. Equipment Selection

  2. Further Develop Floor Plans

  3. Number and Schedule Equipment

  4. Deliver Itemized Equipment Budgets

  5. Achieve Plan-Lock and Budget Approval

  6. Provide Cost-Saving Options as Required

  7. Special Conditions Plans

  8. Exhaust System Criteria

  9. Refrigeration System Engineering

  10. Plumbing and Electrical Rough-In Plans

  11. Issue Cut-Sheet Volumes

  12. Issue Coordinated MEP Submittal

  13. Design Development Coordination with Team

Refining the vision

Refining the vision

Final product. Let's start building.

Final product. Let's start building.

construction/coordination documents

Equipment data is finalized and translated into a permit quality drawring package, which is ultimately used for construction in the field.

  1. Dimensioned Plumbing and Electrical Rough-In Drawings

  2. Guaranteed Health Department Approval

  3. Detail Custom Fabrication and Manufacturer’s Drawings

  4. Develop Final Equipment Specifications

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design build

We love to partner with design build contractors, aligning with one of our Great Lakes Ventures, GLCD brings our real-world experience to help the team develop the Gross Maximum Price (GMP).  

With the GMP in place, the attention turn to ensuring that a cost effective and competitive process is established and implemented that achieve the project objectives while capturing the advantages and value that GLCD, along with our sister companies, bring to the design build concept.

We are committed to the design build concept and to that have a vested interest in continually proving our value to our clients.  We encourage you to contact our past clients and let these endorsements of this concept speak for themselves!!!

Regardless of which of the various means are used to control/monitor costs and assess value, its imperative that we work with the ownership and operations groups to establish the overall cost budget, quality and equipment value level to be utilized on this project.  This is not a unilateral GLCD decision; this is a project team decision that will involve ownership, operations, design and construction teem members.