Frontiers offers professional turnkey design + build services – we specialize in complex, high performance projects that require meticulous design, skilled construction and collaborative relationships.
We’ve often seen clients fall in love with a well-designed and beautiful home they can’t afford to build. Great design must blend with your financial input in the planning process to avoid this.
Utilizing an Integrated Design Process (IDP) approach brings designers, architects, engineers, and trade specialists to the table with you and your builder with a central focus on the project.
Each stage builds on the last—refining the design, cost, and constructability in parallel—so you can make informed decisions before committing to construction. One of the biggest drawbacks to engaging a decentralized team is that you, the homeowner, end up quarterbacking the process, and design and cost are decoupled during the conversations – creating countless opportunities for scope gaps and budget overruns.
Timeline: ~2-8 Weeks
Design Completion: ~20%
Estimate Accuracy: ~60-70%
What’s often included:
Outcome:
Alignment on project feasibility, scope and rough order of magnitude budget, with an established direction to head in Stage 2.
Timeline: ~1-3 Months
Design Completion: 40%
Estimate Accuracy: ~80%
What’s often included:
Outcome:
A fully formed design vision that is aligned with a viable budget, which can be moved into more thorough detailing.
Timeline: ~2-4 Months
Design Completion: 75%
Estimate Accuracy: ~80%
What’s often included:
Outcome:
Permit ready drawings, coordinated with stakeholders and an informed budget to verify project feasibility.
Timeline: ~1-3Months
Design Completion: 100%
Estimate Accuracy: ~95%
What’s often included:
Outcome:
All documentation is complete. The design is coordinated, the budget is finalized, and your project is construction-ready.
Your custom home or major renovation is a unique prototype. Managing the project is a careful balance of understanding the scope of work, building a detailed schedule, and consistent financial tracking.
You will have access to project details through cloud-based project management and budgeting software to keep you up to speed and in financial control.
