hertzler + george :: our process

Design/Build, also known as SINGLE-SOURCE responsibility, is an interactive effort in which all company team members — from craftsmen to foremen to crew to designer to client — are involved in the building process from the start and work as a single entity under contract with the owner. It can produce significant cost and resource savings by:

1. providing a single source for quality, cost and schedule management
2. eliminating redesigning and unnecessary construction drawings
3. reducing problems due to adversarial relationships
4. allowing easier and ensuring better communication between project participants
5. emphasizing team work from conceptualization to the finished project
6. creating a greater degree of cooperation between the design and construction phases of the project
7. including the owner as an important member of the team and requiring owner commitment of resources to the development of the project