RAAW+

Driven by design, our construction and project delivery division is fully integrated right from the start to realize our designs, and value engineering along the way that will never undermine the original design intention. From the project’s preliminary budget planning & qualifying phase; to the design development stage (concept designing, revising, design administrating); then to the pre-construction stage (specification package issuing, estimate writing, value engineering and scheduling), and finally to the construction phase, RAAW design’s approach to our projects’ IGMP process have demonstrated the capability of delivering design masterpieces we are proud to call our work.

We are not the typical kind of construction and project management services out there. Our project management and construction department exist because of our involvement in design. In other words, the sole existence of our project management division is to support and carry out the designs we do, not vice versa like that of the many construction companies in the market.

+ FROM THE STARTING POINT

Through our tailored version of the IGMP-IPD (initial guaranteed maximum price-integrated project design) model, small and mid scale project business owners save cost, through eliminating miscommunications that often occur in the design-bid-build model where the ‘design’ and ‘build’ are separate firms; they save time, through eliminating the lengthy and often ineffective ‘tendering’ process that can become very misleading due to poorly written construction contracts (in the absence of a legal consultant that often review formal bid documents etcetera in larger firms), and end up comparing apples to oranges and oranges to tangerines. Integrated from the start, our designs are set out to meet the design goals within a pre-established budget outline and projected project schedule through a multilaterally integrated approach, uniquely ours. Refined with each additional design-build project, our unique approach has repeatedly proven successful project outcomes.

+ TO THE FINISHING TOUCH

Apart from the construction work, the process of FF&E Procurement is overseen by our extensive manufacturing and purchasing resources globally. Our designs are envisioned in Vancouver, but are sourced globally to ensure competitive costs, responsible raw material usage, and quality control. We occasionally accept OPCI in our FF&E procurements for specialized equipments or registered franchised case goods. This fully integrated process allows our designs to be realized without compromises to the very best of our design intentions in every detail. This is design execution at the highest level of handling.

Truth being told, we are NOT for everyone, and we do not intend to be. We do not usually take on projects that are ‘design-only’, or that are partial in the whole process. In the short run, this may reduces our clientele reach, but in the long run, it is through this next level of design-build 2.0 model will our projects stand up to our standards for design realization, elevated project experience and projected budget and schedule.

What is RID and Why work with a RID-led practices?

driven by design.