For many owners and clients, their buildings are one of their biggest assets.
The hard truth is that construction costs more than it did before the pandemic, and interest rates for borrowing are higher. Naturally, every dollar that is spent on renovations or new construction is carefully scrutinized, and it should be!
However, Value Engineering at the end of the design process is the least effective way to ensure that the money spent translates to VALUE for our clients. With decades of experience, we at Pirie understand that VALUE is not only about dollars. It’s about the strategic and responsible use of resources and the balancing of immediate- and long-term needs. Instead of late-stage price chopping (that ultimately leads to dissatisfaction), we spend some extra time at the onset to ask the right-sizing questions.
Our approach to VALUE – Management, not Engineering – is tailored to explore value propositions EARLY so that our clients are informed with clear guideposts for decision making from Day One.
That is one of our strengths as strategic, systemic thinkers.
And the foundation to this approach? Our multidisciplinary team that brings a wide array of tools to each job and is highly experienced in this type of work. As architects, landscape architects, planners, and designers certified in Passive House, Fitwel, LEED, and Living Future, we are able to leverage our expertise to tailor the right strategy for each project. One that uncovers hidden synergies to ADD value, rather than having to engineer it out.
How do we know? Our clients tell us, all the time.
“By thoroughly understanding the University’s mission and looking beyond the presenting issues, Pirie Associates helped the University achieve a number of high-value goals that were not immediately apparent in the original brief, all in a remarkably cost-effective manner.”
– Institutional Client, Senior Project Manager
“As a small business we have incredibly tight budgets for our projects. Pirie Associates are very considerate of these constraints, but never skimp on the final product. We are always impressed with the final product. Somehow, miraculously, they hit our budget requirements and we always open on schedule.” – Commercial Client, Owner
“They were on schedule and on budget. As with most projects, our desires exceeded our budget, but Pirie was great at offering creative solutions from design through construction that helped us get what we needed within our budget.” – Institutional Client, Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
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