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DESIGN ASSIST & PRECONSTRUCTION

Aligning Architectural Intent
with Field Execution Certainty

We bridge the gap between design intent and physical execution. By integrating installation expertise and prefabrication strategy early, we resolve structural risks before details are locked and costs escalate.

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What is Design Assist in Construction?

Design Assist is a collaborative preconstruction process where engineering, estimating, and installation teams evaluate options, spans, grids, and system choices with absolute cost clarity. Instead of drawing under idealized conditions, it introduces connection concepts, sequencing logic, and logistics planning early, ensuring architectural blueprints perfectly reflect real-world field conditions before details are locked.

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Why Involve QB Early to Mitigate Project Risk?

Involving QB at the end of Schematic Design integrates real-world logistics into early planning. This collaborative process locks in cost certainty, resolves multi-trade system conflicts before detailing, and protects your mass timber design from late-stage budget cuts.

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How does Preconstruction Planning Impact your Procurement Strategy?

A project’s timeline, budget, and overall success often depend on having direct access to suppliers who understand both the material and the market.

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QB MASS TIMBER

The Mass Timber Decision Window: Why Design - Bid - Build

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DESIGN ASSIST

Aligning structural intent with manufacturing logic for total project predictability.

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ALIGN

Project Initialization and Scope Target
We establish a unified direction for your project, mapping out prefab or mass timber intent from day one. By confirming critical goals early, we lock in budget expectations and timeline benchmarks before design work advances.

We establish a unified direction for your project, mapping out prefab or mass timber intent from day one. By confirming critical goals early, we lock in budget expectations and timeline benchmarks before design work advances.

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MODEL

Virtual Design and Interface Coordination
This phase kicks off our BIM/VDC coordination to digitally integrate the core structure with MEP and envelope interfaces. Early clash detection resolves geometric conflicts before manufacturing logic is finalized, preventing costly field rework.

This phase kicks off our BIM/VDC coordination to digitally integrate the core structure with MEP and envelope interfaces. Early clash detection resolves geometric conflicts before manufacturing logic is finalized, preventing costly field rework.

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OPTIMIZE

Panelization Engineering and Cost Analysis
We optimize your layout with a customized panelization and crane sequencing strategy tailored to your site constraints. Through rigorous system comparisons, we evaluate structural options to provide clear cost and schedule impact metrics.

We optimize your layout with a customized panelization and crane sequencing strategy tailored to your site constraints. Through rigorous system comparisons, we evaluate structural options to provide clear cost and schedule impact metrics.

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DETAIL

Build-Led Connections and Geometry Finalization
Our construction teams introduce a build-led connection approach that accounts for real-world lifting and site access constraints. We inject practical field logic directly into drawings to provide fabrication-ready geometry inputs for a flawless install.

Our construction teams introduce a build-led connection approach that accounts for real-world lifting and site access constraints. We inject practical field logic directly into drawings to provide fabrication-ready geometry inputs for a flawless install.

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ENABLE

Procurement Handoff and Construction Transition
This final stage ensures complete supply readiness, creating a seamless handoff from design to physical production. With detailing completely approved, we mitigate material risks and clear the path for rapid, predictable field execution.

This final stage ensures complete supply readiness, creating a seamless handoff from design to physical production. With detailing completely approved, we mitigate material risks and clear the path for rapid, predictable field execution.

DA Case Study

Initial SD pricing for a project came in at 1.2 mil. Changes to design from SD to DD brought cost up to 2.1 mil. Design Assist feedback in real time saved the project from switching to steel, bringing the final price back down to 1.6 mil.
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QB INTEGRATED SERVICES

From Engineering to Installation.
One Partner. Quality Buildings.

Design Assist & Preconstruction

Early-phase evaluation of constructability, sequencing, and prefab feasibility before design decisions are locked in.

Design Assist & Preconstruction

Early-phase evaluation of constructability, sequencing, and prefab feasibility before design decisions are locked in.

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Digital Construction (BIM / VDC)

Complete digital coordination of structural systems and installation logic to eliminate conflicts before fabrication begins.

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Digital Construction (BIM / VDC)

Complete digital coordination of structural systems and installation logic to eliminate conflicts before fabrication begins.

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Structural Engineering

Specialized structural engineering that blends technical design with field reality for highly efficient timber frameworks.

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Structural Engineering

Specialized structural engineering that blends technical design with field reality for highly efficient timber frameworks.

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Constructability Review

Proactive risk and logistics analysis that uncovers hidden site inefficiencies early, frequently delivering 10%+ in cost savings with zero downstream disruption.

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Constructability Review

Proactive risk and logistics analysis that uncovers hidden site inefficiencies early, frequently delivering 10%+ in cost savings with zero downstream disruption.

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Design Assist Framework Overview

Download our one-page guide to see how early contractor alignment, modeling, and optimization eliminate project risk.
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Optimize Your Design Early

You can also reach us directly by calling
717-288-2348.

A Constructability Review is our low-risk entry point. We’ll analyze your current design, identify structural optimizations, and provide a roadmap from concept to code-compliant structure.
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For Framing Projects: Evan Rineer
For Mass Timber Projects: Scott Charney
For Structural Engineering Projects: Mason Brandt