Utilizing DESIGN / BUILD Contracting, you will get the most out of every dollar spent. By taking the DESIGN / BUILD project from initial concept to completion - including follow up service & preventive maintenance after construction. The ESC turnkey approach offers you greater design flexibility, lower installed costs, and an end to cost overruns and delays.

COST CONTROL- With DESIGN / BUILD, you avoid three costly pitfalls. First you eliminate unmonitored design - a common cause of high construction costs and cost overruns. With the Plan & Specification method, the owner does not know the real cost of the project until after it is designed and put out to bid. By contrast, a competent DESIGN / BUILD team will compare alternatives and budget the project prior to completing the plans, saving you both time and money with an earlier start and completion. Secondly, costly redesign is eliminated. Finally, expensive change orders are avoided, giving you control over the cost of your project with a guaranteed maximum cost, up front.

VALUE ENGINEERING - Unlike Plan & Spec, DESIGN / BUILD Contractors offer you a variety of systems or equipment. You get the equivalent of several bids, but without the expensive and time - delaying bidding process.

Cost saving innovations in design have historically come from DESIGN / BUILD Contractors. Consultants working on a minimal fee cannot afford to change their "standard specification". This is because problems with innovative designs and the " low bidder " may come from their pocket. The DESIGN / BUILD Contractor saves you money on design fees, and more importantly gives you a cost effective, fundamental design that is not influenced by a percentage - of - costs, design fee.

TEAM CONCEPT - With DESIGN / BUILD, you not only select a team you want to design and build your project, but you also become an integral member of that team. This maximizes coordination and minimizes costs arising from conflicts in interpretation of plans and specifications. We can also work with your architect or general contractor team. As a result, you are more likely to get what you want, how you want it and when you want it.

SINGLE SOURCE RESPONSIBILITY - ESC's unique contribution to the DESIGN / BUILD process is our extensive turnkey capabilities. We can effectively produce the Mechanical / Electrical / Heating / Air Conditioning / Refrigeration / Control Systems phase of your project "in house", saving you money on both Design & Construction.

If problems arise, responsibility and costs are not divided; ESC honours its 100% guarantee to make things right. Finally, our GUARANTEE is superior to plan and spec because of our incentive for long term, repeat business, including service and preventive maintenance after the project is completed.

REDUCED CONSTRUCTION TIME - FAST TRACK - A project that would typically take one year can often be designed and constructed in 6 - 9 months using the DESIGN / BUILD process. Utilizing DESIGN / BUILD construction begins before the balance of final engineering is completed. The earlier start, reduced changes, superior coordination, and more efficient project management generate time savings over plan and spec projects.

WHEN TO USE DESIGN / BUILD - The DESIGN / BUILD route may generate time and cost savings on any project. However, these savings are maximized on projects when: 

Design & construction lead times are short - Budgets are limited - design ingenuity is required - the buyer is confident his contractor is knowledgeable

There is a specific requirements for coordination, cooperation and sophistication which may be lacking with a " low bid " plan and spec contractor.

EXCELLENT REPUTATION - ESC, brings experience gained from being an early leader in the increasingly popular DESIGN / BUILD alternative. Our unique turnkey approach covers everything from conception through completion and beyond. Our computerized estimating, professional design, drafting, and project management tools used in conjunction with highly skilled and productive forces will make you happy you picked DESIGN / BUILD and Environmental Systems Corporation.