Today, much is made of the term ‘design/build’, but have you considered what this term really means? Ask three different home contractors what design/build is and you will get three different answers, especially when it comes to the role design has in the home building process.
In our experience with design/builds, a project without proper design will at best be inefficient, and at worst be fraught with compromise and additional costs without benefit. Therefore, it is obvious that the design stage must take priority in any project.
When a contractor tells you that they ‘design as they build’, ask yourself this question: Is that truly design, or is it just an excuse? Be sure you employ a firm that knows how to design, utilize proven practices, and employ expertise in the software and techniques that are capable of creating meaningful and useful documentation that fully explains the systems that will then become the ‘build’ part of the project process. A proper design effort at the onset of the project will insure intended results at the conclusion! Do not neglect this proven business principle: Failure to plan is planning to fail.
In the way that a project without design is ineffective, so is a design without a quality build team. Be diligent in the process of interviewing the prospective electronics firm for your projects unique requirements. This relationship is only just starting as the construction project concludes. Make sure you are comfortable with the people and the methods they employ to design, build, and service the systems being incorporated into your home.
We’ve learned from experience. Grand Home Automation integrates design into the building process. We follow up our outstanding systems integration with outstanding service whenever you need it.
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At Grand Home Automation, Inc., our quest is to provide well functioning
systems based upon proven design and best of class products, all
with the ultimate goal of client satisfaction. Hence our slogan,
“Where
Technology & The Fine Art
of Living Become One”
I invite you to experience the Grand Home difference!
Dean Rockwell
President
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