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DESIGN DELIVERY AS PROCESS_ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT | INTRODUCTION, OUTLINE
End to End _EPC(m)
Relevant Urban Building Design + Delivery
Stephen Synakowski RA, NCARB, AISC PLLC dba TectonX
Introduction
This website outlines aspects of an end to end engineering, procurement and construction management based building delivery strategy. This strategy is much better suited to today's construction environment than the traditional "ends justify means" "design as goal" strategy.
A process based approach best acknowledges the complex realities of building buildings. It does so by offering suitable levels of control of project delivery, resource procurement, construction specifications and design scope.
EPC (m) starts from a well defined design intention realized via coordinated project and construction management extending in increasing detail (LOD) towards project execution, and if needed, digital twins.
EPC(m) marries BIM information across all phases and teams using responsive database management (incl. SQL, SharePoint, Qbase).
Opportunities for use of AI artificial intelligence can present themselves in this.
Projects on this website involve aspects of EPC(m) starting in 2000 with the design and construction of repurposed multifamily midrise residential in Chicago.
More explicit and recent EPC (m) related roles include Child School Arts Center in NYC, 2012-3, with oversight of architect, engineers, scope, QAQC, and later with program management of large scale community reconstruction with City of NY and IBTS, 2014-19, involving oversight of architects, QAQC, engineering management, environment quality control, state and city permit filing.
As the need for value grows in an age of diminished economic resources, EPC(m) as a service model becomes relevant.
Architecture is in spirt largely modular. Content in this website is intended to illustrate a few of the major themes and component forms shaping the contemporary city.
Architectural Services as outlined are offered either as commissioned consultant or through a flexibly staffed technical design and management team deploying latest digital tools.
Website Table of Contents
I End to End Managment Tools|Value adds VA, subject matter expertise SME, quality assurance_quality control QAQC, cost control, building engineering, 2005-;
II PreEngineered Building Components_PreFab_Cold Steel_Modular Volumetric| Design and delivery involving midscale steel prefab and cold rolled steel panels + factory components including modular for Educational, Commercial/Hotels, Multifamily, 2020 -, Chicago;
III Renovation_Building ReUse_New Design Programs | Design and renovation methods for existing buildingsincluding repurposing/program packing for new uses inside existing envelopes (new program insertions) and renovations (new engineering including sustainable), 1995-, Chicago
IV Overall Project Experience | Project Groups Shown: Healthcare incl. Hospitals + Clinics; Educational incl. Assembly, Athletics, Dormitories, Classrooms, Facilities Planning; Commercial | Industrial incl. Shopping + Franchise_Commercial, High Bay Distribution Centers; Urban Sustainable including Urban Mixed Use, Sustainable Communities, Urban Design, Campus Reuse, 1995 - ;
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Brooklyn, April 2024
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