Not every project needs the same scope. Some begin with a feasibility study before a property is under contract. Some need a permit set and nothing more. Some run from first sketch through construction.
What varies is how much has to be settled before design begins. Some projects need zoning and code review before anyone can say what is possible. Others begin with a lease signed and a date to open.
Drawings are submitted for permit, review comments are answered, and resubmittals are handled until the permit is issued and the project is ready to build.
Construction documents and specifications are completed and coordinated across every consulting discipline, detailed to the standard a contractor needs to build from.
The design is refined with the full engineering team — room layouts, dimensions, materials and finishes, and the technical systems that coordinate with them.
Plans take shape from the existing conditions. Adjacencies, spatial relationships, and the program are confirmed and tested against the site before anything is detailed.
The program is set: what spaces are needed, how they must perform, and how they relate to one another to support how the building will be used.
Existing conditions, zoning, and adopted codes are reviewed first, along with the building systems already in place, so the project starts from what the site will actually allow.