Both you and your design professional can take specific steps to meet your quality, time, and budget goals.

Design and construction are team activities. Many individuals and firms come together to do a project. Often they will not have worked together before, and they may not work together again. They collaborate to produce a complex and often unique result on a specific site. As the project unfolds, hundreds of individual design decisions and commitments are made. Needs and conditions change, and work is modified. A strong and healthy relationship between owner and architect or interior designer is essential to keep the project on track.

Qualifications, design strengths and weaknesses, and communication skills. We aim to provide clear guidelines on the next steps that can guide you along the way.