Communications
We put people first. We facilitate and handle discussions, help resolve divisive issues, and provide the tools needed to make decisions and reach consensus quickly. We believe good design needs to make sense and work for those who will be engaging with it daily. Communicating values and options helps insure good design and a smooth process.
Asset Management
BCA leverages more than two decades of experience designing educational, cultural and spiritual facilities to provide a decision-making framework for alternative building and site options. When we evaluate sites with program requirements, analyze existing building structures, or suggest alternative uses and programs, we've helped to maximize cost-effective investment decisions and reduced problems down the road.
Public-Private Partnerships
By integrating community and market needs with design strategy, our clients get more of what they need. BCA facilitates contractual agreements with government agencies or institutions of higher education to meet facility and infrastructure goals. Whether building, altering, or repairing structures, partnerships can increase not only funding but community communication.
Financing
Negotiations spearheaded by BCA have successfully resulted in increased funds for education projects and in energy efficient grants to help buildings exceed Title 24 requirements. We're able to work our way through complex bureaucratic approval applications and have found unusual sources of grants. Whether looking for start up financing through tax credits and proformas or starting a school bond campaign, BCA's approach is to drive your goals forward.
Interactive Workshops
How do we reach a balance between people's dreams and aspirations with the realities of time and a strict budget? Working within a given framework for direction and scope, workshops discuss budget and goals, and then move to design adjacencies. Ideas are sketched out in three-dimensions and several options presented, with a strong focus on agreements leading to one option, which is then further refined at the next meeting.
Life-Cycle Design
Good design lasts over time. One of our first considerations is attention to life-cycle costs. From material integration to systems engineering, BCA analyzes direct and indirect costs related to maintenance, health, waste, and energy use. Our goal is to minimize environmental impact and optimize quality, resulting in the best facility within budget.
Alternative Delivery Methods
Reducing cost, schedule, and risk has made alternative procurement methods worth considering. Lease/lease back, design-build and other methods attract experienced contractors with major bonding capacity. BCA uses Building Information Modeling (BIM) to coordinate among team members early in the design and assure buy-in from start to finish. The result is a constructible project and a ready-to-go building team.
