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


    End to End Tools_BIM Links
    Technical + Management




    QAQC, SME, Project Scope,Value Adds

    Project 04

    EPC(M)_Management + Techical Design Resources

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    • Client: Wernham Hogg
    • Role: Art Direction, Photography, Illustration
    • Year: 2013

    Select End to End Projects


    Industrial Office_Medical Clinic
    Arts Center_Residential Reconstruction
    Project 01

    Select Projects

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    • Client: Wernham Hogg
    • Role: Art Direction, Photography, Illustration
    • Year: 2013

    New Construction
    Approaches + Strategies


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    Prefab Components, Cold Rolled Steel
    Factory Built Modular Lowrise, Midrise

    Project 02

    New Construction Strategies

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    • Client: Wernham Hogg
    • Role: Art Direction, Photography, Illustration
    • Year: 2013

    Building Renovations
    Approaches + Strategies




    Program Packing, Vertical Additions
    Program Insertions
    Multifamily_Educational_Interior Rebuilds
    Project 03

    Building Renovation Strategies

    This is a description of the project. This text is optional and the site layout works fine without it. The slider above (included in the Pro version only) is swipe-enabled with hardware accelerated transitions so it works super-smoothly on touch devices like the iPhone and iPad.

    • Client: Wernham Hogg
    • Role: Art Direction, Photography, Illustration
    • Year: 2013