Services

Services

CDG offers a wide range of services, including:

Planning

  • Strategic Master Planning
  • Facility/Master Planning
  • Campus Master Planning
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Pre-planning / ROM Estimates
  • Programming
  • Architectural Design
  • Interior Design
  • Equipment Coordination
  • Project Management
  • Construction Phase Services

3D Visualization

CDG uses a vast array of media and techniques to promote project understanding. We build the team’s collective understanding of a project through the use of:

  • Narratives
  • Spreadsheets
  • Hand Drawn Plans
  • Hand-drawn 3D Sketches
  • 3D Computer Modeling for Massing
  • 3D computer Modeling for Materiality
  • 3D Computer Modeling – BIM – for Design Coordination
  • 3D Computer Modeling – BIM – for Client Understanding
  • 3D Computer Modeling – BIM – for Contractor Coordination

CDG utilizes Revit exclusively for design and production. Our goal is to input information into a 3D format as early as possible in the design process to begin to disseminate information in various formats to the team. We find that using Revit earlier rather than later in the process guides the team to ask harder, coordination-type questions earlier.

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Hand Drawn Techniques

During the course of a meeting, printed project drawings are among the techniques used to convey information. Especially early in the design process, simple, hand-drawn revisions overlaid on top of a printed drawing can greatly improve the team’s understanding. We find this especially true when discussing equipment placement in a patient room or exam/procedure space. We use hand drawings to develop a matrix of options. The various hand-drawn overlays are typically documented in the project meeting minutes as attachments, so the team understands the history of a project.

Additionally, hand-drawn sketches are used to convey simple massing concepts or basic geometry. Discussion can be had while the sketch is being drawn and immediately impact the result.

Hand-drawn sketches are also used to convey the level of project development. Oftentimes, when projects are input into computer programs, it gives the impression the project is designed and complete. At CDG, we are able to use sketches as a way to slow down the process, so we allow users to provide input without feeling that the project is already designed.