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With any project, it's hard to think of a more important step than the planning phases. It's during this crucial period that a project starts to take form, where the budget is solidified and you can start to see your vision unfolding in front of you.

Designing a building is an exciting undertaking, but there are a number of practical things that must come before the construction phase actually begins. Before you dive in and start planning how you're going to furnish your future home or office, performing a feasibility study is in order.

The Highest and Best Use Study is often performed simultaneously with the Feasibility Study for all your properties in Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Wellington, Lighthouse Point, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and surrounding South Florida areas.

Site selection is one of the most exciting phases in an architectural project, because it involves the scouting of locations and the decision of where to construct a building.

Planning on how you will utilize your property, that's Land Planning. All site considerations must be analyzed.

Several Concepts may be considered before locking onto one. This is developed after the Feasibility Study, after the Highest and Best use Study, after the Site Analysis, Design Analysis, and after the Land Planning.

When working with an architect, the first step is to meet with them and discuss your vision for the project. With Barretta & Associates, this step involves an exploration of your goals and needs for the building, two essential factors in determining you final needs.

As the architectural process continues to move forward, our team will start developing concise designs for your project. It is during this phase that your vision will truly start to come to life, as we produce more detailed systems and renderings of the building.

Once the schematic designs have been fully developed, and the client is satisfied with how things are progressing, Barretta & Associates moves on to the next phase, the creation of construction documents.

Obtaining professionally prepared construction documents are crucial to the success of any building project in any area of South Florida.

Whether you're a homeowner or a business owner, being aware of your building's condition is hugely important. A building condition audit is a powerful tool that can be used to draw attention to any structural issues, as well as help guide the company making repairs.

Every project has a starting point, where interested parties come together to talk about what needs to be done in order to complete the necessary work. In architecture, everything begins with the programming stage.

Your home should fill you with a sense of calm. It should be a relaxing space where you can unwind, entertain and create memories. A home is likely the biggest investment you will make during your lifetime, so why settle for something that is anything short of perfect?

The Barretta & Associates architectural drafting team is headed by a qualified architect who manages every phase from the planning stages right down to the last detail prior to delivery of your drafting documents.

Barretta & Associates 3D renderings incorporate precisely scaled measurements that result in an accurate reallife digital depiction of your project.

No matter what size the building is, a construction project is a significant undertaking. There are hundreds of things, big and small, that require a watchful eye. Keeping track of every detail can be very overwhelming, but with an experienced project manager you can can rest assured your project is under control.

At some point a Contractor may give you a contract to review, his Standard Contract. The red flags should come out here. There are Industry Standard Contracts that should be used. They have been tested, litigated and stand up to the rigors of construction that you are about to undergo.

Once the design of your future building is completed, the hunt begins for the best company in to handle the construction.

From the contract signed between the architect and the client, to the one between the client and the construction company, these documents are essential in maintaining a consistent vision for the project.

Once you have found the perfect construction company to see your building project through to the end, construction can finally begin and we further protect your interest.

After a building has made its way through the design process and a construction company has been chosen to put everything together, construction can finally begin, as we watch over it for you.

As a full-service architecture firm in Serving all of South Florida, Barretta & Associates is able to provide our clients with a wide range of services. Our expertise does not end with the design. We are there to oversee construction.

Construction Management (CM) typically comes in two variations: Construction Manager Agency and Construction Manager at Risk. This is an alternate form of Project Delivery.

Since the early 1980’s, Owners of construction projects have been putting greater pressure on the Architecture & Engineering/Construction community to increase quality, decrease cost, and more importantly, compress the period it takes from concept to completion for all manner facilities.