Mid State Construction Company’s Design/Build program offers single-source accountability for both the design and construction process. We see the Design/Build approach as a method of providing the optimal conditions for “appropriate” building design and quality construction while achieving economy in all phases of the process. We have worked hard to maintain strong relationships with clients, architects, engineers, sub-contractors and vendors, based on trust, mutual respect and fair dealing. Our pre-construction services are managed with the same principals in mind.

Mid State practices Design/Build by retaining independent design professionals to perform the required aspects of the design process in close coordination with our Design/Build managers who understand and respect the contributions of all team members. Design professionals are selected based on their compatibility with the individual client’s needs and their ability to become a part of a total performance team with the common goal of creating innovative solutions for the client’s project. Our design partners, utilized to date, are considered among the most highly regarded architects and engineers available in the state.

We believe that greater responsibility serves as motivation for maintaining a higher quality of all services rendered and insures the proper selection and performance of building systems specifically suited to our clients needs. In the traditional design-bid-build project delivery method, the designer does not fully understand the relationship between the design and the Contractor’s cost. With Mid States depth of experience developed over the last 44 years, design solutions can be explored, which are known to comply with the Owner’s cost parameters, in a much more timely fashion.

By achieving a guaranteed maximum price at a much earlier stage in the process, the Owner does not waste time, effort and financial resources on misguided concepts or unrealistic goals. In situations where timing is critical, the Mid State “fast track” method of construction can overlap the design and construction processes for maximum efficiency.

In the Design/Build process, quality is driven by single source responsibility for client satisfaction rather than excessive documentation and inspection. Cost savings are attained by exploring only efficient, innovative concepts before the production of drawings. Project duration can be substantially reduced by overlapping the design and construction process, avoiding extended bidding periods and eliminating redesign time. Early real cost guarantees eliminate the potential for an owner to extend funds for completed documents only to learn that the cost of the project as designed is prohibitive. Once the project scope and price are defined and accepted, change orders due to document incompleteness are eliminated. Correction of such issues is the responsibility of the design/builder, not the client.