Waukesha State Bank

1. pre-design

2. schematic design

3. design development

4. contract documents

5. bidding & negotiation

6. contstruction phase

The Pre-Design Phase involves the process of gathering project information from the Owner, for the purpose of developing a thorough understanding of his project needs (essential requirements and non-essential, but desired features), his philosophy, the function and flow of traffic, people and internal processes, architectural preferences, if any, and a written program of space requirements. It also includes collecting site data, such as site boundaries, topography, soils and groundwater information, easements and utilities, natural vegetation and drainage patterns, solar orientation, views, traffic patterns and researching building code requirements, local regulations and constraints.