Design-Build Process Overview

Anyone looking to take on the design-build process needs to fully understand the entire process from start to finish as well as the importance of each step including the cautions, pitfalls, and questions you should know about each one. Below is an infographic of the...

Design Review Process

Ensuring drawings are without major errors and align with the project scope is a critical element of the project delivery process. That is why a design review process needs to be incorporated into the project development to enable the owner and Cambridge team members...

Conceptual Budget Development

Many people have the impression that developing a construction budget is as simple as taking the square footage of a proposed building and multiplying it by standard cost per square foot rates, which are available in publications such as RSMeans. While technically...

Annual Project Planning

It’s this time of year when customers begin to reach out to us regarding projects they want to get completed in this calendar year. However, as many of you may realize, it’s about impossible to design, permit and construct a project in 11 months.   The reason...

Transfer Station Design Pitfalls

I see it all the time: transfer stations designed by firms who have no idea what a transfer station is or the purpose it serves. Where so many costly mistakes are made during the design process, the owner will spend tens of thousands of dollars on repairs over the...